Volatility is returning to Wall Street, signaling a potential fracture in the bull market sentiment that defined the previous year. Recent trading sessions have seen Nasdaq futures face noticeable downward pressure, a stark contrast to the smooth sailing investors grew accustomed to in 2025.
Not even two full trading weeks into 2026 and the good news is already piling up for a slew of big name technology stocks. That brings benefits to investors engaged with the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM).
The S&P 500 closed a winning year and is expected to climb as much as 20% this year.
Growth investing has changed monumentally over the past 4 years, because the bulk of the gains are being driven by AI.
Due in part to intersections with artificial intelligence (AI), some internet stocks delivered strong performances in 2025, including Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL), which was one of the best-performing mega-cap growth stocks.
The Nasdaq-100 index has been an elite performer over the past 10-plus years. It's concentrated in the biggest megacap tech leaders and innovative companies.
It isn't all too often you hear of a billionaire investor betting big on an ETF.
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.
You don't have to pick tech stocks to outperform the stock market. Tech ETFs simplify the entire process by giving you exposure to a basket of stocks in the hottest sector.
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.