There’s a big rotation out of tech happening. How to trade it as the second quarter ends
June 2026 has been defined by a striking divergence in U.S. equity markets. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average marches to all-time record highs, the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) has undergone a sharp, volatile and spastic repricing. I want to use the elevated volatility in the tech Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) to create an income […]
How to get SpaceX stock — without buying the IPO
Elon Musk is photographed at SpaceX in Brownsville, Texas. Marvin Joseph | The Washington Post | Getty Images The SpaceX initial public offering on Friday is poised to be the biggest ever — and is generating a lot of buzz. But IPOs can carry dangers for the average investor, according to finance experts. For starters, […]
How to hedge your portfolio against the Nasdaq-100 using QQQ put spreads
Last Friday was a good reminder of why hedging exists. The QQQ ETF that tracks the Nasdaq-100 dropped 4.8% in a single session, volume hit three times its normal daily level and options positions that looked comfortable on Thursday morning were suddenly down 30-60%. That kind of day is not unusual, it just feels that […]
How investors can approach markets’ ‘choppy, bumpy ride’: analyst
Trevor Williams | DigitalVision | Getty Images The stock market rallied on Tuesday, the last trading day of March, inspired by hopes for an end to the Iran war. But it was not an easy month for investors. In March, the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq indices each fell around 5% — capping off […]
The Fed will give its latest monetary policy decision Wednesday. How to trade it
No rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting is the consensus, but the tone of Chair Jerome Powell’s news conference after the decision on Wednesday is an unknown factor and could have major market implications. “If Powell starts to emphasize that inflation is a risk or any sort of mention of that could have […]
The ‘Buffett Indicator’ shows the market is way overvalued
For the past several months, many institutional investors have cited the U.S. stock market capitalization-to-GDP ratio, also known as the “Buffett Indicator,” a metric he first described 25 years ago in an interview with Fortune, as an indication that equities may potentially be overvalued. According to Bloomberg Research, as of Friday U.S. equities are currently […]