QTEC News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fd From 05/23/24

2024-05-23 04:15:00 ET Summary S&P 500 earnings growth of 5% was driven primarily by the mega-cap tech+ stocks. We remain positive on technology and internet stocks but expect the earnings growth chasm between these leaders and the rest to close as two divergent business cycle...

2024-05-20 15:10:00 ET Summary The VIX may be trading at 52-week lows lately, but the Nasdaq has been nothing short of volatile. Since the Nasdaq’s inception in 1971, the current period is just the 15th time it shifted from extreme oversold to extreme overbought levels in 2...

2024-05-11 13:45:00 ET Summary The narrative in the equity markets is that Big Oil has passed the reins to Big Tech. In a knowledge economy, compute is energy. Tech does not match global energy investment yet, but individually, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft will spend more...

2024-05-09 06:55:00 ET Summary The 2020s are shaping up to be a decade of immense change and disruption. Accompanied by unprecedented global lockdowns and restrictions on personal mobility, the pandemic ground economic activity to a halt. A long-term perspective, diversificati...

2024-05-09 06:00:00 ET Summary Inflation, interest rates and geopolitical uncertainty tend to influence the market more than U.S. election results. Traders tend to conflate their political bias, or a certain election result, as being better for the stock market over the next four ...

2024-05-08 08:15:00 ET Summary Year to date, technology related companies have been the market leaders, with an increased focus on the ability to generate cash-flow. From a style factor lens, momentum has been the winner. Historically, this style has often been associated with mor...

2024-05-04 05:00:00 ET Summary The Japanese currency had weakened back to 157.94 by Wednesday, before a second round of intervention pushed the dollar/yen down to 153. The Nasdaq 100 traded up to 17,800 in Monday trading - then dropped 2.9% to Wednesday morning lows. Any pushb...

2024-05-03 20:44:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2024-05-03 14:40:00 ET Summary We do not believe that tech is in bubble territory. We see pockets of irrationality and excess risk-taking, particularly in AI hype names, but this is not pervasive, and it is too extreme to characterize it as a bubble. Our underweight positioning to...

2024-05-03 07:40:00 ET Summary Following last year's strong close, first quarter returns for the capital markets were driven by hope and a measure of fear. The bond market did not fare as well, beginning first with the Fed urging caution about the timing and magnitude of rate cuts...