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It is estimated that the SpaceX IPO created more than 4,000 millionaires. SpaceX, which joined the Nasdaq-100 index on Tuesday, isn’t likely to be the only mega IPO this year. BlackRock joins the QQQ fray.
U.S. stock futures edged higher in the overnight session on Wednesday as markets assessed risks from the U.S.-Iran war and the Federal Reserve’s inflation concerns.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Wednesday after Trump declared the ceasefire is "over." Micron and Sandisk dived.
It was only a matter of time. Eventually someone would want a piece of $488 billion-in-assets Invesco QQQ Trust ETF.
U.S. forces carried out a "series of powerful strikes" against Iran late Tuesday after the Middle Eastern country struck three commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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.
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.
Investors are assessing strong momentum for hardware companies in the first half of the year.
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 $800 billion in assets under management that track Nasdaq’s flagship tech index, including the popular ETF, are set to buy SpaceX shares at Monday’s closing price in order to mirror the index’s performance.
U.S. stock futures edged higher in the overnight session ahead of Monday’s open following a strong rally in the prior week.
The momentum trade that powered the US stock market through the first half of 2026 is showing cracks, and Bloomberg US Equities Reporter Natalia Kniazhevich says the unwind is already underway. On the July 3 Bloomberg Daybreak segment, Kniazhevich explained that “Momentum is the best-performing factor. It is up by 28% year to date. We ... Top Bloomberg Reporter: Wall Street’s Biggest Winning Trade Is “Starting to Fade” After Jobs Report Shock
This is the fourth-straight month of job growth from the BLS, which we haven't seen since the spring of 2025.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.67%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.85%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.40%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.58%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
SpaceX is taking the fast lane to inclusion in the Nasdaq-100, but concerns about what it will do to the index may be overblown.
Nasdaq confirmed SpaceX will enter the benchmark index on July 7, unlocking an estimated $4.3 billion in passive fund purchases
With key questions swirling on AI and tech stocks, hot IPOs, Federal Reserve policy, and ongoing tensions in the Middle East, where is an investor to turn? We brought together a powerful roster of six experts this week to share their advice and recommendations...LIVE!
Broader tech sell-off continued on Wednesday as investors awaited Micron earnings to judge the demand for AI and memory chips.
Investing.com -- Artificial intelligence investment and stronger industrial activity are helping support U.S. equities, while weak domestic demand continues to weigh on Chinese markets, according to a Yardeni Research note.
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first post-meeting press conference rattled risk assets on Wednesday, and the loudest pushback came from a strategist who thinks the bull market remains structurally intact. On CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime, Warren Pies, co-founder of 3Fourteen Research, argued that “Bull markets do not die of old age. They’re usually murdered by ... Kevin Warsh Comments Send Shiver Down Investors’ Spines. Would He Really ‘Murder This Bull Market?’
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.48%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +1.15%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Warsh stressed the Fed's commitment to deliver price stability and skipped publishing an individual rate forecast in the dot plot.
The U.S. and Iran electronically signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday, extending their ceasefire and establishing a framework for a peace agreement.
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