The year 2025 was upbeat for the market with the S&P 500-based ETF SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY, SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA and PowerShares QQQ ETF QQQ adding about 17.7%, 14.3% and 21.7%, respectively (as of Dec 29, 2025).
An ETF is only as good as its holdings. That's advice that investors, particularly those with long-term time horizons, need to remember.
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As the artificial intelligence (AI) space and the related investment thesis evolve at fevered pitches, market participants are increasingly curious about what the follow-up to generative AI will be. The answer largely revolves agentic AI, a form of AI that involves computers and machines performing human functions with limited human input.
As the AI trade continues its sharp recovery after the mid-November fumble that followed some fantastic quarters served up by the tech titans, investors might be wondering if now is a good time to get back in.
November was a tricky month for large- and megacap growth stocks. That was highlighted by the Nasdaq-100 (NDX) and S&P 500 Growth indexes finishing in the red in the 11th month of the year.
These days, it's not unreasonable for investors to feel as if there's one word attached to AI: “bubble.” AI bubble talk is increasing in frequency, as are comparisons to the internet bubble of 2000.
Market participants have rapidly become concerned about the state of affairs with growth stocks. That includes some of the previously sturdy megacap names.
Active ETFs have proliferated in recent years, bringing dynamic new strategies to the broader ETF ecosystem. Despite that, most sector ETFs, in particular, take a passive investing approach to their segments, by closely tracking an index.
Experienced market participants know the early innings of the AI investing thesis have largely been marked by hardware; namely, semiconductors. It's a key reason Nvidia (NVDA) is the first artificial intelligence stock that comes to many investors' minds.
Hedge funds are always buying and selling stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and while it might not always be a great idea to replicate their moves, it doesn't hurt to keep a watch on what they're eyeing.
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