A slew of poor earnings results from the biggest tech names, with the latest lackluster results from Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL), have dragged on the technology sector. However, an equal-weight tech-related exchange traded fund has been holding up surprisingly well.
Following Apple’s earnings miss after the close Wednesday, the Guggenheim S&P Equal Weight Technology ETF (NYSEArca: RYT) rose 0.1% on Thursday while the Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLK) fell 0.9%.
Apple is exerting the biggest pressure on U.S. technology earnings, which is now the worst performing area of the S&P 500 this year, reports Richard Blackden for the Financial Times.
“Apple was a very large part of the S&P 500 growth during this cycle,” Jonathan Golub, chief market strategist at RBC Capital Markets, told the Financial Times. “It was a big growth engine and I don’t think it is coming back.”
According to FactSet, Apple could account for more than half of the 8.3% decline in technology earnings projected for the first quarter.
Other large tech names have also disappointed this earnings season, Google’s parent company Alphabet (NasdaqGS: GOOGL) has declined 7% since its weak earnings last week while streaming site Netflix (NasdaqGS: NFLX) decreased 15%.
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