CIBR News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ CEA Cybersecurity ETF From 06/23/23

2023-06-23 23:35:00 ET Summary The performance of tech and other growth-related stocks has indeed been impressive this year. he Russell 1000 Growth index, as of the June 22 close, was up around 26.4 percent since January 1, while its counterpart the Russell 1000 Value index was up...

2023-06-21 13:30:00 ET Summary What gives us confidence in a 2H23 tech recovery. 1Q23 earnings takeaways: hardware bottomed, software to follow. As we get into 2H23, comps get significantly easier. What gives us confidence in a 2H recovery A downturn follows a ty...

2023-06-21 12:00:00 ET Summary Technology is the strongest equity sector to date in 2023, but how you define tech matters for evaluating performance, risk and other factors. Tech ETFs vary on multiple dimensions, including performance, holdings and risk. Debate rages on whethe...

2023-06-12 04:29:11 ET Summary I continue to be bullish on the global cybersecurity market and the leading companies that operate in that space. However, it is time to acknowledge that the BUG cybersecurity ETF is simply not working as a "growth" investment. Indeed, over the p...

2023-06-09 07:36:00 ET Summary Healthcare companies are beginning to explore how artificial intelligence might unlock efficiencies for patients and medical systems. Companies that put cash to work by investing in innovation are signaling efforts to secure consistent long-term prof...

2023-05-30 12:00:00 ET Summary The traditional 60%/40% portfolio has definitely felt a drag from the bond side of the equation. Expected tech sector EPS growth remains pretty punk for 2023, even after Nvidia’s earnings last week. Technology as a sector does better when ...

2023-05-27 05:49:36 ET Summary Basically, this is the very news that the tech industry had hoped for after seeing steep  drops in valuations for some firms. 'US equities are being powered by the bet on AI because of high exposure to tech mega-caps,' says Bloomberg of Citibank...

2023-05-27 02:25:00 ET Summary The US stock market is having itself a pretty decent year so far in 2023, all things considered. This week we focus on another unusual characteristic of the stock market – the extreme narrowness of outperformance, dominated almost exclusively ...

2023-05-26 22:14:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 has been closing in on new 52-week highs as the index gains another 1.3% heading into the long weekend. Indicating what has broadly been mediocre breadth at best, the only two sectors with relative strength lines that are currently mo...

2023-05-26 12:14:59 ET The technology sector has driven gains in the Nasdaq Composite ( COMP.IND ) so far 2023, with the benchmark index climbing more than 20% since the close of last year. With AI the hot topic, Nvidia ( NVDA ) represented the latest tech player to see a bump, ...