Holders of Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) seeking pure tech exposure are paying for ballast the fund’s mandate requires. QQQ tracks the Nasdaq-100, the largest non-financial names listed on the Nasdaq, and that…
A mega-IPO is about to land in a market already running hot, and one Wall Street strategist sees it as the catalyst that forces investors to broaden their bets. Carol Schleif, Chief…
Wall Street woke up Monday to a session where the bond market is calling the shots. A stronger-than-expected jobs report and sticky inflation worries pushed Treasury yields higher, forcing investors to rethink expectations for Federal…
A holder who started Friday, June 5, 2026 with $10,000 in ProShares Ultra Technology (NYSEARCA:ROM) ended the day with about $8,655. The fund opened at $161.98 and closed at $140.20, a single-session…
If you closed Thursday with $10,000 in Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA:TECL), you opened the weekend with about $8,000. TECL closed Friday June 5 at $202.59, down 19.93% from Thursday’s…
Ten thousand dollars dropped into Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLK) at the close on December 31, 2025 was worth about $13,434 at the close on June 4, 2026. The same ten…
Ten thousand dollars dropped into Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLK) at the close on December 31, 2025 was worth about $13,434 at the close on June 4, 2026. The same ten…
The pitch on the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:VGT) is sector breadth. You pay nine basis points, you get the entire information technology sleeve of the U.S. market, roughly $125 billion in…
If you are picking a U.S. technology ETF, the choice almost always narrows to Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FTEC) and The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLK). Both look like…
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…
On a recent Animal Spirits Podcast episode, co-host Ben Carlson summed up the AI capex worry plainly: “If there’s one obvious risk that’s going to cause excesses to happen in a big…
Competing asset managers tend to offer very similar ETF lineups, especially when it comes to sector funds. Whether you’re looking at Vanguard, iShares, or State Street, you’ll usually find a full set…
Three tech ETFs are telling three very different stories in 2026, and the divergence reflects a market that is rewarding focus over breadth. Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLK) and Roundhill Magnificent…
The S&P 500 is down nearly 3% year-to-date, yet three widely held tech ETFs are quietly telling a different story. While broad market sentiment has soured on equities in early 2026, the…
XLK, VGT, and FTXL all carry the “tech ETF” label, but they are built for fundamentally different investors. Here is how they stack up across three dimensions that matter most: cost efficiency,…
