It wasn’t long ago (as recently as a few days ago, in fact) that analysts and the markets were feeling mighty bearish about tech exchange traded funds (ETFs). This morning, sentiment has seemingly turned on a microchip.
Take a look:
- Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL), a huge business software-maker, reported Thursday evening that its fiscal first-quarter profits jumped 20%. [Why Tech ETFs Are Down But Not Out.]
- Blackberry-maker Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) also posted a surge in quarterly profit and revenue.
- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced it would begin paying a dividend before July 31, 2011.
- Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) is going on a shopping spree, snapping up 3Par and Acrsight.
The reports indicate that U.S. consumers and businesses may be spending again – at least on technology. The news is certainly welcome and should counteract August’s bearish sentiment toward the sector, reports Neil Shah for The Wall Street Journal. [Why Tech ETFs Are Up As Bears Come Out.]
For more stories about the technology sector, visit our tech ETFs page. Visit the ETF Resume page for these tech funds below to find the companies mentioned above; many of them are significantly weighted in these ETFs:
- Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLK)
- iShares Dow Jones U.S. Technology (NYSEArca: IYW)
- Vanguard Information Technology (NYSEArca: VGT)
- PowerShares QQQ Trust (NASDAQ: QQQQ)
Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.
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