Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending April 17, 2026 U.S. equity markets extended their upward momentum this week, led by strong gains in technology and growth-oriented segments, as reflected in the sharp advances in the Nasdaq-100 and semiconductor-linked names. Broad-based indices also moved higher, supported by resilience in large caps and selective strength across communication … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending March 27, 2026 U.S. equity markets experienced broad-based weakness this week, with growth-oriented and technology-heavy segments leading the decline, as reflected in notable pullbacks across major ETFs such as QQQM, XLK, and XLC. Despite this overall softness, pockets of strength emerged in energy and materials, where rising commodity prices … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending December 19, 2025 U.S. equity markets continued to exhibit late-December cross-currents as investors balanced concerns around valuation in mega-cap technology and utilities against seasonal strength and improving breadth. While early-month weakness in large-cap growth persisted through mid-December, the final trading days of the week saw selective rebounds, particularly in … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending November 07, 2025 A wave of caution swept through markets in the first week of November, reversing much of the year’s earlier optimism. Technology and growth ETFs, which had powered returns through October, led the declines as heavyweight benchmarks like QQQM (-3.5%) and XLK (-4.6%) sold off sharply. Defensive pockets such as Energy (XLE … Read more
The first 100 days of Trump 2.0 have been anything but “business as usual.” During the past several weeks with tariff wars and Administration policy changes taking center stage, huge volatility swings in both directions have greatly disturbed many investors. Seemingly, there has seldom been a better time to be a volatility trader. All 5,200+ … Read more
Last year, I was asked by a local investing club to provide a list of ValuEngine’s top 10 stock picks for 2024. I screened our list for top-rated stocks with at least $10 Billion in Market Capitalization and excluded ADRs and stocks not ranked by any analysts according to our data feed. This top 10 … Read more
Despite expectations for weak-to-negative returns in 2024 because of an anticipated recession that never happened, 2024 has been a very strong year for the market and its major benchmark ETFs. The S&P 500 has been in a relentless uptrend since rebounding from the lows of the bear market of 2022. The Nasdaq-100 has been even … Read more
The Nasdaq-100 Trust ETF, ticker symbol QQQ, is both one of the most loved and most hated ETFs in the US market. Investors who bought and held $10,000 worth 15 years ago on September 10, 2009 have every reason to love it. They now have seen that investment grow to $126,000, an annualized gain … Read more
“The Magnificent Seven” was the most popular sobriquet among stock market strategists, portfolio managers and reporters in 2023. Stocks such as Google, Nvidia, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple dominated performance and volume charts. Almost unnoticed, Broadcom pushed its way to 4th in Market Cap in the Nasdaq and more than doubled in price last year … Read more
Farewell and thank you to 2023 which exceeded almost everybody’s expectations after a dismal 2022 and predictions of a dire recession. This blog was more positive than most, projecting a 5% to 10% gain for the S&P 500 vs. the actual price gain of 23.9%. Now it’s on to 2024. Let’s start with our quarterly … Read more