Amazon Ascent Serves as an ETF Reminder
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) truly meet the definition of “story stocks.” The gains delivered by these stocks this year and…
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QQQ: An ETF for Investors to Overweight Technology
ETF Trends publisher Tom Lydon discussed the PowerShares QQQ ETF (QQQ) on this week’s “ETF of the Week” podcast with Chuck Jaffe on the MoneyLife…
Tumbling Tech a Problem for ETF Investors
Amid a spate of earnings miscues from marquee technology names, exchange traded funds (ETFs) such as the Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLK) and…
Consumer Cyclical ETF Wards off Amazon, Target Weakness
This year has brought an extension of the bull market, but consumer discretionary, one of the S&P 500’s leading sectors over the past three…
QQQ Faces Important Tests
With $46.1 billion in assets under management, the PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM: QQQ), the NASDAQ-100 tracking ETF, is a big ETF. One of the biggest…
Waiting on a Discretionary Rebound
It was one of last year’s top-performing sectors, but consumer discretionary stocks and the relevant exchange traded funds have been tepid at best in…
Momentum Savagery: Internet, Social Media ETFs Bludgeoned Again
This should have been a good day for momentum stocks, particularly of the Internet varietal, and the exchange traded funds that own those shares.…
Another View on Internet ETFs
Exchange traded funds holdings richly valued but soaring Internet stocks were among 2013’s top performers. A risk-off tenor to start 2014 and concerns about…
Familiar Faces Led 2013’s Top Tech ETF
Indeed, some familiar faces boosted the technology sector in 2013, but that group does not include some of the sector’s behemoth’s such as Dow…
Time to Warm to Discretionary ETFs
As if it has not been for most of the past three years. Over that time, the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLY)…
Take the Nasdaq Leave the Tech
There are plenty of “ex” ETFs on the market today. Some exclude countries like the U.S. or Japan. Others exclude certain sectors, often financials.…
ETFs for the World’s Most Valuable Brands
On Monday brand consultancy Interbrand released its list of the most valuable global brands and in a sign of the changing times, technology brands…