Google’s Lobbying Expenditures Topped $5M
Google’s (GOOGL) lobbying expenditures in the first quarter of this year topped $5 million, as the Internet giant sought to influence federal…
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As Major Tech ETFs Dip, Investors Get Jitters
Several major tech ETFs have dipped over the past month, elevating investors’ jitters toward these once hot funds. That includes the The…
How to Find Best Value With Tech ETFs
FAANG stocks, or Facebook (NasdaqGS: FB), Apple (NadaqGS: AAPL), Amazon (NasdaqGS: AMZN), Netflix (NasdaqGS: NFLX) and Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG), are not often…
FAANG Dominates Nasdaq Concerns for Investors
The famous FAANG quintet of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and…
Facebook Investors Just Hit the ‘Like’ Button
When investors talk social networking sites, they want to know about MAU. Monthly Active Users or MAU is a key metric used…
Investors Renew Enthusiasm for Big Tech ETF
Technology was the only sector in the S&P 500 to generate positive returns in February. It seems some investors remain positive on…
Investors Get Skittish With Popular Tech ETF
The PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM: QQQ), which tracks the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 Index, is not a dedicated technology exchange traded fund, but it is…
An Equal-Weight Idea for Technology Investors
The technology sector is the best-performing group in the S&P 500 and large- and mega-cap stocks, such as Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL),…
As Earnings Pour In, Plenty of Love for Tech ETFs
The Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSEArca: XLK), the largest technology ETF by assets, and the PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM: QQQ), which tracks the…
A Big Day for Tech as Alphabet, Amazon, Intel, Microsoft Release Earnings
The technology sector remains the best-performing group in the S&P 500 this year, but a spate of third-quarter earnings reports due out…
Knowledge Leaders ETF Tops $100 Million in AUM
The Knowledge Leaders Developed World ETF (NYSEArca: KLDW), which debuted just over two years ago, is the latest ETF to top $100…
Some Traders Turn Bearish on Tech-Heavy QQQ
The PowerShares QQQ (NasdaqGM: QQQ), which tracks the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 Index, is up more than 25% year-to-date. That is one of the…
Millennial ETFs are Young but See Promising Results
While many ETFs are targeting a specific market capitalization or industry, the Global X Millennials Thematic ETF (NasdaqGM: MILN) and the Principal…
Market-Cap Weighted Index ETFs Are Not Risk Free
As the markets push higher, many investors have turned to cheap and easy-to-use ETFs, but blindly funneling money into the most prominent…