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Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, while tech futures sold off amid Samsung earnings. Micron and Sandisk plunged.
Google joining the Dow Jones just made the 30-stock index even stronger.
SpaceX offers a great test for whether passive index-tracking funds are distorting the stock market, with the rockets-to-tweets company’s entry to the Nasdaq-100 index today forcing the massive QQQ ETF to buy its shares. The provisional result is disappointing for investors who thought automatic index buying would boost SpaceX shares. Despite being added to the FTSE Russell, CRSP and MSCI indexes collectively tracked by hundreds of billions of dollars, SpaceX’s price at yesterday’s close was a few cents below the close on its first day of trading.
Funds tracking the Nasdaq-100 must now buy SpaceX stock, but a small float limits its initial weight to around 1%
QQQ delivered better returns over the past five years, but also suffered a higher maximum drawdown. VOO offers lower fees and a higher dividend for more conservative investors.
SpaceX officially joins the Nasdaq-100 today, and investors holding some funds tied to the index will end up exposed, whether they like it or not. Mutual and exchange-traded funds with $800 billion in assets under management are expected to buy SpaceX shares in order to mirror the index’s performance. SpaceX will be a small component in the Nasdaq-100, for now.
SpaceX is joining the Nasdaq-100 this week, giving Invesco QQQ Trust investors indirect exposure to the stock.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Tuesday, July 7, including SpaceX (SPCX) joining the Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) while SK Hynix (000660.KS) making its debut in US markets.
Shares of Microsoft fell almost 1% after the company said it’s cutting 4,800 jobs, or 2.1% of its global workforce.
Dow Jones Futures: AI stocks rallied, with Astera, Bloom Energy and Tesla higher. But SpaceX stock dropped ahead of Nasdaq-100 inclusion.
The JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF (NASDAQ:JEPQ) has become the default monthly paycheck for Nasdaq-100 investors who want income without abandoning megacap tech. Despite the headline calling it an ETN, JEPQ is an actively managed ETF that blends a defensive slice of Nasdaq-100 stocks with equity-linked notes that write out-of-the-money call options on the ... Nasdaq Income Without the Megacap Risk: How JEPQ Caps Your Upside for Monthly Cash
SpaceX Corp (NASDAQ:SPCX) is scheduled to join the Nasdaq-100 index before US markets open on Tuesday, marking one of the fastest additions to the benchmark following its recent initial public offering. The inclusion follows a change to Nasdaq's eligibility rules that allows certain large-cap...
The NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF (NASDAQ:QQQI) has become a go-to vehicle for income investors who refuse to give up on big tech. The fund pairs ownership of the NASDAQ-100 with a written-call overlay, and the resulting monthly checks have run at roughly a 13.78% trailing twelve-month distribution rate on a $55.50 share price. The ... The Monthly Income Trap: Why QQQI’s High Yield Requires Giving Up 6.5% In Upside
QQQ has dominated the past decade, while IWM is still waiting for its turn. Here is how to decide which one belongs in your portfolio.
The pitch for the Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence ETF (NASDAQ:BOTZ) has quietly changed. For years BOTZ was sold as a niche automation bet, a fund for people who wanted factory-floor exposure without picking Japanese conglomerates one at a time. Now, with generative AI running out of party tricks, BOTZ has repositioned itself as ... AI’s Next Act Isn’t Chatbots. It’s Robots, and BOTZ Is the Bet
European stocks are having their loudest year in a decade, and the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) is the vehicle most retail investors will consider. VGK trades around $90, up 18% over the past year, while every US finance headline focuses on hyperscaler capex and AI compute. If you want to bet that the next ... The Anti-Magnificent Seven Trade? VGK Is Quietly Creeping Toward Record Highs
Coatue gained 4.7% in June as tech stocks tied to the AI boom continued to lift performance.
At Tuesday's market open, SpaceX will be officially in the Nasdaq 100 index. Multiple analysts also will initiate SPCX stock coverage.
We're between Jobs Week and next week's inflation numbers from CPI and PPI.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.43%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.17%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.46%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
If your ETF tracks this index, it will buy shares of SpaceX.
Investors are assessing strong momentum for hardware companies in the first half of the year.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index fell Monday, while tech futures rallied. Micron stock and Sandisk rebounded in premarket trading.
Biotech, China, insurance and healthcare ETFs led June gains as strong earnings, AI optimism and easing geopolitical fears lifted markets.
SpaceX will officially join the Nasdaq-100 on Tuesday, and investors holding some funds tied to the index will end up exposed whether they like it or not. Mutual and exchange-traded funds with a collective $800 billion in assets under management that track Nasdaq’s flagship tech index, including the popular ETF, are set to buy SpaceX shares at Monday’s closing price in order to mirror the index’s performance.
U.S. stock futures edged higher in the overnight session ahead of Monday’s open following a strong rally in the prior week.
Over the past decade, an investor who put $10,000 into QYLD walked away with a fraction of what a plain Nasdaq-100 index holder pocketed. The fat monthly checks papered over that gap rather than closing it. What You’re Actually Paying The Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (NASDAQ:QYLD) sells the story of income. The ... QYLD’s $10,000 Problem: How a Covered-Call ETF Left Investors With a Fraction of Nasdaq Gains
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