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<p>The world's most valuable company reports Wednesday. Here's what's at stake for VOO, QQQ, and the AI trade.</p>

The structural market uptrend remains intact as NVIDIA earnings loom.

If the market maintains its all-time highs, DIA is poised to catch up as investors seek out the relatively cheaper pockets of the large-cap universe.

Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV fell. Actively traded Inve

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.68%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.34%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.95%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.75%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Walk through a typical retail brokerage account in 2026 and the AI sleeve looks like a teenager’s bedroom. A little NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), a little Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), a few “AI-adjacent” small caps somebody mentioned on a podcast, maybe a thematic fund bought because the ticker sounded clever. The Themes Generative Artificial Intelligence ETF (NASDAQ:WISE) is the cleanest case ... This AI ETF Shows Why Your AI Portfolio Isn’t Making You Money

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.35%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.19%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.45%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.40%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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 obvious choice, SPDR NYSE Technology ETF (NYSEARCA:XNTK), has quietly outpaced it by roughly six percentage points so far in 2026. The funds look ... XNTK Has Crushed QQQ by Six Points in 2026 and the Reason Is Hidden in How Each Fund Decides Which Stocks Matter

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.4% and the actively tr

<p>U.S.-listed ETFs gathered $61.1 billion in net inflows during the week ending Friday, May 15, pushing year-to-date inflows to nearly $725 billion.</p>

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed down -0.07%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.32%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -0.45%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -0.12%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

<p>Nvidia reports fiscal Q1 2027 earnings Wednesday after the close, with analysts expecting $79 billion in revenue. The result will ripple across <strong>QQQ</strong>, <strong>SMH</strong>, <strong>SOXX</strong>, and every other ETF with significant Nvidia exposure — and some have far more on the line than others.</p>

<p>An exchange-traded fund, or ETF, is a basket of investments that trades on a stock exchange like a single share. Here's how ETFs work, why they've grown into a $13.4 trillion industry, and how to decide if they belong in your portfolio.</p>

Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV fell. Actively traded I

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.20%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.04%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.57%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.28%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

If you are sitting on a portfolio that has ridden Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), the hyperscalers, and every adjacent AI name to fresh highs, the question is what happens when the narrative cracks. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLP) is the unglamorous answer most AI-heavy investors have not bothered to consider. XLP owns the companies that ... Hedge Your AI Holdings With This Safe Haven ETF if the Bubble Bursts

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.07%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.29%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.25%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are up +0.10%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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. Over five years, VUG gained 98% against QQQ’s 113%. At 0.18%, QQQ’s expense ratio and concentration profile explain the performance gap. Why index ... History Says VUG Is Not Worth Your Money. Hold This Instead

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.1%, and the actively t

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 NVIDIA chips manufactured by TSMC in Taiwan and servers assembled overseas, that spending lands in the import column, which subtracts from GDP. The ... The Kiplinger Letter Says Almost None of the GDP Growth Washington Is Celebrating Actually Came From AI and f

If you want to own America's major tech names, it's tough to beat the Invesco QQQ Trust.

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 buildout in corporate history. PTF markets itself as a technology momentum strategy that mechanically rotates into whatever tech stocks have been winning, and ... This Is the Only AI ETF You Need to Hold During the Capex Boom

Buying the S&P 500 instead of the Qs could help you avoid relying too heavily on tech stocks.

Even legacy tech companies like Intel and Dell Technologies are riding the AI wave with major stock gains this year.

Here's how these two ETF giants compare on key factors such as risk, returns, and diversification.

This ETF is beating the Nasdaq and the S&P 500.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Friday closed down -1.24%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -1.07%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.54%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) fell -1.26%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV fell. Actively traded In

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.91%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.83%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.30%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.02%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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 scenario heading into the summer. “The big risk here is right now… we’ve got this massive deviation that’s going on kind of in ... Prediction. The S&P 500 Is So Far Above Its Moving Averages That a 10% Correction This Summer Is Not Out of the Question