How I Traded the QQQ ETF for a 20X Gain – and What It Taught Me About Managing Risk Go inside the anatomy of my 20x swing trade. Barchart · Sep 29
The Nasdaq Nears a Major Breakout: 5 Tech ETFs to Play the Move As the Nasdaq-100 nears its all-time high, QQQ, XLK, SMH, QQQI, and SOXX offer distinct ways to gain tech and semiconductor exposure, from low-cost to income-focused options. MarketBeat · Sep 28
Why ‘All-Time High’ Is the Most Misleading Phrase in Investing and How You Can Avoid Getting Trapped in the Woods with QQQ QQQ hit an all-time high recently. It’s true, no denying that. But here’s my question: is that good? Barchart · Sep 26
Before You Conclude the AI Era Won’t End Like the Dot-Com Era Did, Check Out These 2 Charts If you ignore risk, you take your chances with what the market does next. If you always seek to account for risk, you can ride the highs without being pummeled by all the lows. Over time, that’s a more gratifying investment experience. Barchart · Sep 19
These 5 ETFs Have Raked in Cash This Year—What Do They All Have in Common? AI-linked ETFs like DRAM, QQQ, QQQM, SOXX, and EWY drew massive 2026 inflows and gains tied to semiconductors and memory chips, but recent sell-offs highlight concentration risk. MarketBeat · Aug 31
Most Tech Stocks Are More Correlated Than You Think. Don’t Let That Wreck Your Trading Plan. Most tech stocks and AI-related themes are caught in the same web. That insight could save a lot of financial headaches as the stock market bull run gradually fades. Barchart · Aug 22
SpaceX Lockup Expiry Could Send a Gentle Jolt Through QQQ, Nasdaq ETFs Beginning Thursday, the proportion of SpaceX’s (NASDAQ:SPCX) shares available for public trading is set to rise from less than 5% to more than 12%, with more lockup expirations scheduled for Aug 20 and late September. The expanding free float could gradually increase the rocket company’s weight in float-adjusted indexes such… Benzinga · Aug 5
Michael Burry Just Turned His Guns on Nvidia, Micron and SOXX — ETF Investors Are Watching the Fallout Michael Burry is doubling down on his cautious view of the artificial intelligence trade, increasing his bearish exposure to NVIDIA Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA) while expanding outright short positions in Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) and the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX). Benzinga · Jul 31
BlackRock’s Nasdaq ETF Challenger Is Growing — But QQQ Still Pulls 300× More Inflows BlackRock’s attempt to challenge Invesco’s dominance in the Nasdaq-100 ETF market is showing early signs of traction, but the asset manager still has a long way to go before it dents the grip of the $453 billion Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ). Benzinga · Jul 27
Michael Burry Says Wall Street Has Turned on Big Tech's AI Spending: 'The Market Has Voted' The ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry on Sunday said the market has delivered its verdict on Big Tech’s artificial intelligence (AI) spending, with investors increasingly favoring companies showing stronger returns over larger capital commitments. Benzinga · Jul 27
Trump Official Buys ETF Version of 'Keep Your Enemies Closer' A senior official in President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security appears to have found one Democratic strategy worth backing: copying the party’s stock trades. Benzinga · Jul 23
The New IQQ ETF Just Started Trading. How to Play the Nasdaq Fund Here. BlackRock’s new IQQ ETF is officially trading. Investors want to know what the Nasdaq fund offers, who it’s built for, and whether it deserves a spot in your portfolio. Barchart · Jul 11
iShares’ New Nasdaq-100 ETF May Be Cheap. But IQQ Is a Giant Red Flag That the AI Bubble Is Getting Ready to Burst. It is a sign of the times when BlackRock, the kingpin of the ETF world, decides to offer an ETF that is a clone of the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ). Barchart · Jul 9
SpaceX Nasdaq 100 Debut, Minimal Lift: Analysts Call the QQQ Hype Overdone SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) has joined the Nasdaq 100 index, but several Wall Street voices argue the impact on the stock will be far more modest than the soaring expectations baked into recent "forced-buy" narratives around ETFs such as the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ). Benzinga · Jul 7
Benzinga · Jul 7 Your 401(k) May Have Just Bought SpaceX for You You may not have bought Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) stock. But if your retirement savings sit in a Nasdaq-100 ETF, a target-date retirement fund or a large-cap growth 401(k), there’s a good chance you became a SpaceX investor anyway.
International Business Times · Jul 6 Nasdaq Rewrote Its Rules for SpaceX; Now $4.3B in Passive Buying Forces Index Funds' Hands SpaceX Nasdaq-100 inclusion triggered $4.3 billion in forced buying from QQQ index funds as Nasdaq's new fast-entry rule added SPCX after just 15 trading days — millions of 401(k) and IRA holders are now automatic SpaceX shareholders, with the August 6 lockup expiry and first earnings report as the real…
International Business Times UK · Jul 5 Michael Burry Says Tech Stocks in a 'Blowoff Top', Expands Nasdaq and Semiconductor ETF Bear Bets Michael Burry expanded bearish bets on Nasdaq and semiconductor ETFs, arguing AI-era valuations are outrunning business fundamentals
Barchart · Jul 4 Volatility in Tech Stocks Just Hit a 23-Year Extreme. Why That May Mean the Bull Market Clock Is Ticking. Let me say the quiet part out loud: The Nasdaq-100’s (QQQ) intraday volatility should have every trader and investor on high alert.
Barchart · Jul 3 How T-Bills Beat 40% of Stocks in the QQQ ETF and No One Noticed Over the past 52 weeks, U.S. Treasury bills have outperformed 39 companies within the celebrated Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index.
Benzinga · Jul 1 Nvidia, Tesla, Caterpillar: ETFs Most Exposed to Michael Burry's New Shorts Michael Burry, the investor best known for predicting the 2008 housing market collapse, has taken aim at some of Wall Street’s biggest AI winners, raising fresh questions for ETF investors heavily exposed to the trade. His latest regulatory filing revealed bearish positions against Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), Caterpillar, Inc. (NYSE:CAT), Tesla,…
Barchart · Jun 28 5 AI Hardware Stocks Create a New ‘MANIA’ Trade That Replaces the Magnificent 7. Hedge Your Bets on the Hot Tickers with These 2 Leveraged ETFs. Micron, AMD, Intel, Broadcom, and Nvidia are the new pop stars of the stock market.
GOBankingRates · Jun 18 I Asked ChatGPT and Gemini How To Invest My Roth IRA Money in 2026: Here’s What They Each Said ChatGPT and Gemini both recommended index funds for Roth IRAs in 2026 but differ on bonds, AI focus and whether to target current market conditions.
Barchart · Jun 16 These 3 AI ETFs Have Been on a Rocket Ride Higher. Here’s Why I’d Skip Them All and Just Buy QQQ Instead. Why not just trade the Qs?
Barchart · Jun 14 Ignore the Financial Influencers Pushing a ‘Trifecta’ ETF Strategy. Manage Risk and Volatility with 1 of These Savvy Funds Instead. Investors naturally want simplicity. But in a world of rising inflation, geopolitical turmoil, and a stock market fueled by pandemic-era liquidity, asset allocation and time allocation are more closely linked than ever.
The Independent UK · Jun 13 You may want to ignore SpaceX but your 401(k) won’t SpaceX is now worth $2.1 trillion after its stock launched 19.2% higher in its debut on Wall Street