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Invesco's QQA ETF bolts a covered-call overlay onto a cash cushion and promises monthly income from the Nasdaq-100, but whether that cushion actually softens the blow or just quietly drains your upside is a trade-off worth understanding before you buy.
The FTSE 100 Index closed up 28.13 points at 10,600.37.
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This analyst thinks Meta stock is worth $720 a share -- and he may be right.
The bull market is still alive.
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The Dow opened down 1%, or more than 500 points, but within the first hour of the trading day the blue-chip index clawed its way back to the flatline. Travelers Companies was the Dow's best performing component, up 8.
Investors continue booking profits on the AI trade, especially overseas, on concerns over high capex spending.
Tokyo and Taipei stock markets led a fresh selloff for technology shares Friday, as concerns that the sector had been overbought in recent months intensified."The technology selloff is not the only reason markets are in a sour mood," noted Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote bank.
The Nasdaq sunk 1.5%, while the S&P fell 1.2%. The Dow dropped 1%, or 547 points. "We end the week with risk-on morphing into risk-off as the selloff in global chipmakers intensifies and investor sentiment is hit by yet another day of attacks and counterattacks in the Middle East," Dave Rosenberg at Rosenberg Research said.
The biggest problems aren’t caused by what you don’t know, but what, as Mark Twain put it, “you know for sure that just ain’t so.” It’s there in the major indexes, where S&P 500 futures were down 0.9% in early Friday trading, while Nasdaq Composite futures were off 1.9%, and nearing correction territory. Chip stocks were supposed toe be unstoppable, driven by shortages and insatiable demand for artificial intelligence.
Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Friday as Netflix stock plunged on earnings. SpaceX shares sold off on a canceled test flight.
News of the Day for July 17, 2026
8am: Wall Street futures lower as tech rout spreads Wall Street looked set for a sharply weaker open on Friday as a global sell-off in semiconductor stocks gathered pace, with disappointing corporate earnings adding to the risk-off mood. Futures pointed to the Nasdaq opening around 1.5%...
Overseas stocks and US stock futures fell sharply Friday after technological advances announced by a Chinese artificial intelligence company intensified concerns that the AI spending spree driving this year’s market rally could be at risk.
Semiconductors are getting hammered again, gold is cracking below a key support level, and Wall Street analysts are making some bold moves on Apple, Netflix, and Moody's that investors need to see before the opening bell.
Wall Street futures pointed lower pre-bell Friday as traders again weighed heavy chip-sector capital
By Tharuniyaa Lakshmi and Johann M Cherian July 17 (Reuters) - European shares fell on Friday, tracking a loss in global markets on the back of a chip-stock selloff and an escalating Middle East
U. S. stock index futures traded lower on Friday as investors remained cautious about the outlook for artificial intelligence spending while monitoring renewed military escalation between the United States and Iran.
US stocks were on track for weekly losses, as the semiconductor sector continued to drag markets lower.
July 17 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slid on Friday as a selloff in chip stocks deepened, forcing investors to reassess the staying power of this year's AI-fueled rally, while a weak forecast
Losses for the Nasdaq were set to deepen, with stocks across the AI complex falling in premarket trade.
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