QTEC News and Press, First Trust NASDAQ-100 Technology Sector Index Fd From 06/18/24

2024-06-18 12:30:00 ET Summary Picking a portfolio of currently attractive stocks is becoming more difficult around the world, both for the portfolio managers and business managers. This is emphasized by the media’s attention on popular indices, where a small number of stoc...

2024-06-17 11:45:00 ET Summary The Russell 2000 fell 1.6% on Friday, was in the red year-to-date, was back where it had first been in January 2021, and was down 18% from its all-time high in November 2021. The Nasdaq Composite eked out the fifth record close in a row on Friday, an...

2024-06-17 10:30:00 ET Summary A flat monthly CPI number (year-over-year unchanged at 3.3% inflation rate) helped prompt a drop in the 10-year yield and fuel enthusiasm that we may see an early fall (September) rate cut. Due to the perception that the month-over-month inflation nu...

2024-06-12 03:50:00 ET Summary One of the persistent themes in recent years has been the high and increasing concentration in US stocks. The outperformance of US stocks has been driven almost entirely by large cap US tech names and the “Magnificent 7”. This isn&#...

2024-06-11 14:56:00 ET Summary Can the market rally move past big tech? What AI needs next, a killer app. Other sectors that may be primed for a rally beyond tech. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: As The Rally In...

2024-06-10 06:30:00 ET Summary Today's market sentiment is almost apathetic compared to the frenzy of the late 1990s. The "weak breadth" conundrum lasted almost five full years in the late 1990s accompanied by the similar narrow leadership within the S&P 500 at that time as we...

2024-06-05 08:30:00 ET Summary The month of May continued the bull market trajectory which started back in October 2022 and has now produced positive returns for 4 out of the first 5 months of 2024. This came with enhanced volatility. There are current headwinds, including softeni...

2024-06-03 12:36:00 ET Summary Despite the Salesforce miss and the drop in software stocks last week, the trends in technology sector earnings remain positive. There is nothing about the S&P 500 EPS data that seems to indicate a problem with the US economy, at least as of toda...

2024-05-29 15:30:00 ET Summary Are tech stocks back for the long term? Outlook for the tech sector. Global stock trends. ... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further details see: Tech Sector Momentum Returns, But Is It Back For The Long ...

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...