XNTK News and Press, SPDR NYSE Technology From 05/25/21

Technology is still the largest weighting in the SP 500 as of this past weekend, with a 26.2% market cap. The difference between the earnings weight and market cap weight of technology is nowhere as large in May 2021 as it was in early 2000. The tech sector could tread water for 1...

Due to passive investing’s increasing popularity, opportunities outside of the major indexes should become both more prevalent and more attractive. Recently, though, traditional passive investing has become a bit less popular as many investors have eagerly embraced alternatives...

Closing out the financial markets on Monday and the investment community can see that the information technology space was the sector that dragged the most. The Nasdaq finished the day -2.55% and had its worst day since mid-March earlier this year.With the Nasdaq sliding it pulled d...

The US private sector exhibited the strongest expansion on record in April, supported by faster growth in both manufacturing and service sectors. Amongst the US sectors surveyed, the consumer service sector also saw the largest improvement in growth momentum. Private sector firms ...

A blowout earnings quarter for big tech. So why are their stocks falling? Will big tech continue to drive markets? Outlook for Tech Big 5. For further details see: Big Tech Scores A Record-Breaking Quarter: So Why Are Stock Prices Tanking?

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

The biggest tech platforms have been on a tear in the last few years, accelerating into warp-speed growth in both earnings and share prices since the beginning of the pandemic a year ago. Despite having their own business models, in general, these companies have capitalized on a handf...

Many US technology companies use stock compensation to help align workers' performance with shareholder interests. But stock-based compensation also creates accounting distortions that add risks to unwitting investors-especially as growth company valuations face increased scrutiny tod...

Since U.S. Treasury bonds have fallen more than -20% in value, it looks like we might've seen a short-term bottom and an opportunity to profit in the bond market. Which sectors are performing well in the intermediate term, as well as those that are taking a breather in the short term....

One of my many favorite tools to use when analyzing the markets is a Relative Rotation Graph (or “RRG”). I’m going to focus on using RRG to explain what’s happening under the surface in the market today. You can put any benchmark in the middle, at the z...