The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM) has surged 25% so far in 2026, overtaking the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY), State Street SPDR Dow Jones Indust Avg ETF Trust (DIA), and the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ).
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Markets have been closely tracking developments in the Middle East, with the U.S.-Iran war now in its 13th week.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Tuesday closed up +0.61%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.23%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.76%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.61%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
With demand heavily outstripping supply, true market leaders like Micron and SanDisk are flashing the exact fundamental and technical signals that precede breathtaking climax moves.
The pitch for ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF (NYSEARCA:XOVR) is simple. You cannot buy SpaceX shares on your brokerage app, but XOVR can, and the fund packages that exposure inside a normal ticker you trade like any other ETF. XOVR now holds ~$281 million in SpaceX, which works out to about 23% of the fund. Yet ... XOVR Promised Pre IPO SpaceX Upside, But It Is Down 2% YTD While the S&P 500 Is Up 9%
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.81%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.10%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.74%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.77%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.72%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.31%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +1.42%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.62%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF blends public equities with select private company exposure in a single fund.
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Monday that negotiations with Iran are proceeding nicely, even as the military conducted “self-defense strikes” on southern Iran.
<p>Fixed income ETFs also saw strong demand.</p>
Jim Cramer just refused to bless a portfolio built almost entirely on his own stock recommendations, and no question that the lesson is worth pausing on. On the May 22 episode of Mad Money, a caller named Jerry laid out a tech-saturated portfolio diversified across tech retail sales, software, semiconductors, data center, and advertising, noting ... The One Thing Jim Cramer Demands From Tech-Only Investors Before He’ll Bless the Strategy
A trader who bought ProShares UltraPro QQQ (NASDAQ:TQQQ) at the start of 2022 expecting the tech rally to continue ended the year down roughly 80%, while the Nasdaq 100 fell about 34%. That gap is the entire argument against treating TQQQ as a buy-and-hold position. The fund did exactly what its prospectus promised on a ... TQQQ’s 3x Promise Quietly Cost Holders 81 Percent in 2022 While the Nasdaq Fell Just 33 Percent
Strip AI infrastructure and energy from the S&P 500’s forward earnings picture and growth collapses to zero. That’s the single most uncomfortable number from Lance Roberts’s recent appearance on Adam Taggart’s Thoughtful Money, and it reframes everything about market risk right now. Roberts, chief investment strategist at RIA Advisors, walked through what he called the ... S&P 500 Other Than AI Infrastructure Is Growing at 0%. Lance Roberts Warns What Happens if the AI Boom Stumbles.
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 14%. That number dominates marketing decks and YouTube thumbnails. What QQQI investors mostly do not see is that a recent monthly payout was ... QQQI’s 14 Percent Yield Was 98 Percent Return of Capital in a Recent Distribution, And That’s the Real Story
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, so AI chips, these are the chipmaking companies, the storage companies, and the companies that are facilitating AI that are publicly traded. And ... The Math That Should Terrify Index Investors: AI Chips Account for Nearly All S&P 500 Gains
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IPO optimism, robust corporate earnings, and a $2 billion quantum computing push aided U.S. stock indices this week.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed up +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.58%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.42%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.35%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
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 investors into QYLD when it launched in 2013, and it is still what keeps roughly $8.13 billion in assets parked there today. The ... QYLD’s 12% Yield Looks Generous, But Its 10 Year Total Return Tells a Harder Story
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.50%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.63%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.73%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.47%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.54%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.70%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.53%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.50%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...