NVIDIA shares jumped as much as 7.8% in after-market trading on blowout results and surpassed the $1,000 level for the first time ever. Investors can tap the robust growth with the help of ETFs having the largest allocation to NVIDIA.
US existing home sales fell below April estimates, reporting a figure of 4.14 million for the month while declining more than expected by 1.9% month-over-month. Realtor.com Chief Economist Danielle Hale helps Yahoo Finance look deeper into the housing data and what it signifies for forthcoming improvements in the housing market. "For existing homeowners who are maybe reasonably happy with their home, but ready to make a trade either up or down or to something different, it is really expensive to try to get a mortgage at a 7% rate, compared to their current rate," Hale explains. "90% of them are under six and two-thirds are under 4%. so it makes it a lot more expensive to move." She also expects real estate market and buyer activity to "ramp up" with every little decline in mortgage rates, but forecasts it to still be a "slow comeback." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
Investors have been rewarded for investing in funds like NVDL, which has gained 5-fold over the past year.
Nvidia (NVDA) is set to report its first-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday with many on Wall Street focused on the outcome to see how it may test the strength of the market. With the number of AI mentions among companies across multiple sectors increasing from last quarter, details from Nvidia's report may have more influence across those sectors than usual. Yahoo Finance Markets Reporter Josh Schafer joins Morning Brief to discuss how Nvidia's earnings can impact multiple sectors beyond AI. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
Other sectors have rallied on AI demand, raising the stakes for the chipmaker's latest quarterly update.
BOSTON, May 21, 2024--State Street Global Advisors, the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT), today announced the launch of the SPDR® Portfolio Treasury ETF (SPTB). SPTB further enhances SPDR’s Portfolio ETF suite by providing low-cost exposure to US Treasury securities with remaining maturities greater than or equal to one year. Priced at three basis points, SPTB seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Treasury Index.
Investing in U.S. equities is an "asset allocation decision."
Sarge986 LLC President Stephen “Sarge” Guilfoyle foresees two dominant macro trends that play a great role in influencing the market (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) and whether stocks can hold onto the current rally. Guilfoyle joins Julie Hyman on Asking for a Trend to elaborate on the areas he is investing, taking advantage of the high inflationary environment: the utilities sector (XLU) and precious metal commodities such as gold (GC=F), silver (SI=F), and copper (HG=F). "As AI goes, as bitcoin (BTC-USD) goes on, as electric vehicles go on, the demand for electricity isn't going to be what it's been. Demand for electricity nationwide has gone up, maybe like less than 0.5% a year for a number of years," Guilfoyle explains. "From here on out. I think they're expecting 2 to 3% growth per year. so this is going to be an ongoing thing. You're not going to pay a low price for electricity, I don't think, probably for a long time." For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Asking for a Trend. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
NVIDIA has a higher chance to beat earnings estimates and saw positive earnings estimate revision activity, which is generally a precursor to an earnings beat.
April's 4% market drop didn’t deter investors from growth-oriented equity ETFs.