When it comes to technology index funds, the granddaddy of them all is the Invesco QQQ Trust (ticker: QQQ), the avatar for the closely watched Nasdaq-100 – an index that isn’t a pure play, but which defines many investors’ perceptions of tech. Beating QQQ is a worthy target, with a five-year price gain of 102.3% as of Aug. 30, nearly doubling…
About three-fourths of the S&P 500 pay a dividend. According to S&P Dow Jones Indices, dividends have contributed approximately 32% of total S&P return since 1926. The current yield of the S&P is 1.55%. That’s below the 10-year Treasury yield, but that’s an average. Remember: High yields don’t come without risk. It’s not unusual to find a stock with a high…
Momentum investing is the go-to strategy for investors looking to benefit from ongoing trends in the market. However, some professionals consider momentum an anomaly. They claim momentum-driven market movement is due to cognitive biases towards stocks that have performed well. This leads to more investors choosing those stocks, driving prices further upward and leaving low-return stocks in the dust. In…
The quantum computing industry is poised to revolutionize the way we understand computing and data processing, opening up unprecedented opportunities for advancements in various sectors such as healthcare, finance, and cybersecurity. Unlike classical computers, which use bits as the basic unit of information, quantum computers utilize quantum bits or “qubits,” which can exist in multiple states simultaneously. For investors interested…
Are you a successful investor who’s already managing a portfolio worth billions for yourself and others? If not, then there’s probably a lot you can learn by following the handful of folks who can say they do. Luckily for everyday investors like us, keeping tabs on billionaire investors is a lot easier than you might think. The U.S. Securities and…
When a technology is billed as something that will transform the entire global economy, the primary impulse of investors is often fear—specifically, fear of missing out (FOMO). And that’s exactly what we’ve seen so far in 2023, with regard to artificial intelligence (AI). However, for investors, the most obvious play to profit from generative AI is already a very crowded…
Although relative few investors – let alone analysts hired by top research institutions – give much thought to low-volume speculative securities, the concept of top Wall Street penny stocks is not quite an oxymoron. Believe it or not, some market ideas are so compelling that they represent approved penny stock picks. From their (unlikely) possibility of delivering astounding, life-changing gains…
There are few things investors can be certain of, but constant and steadily increasing demand for global food supplies may be one of them. Particularly after disruptions to global wheat and corn supplies after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, it has become clear that agricultural commodities – and thus agricultural stocks – are an area that’s worth paying close attention to as…
I’m intrigued by stocks that have the ability to soar while the broader market sinks. Stocks that go up regardless of action in the broader market! Here are three that are suspiciously strong in the face of seriously headwinds. This article appeared at Dividend Stocks Research.
Sentiment for the cannabis sector has yet to rebound from its last peak in late 2020/early 2021, but that doesn’t mean you need to skip out on 420 stocks. Even Forbes recently argued that full U.S. legalization of marijuana remains (at least) a decade away. Why? For one, although political leaders still appear unwilling to approve a sweeping overhaul of…