The NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) paid out $0.6589 per share on May 22, 2026, the latest in a steady run of monthly checks that produce a headline distribution rate near…
Here is the data point that should make every passive index investor pause. On Retire SMART Podcast Ep 416, the host laid out the math: “If we removed the Nvidias, the AMDs,…
The Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (NASDAQ:QYLD) advertises a trailing distribution yield around 12%, which is roughly ten times what the broad market pays. That headline is what drew income-focused…
The Magnificent Seven question facing investors in 2026 is how to own these names. Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (NYSEARCA:MAGS) answers with one ticker holding all seven mega caps at equal weight, rebalanced…
Retirees chasing the JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) for its near 9.5% distribution yield are buying something more layered than they think. The fund pairs a Nasdaq-100 stock basket with…
The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares (NYSEARCA:QQQE) own the same 100 stocks. The choice between them hinges on whether you want NVIDIA, Apple, and Microsoft…
Investment banker and researcher Jeff Hook went on the Rational Reminder Podcast and offered one of the bluntest assessments of private equity any practitioner has put on tape this year. "If was…
Walk through a typical retail brokerage account in 2026 and the AI sleeve looks like a teenager’s bedroom. A little NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), a little Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), a few “AI-adjacent” small…
If you want exposure to U.S. technology through a single ticker, the default answer for most investors is Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ), the most recognized tech-tilted ETF in the world. The less…
If you are sitting on a portfolio that has ridden Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA | NVDA Price Prediction), the hyperscalers, and every adjacent AI name to fresh highs, the question is what happens when the…
Over the past decade, Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) returned 427% while Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) delivered 563%. VUG’s broader CRSP index dilutes winners. QQQ concentrates them, and downturns barely separated the two.…
The Kiplinger Letter’s argument is uncomfortable for anyone overweight artificial intelligence: almost none of the GDP growth Washington has been celebrating actually came from AI. The mechanics are counterintuitive. When hyperscalers buy…
The Invesco Dorsey Wright Technology Momentum ETF (NASDAQ:PTF) is up roughly 58% year to date in 2026, which is what happens when a rules-based momentum fund collides with the largest data center…
Lance Roberts of RIA Advisors warned on the Thoughtful Money podcast that the S&P 500 has stretched so far above its key moving averages that a mean-reversion move could be a higher-probability…
Dave Nadig, the longtime ETF analyst, went on Barry Ritholtz’s Masters in Business: At The Money podcast and described the upcoming SpaceX IPO as “one of those get-the-popcorn moments in markets.” The…
