XNTK News and Press, SPDR NYSE Technology From 05/02/23

2023-05-02 01:25:00 ET Summary Interest rates continue to drive markets, with central banks walking a fine line between taming inflation and avoiding recession. The Fed isn’t quite finished with the tightening cycle yet, even as the market remains optimistic that rates will...

2023-04-29 09:29:21 ET Summary This ETF trading model uses the Conference Board Leading Economic Index to determine “Risk-On” periods for equities. A universe is defined from the SPDR, Vanguard, and PowerShares ETF providers for the sectors healthcare, energy, commun...

2023-04-28 00:16:00 ET Summary Tech and communications services are red-hot this year, leaving the rest of the field – the stock market overall – in the dust. Although the collapse of several regional banks appears contained, blowback looks set to continue. Despi...

2023-04-26 15:15:00 ET Summary Quality was the star performer in most markets in the first-quarter rollercoaster ride, with most of the factor's outperformance coming in March. Quality broadly outpaced its respective broad-market benchmarks and all other factors in Q1, most signif...

2023-04-19 03:00:00 ET Summary The Tech sector is in an unusual place in which price has been overbought for the entirety of the past month while short-term breadth has dropped into oversold territory in the past two sessions. Taking a spread of the two measures, that is nearly a ...

2023-04-18 09:43:00 ET Summary Changes to the Global Industry Classification Standard adjusted the sector weights in the S&P 500. Sector futures provide a way to manage risk related to the 11 GICS sectors and gain exposure to changes impacting differing sectors of the market. ...

2023-04-14 08:00:00 ET Summary Internet companies like Meta and Alphabet are actually considered part of the communication services sector after a GICS reclassification in September 2018. Most communication sector ETFs have actually been outperforming technology ETFs YTD. The ...

2023-04-11 13:06:00 ET Summary What's driving investor interest in tech and can it last? Why the upcoming earnings season could prove pivotal for tech stocks. Why tech's long-term outlook is a positive one, even if the short term isn't. U.S. tech stocks have rallied ...

2023-04-04 05:16:00 ET Summary The way we understand the tech economy is changing dramatically. While we can’t be sure if it is or is not too soon to enter the highest-quality REIT space, we know for sure it is not too late. Near-term challenges create volatility; long-...

2023-04-02 03:43:00 ET Summary Bank shares plunged in the wake of the SVB meltdown, for understandable reasons, while Big Tech was off to the races, for reasons we will explore in further detail below. Stock price valuations are heavily influenced by interest rates, and a reductio...