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Tech Stocks Storm the Market: QQQ Rockets on Trade Truce while TQQQ Investors Cash In (Oct 14, 2025)

QQQ vs. QQQM vs. VGT on Nov. 7, 2025: After Tech’s Worst Week Since April, Which ETF Still Looks Best?

Updated: November 7, 2025 The tech trade just hit a speed bump. The Nasdaq-100’s big 2025 rally cooled this week as investors took profits in AI leaders, handing the tech complex its worst weekly drop since April. The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) closed Friday at $609.74, down about 3.1% from last Friday’s close—yet still well above summer levels and not far from its Oct. 29 all‑time high close near $636. Investing.com At the same time, fresh analysis published this week put QQQ under the microscope versus two popular alternatives: its lower‑cost twin QQQM and sector‑pure VGT. Below, we round up
VTI vs. VOO on November 7, 2025: Daily Update, Flows & Why Vanguard’s Flagship ETFs Still Dominate With Young Investors

VTI vs. VOO on November 7, 2025: Daily Update, Flows & Why Vanguard’s Flagship ETFs Still Dominate With Young Investors

What changed today (Nov. 7, 2025) Fresh data from TipRanks’ “VTI ETF Daily Update — 11/7/2025” shows the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) slipped 1.17% on Thursday, part of a −2.72% five‑day stretch, while YTD returns remain +14.71%. Despite choppy price action, investors added $382M to VTI over the last five trading days, and the fund still trades above its 50‑day EMA, a constructive near‑term technical backdrop. TipRanks The same update highlights the week’s macro driver: pressure on AI‑heavy megacaps, which weighed on the S&P 500 (−1.12%) and Nasdaq (−1.90%) Thursday. That factor matters for VTI because its top
7 November 2025
Crypto Markets Today (Nov 7, 2025): ‘Extreme Fear’ Lingers as ETFs Snap Outflow Streak; Research Confirms First Red October Since 2018

Crypto Markets Today (Nov 7, 2025): ‘Extreme Fear’ Lingers as ETFs Snap Outflow Streak; Research Confirms First Red October Since 2018

Crypto sentiment remains fragile to end the week, but there are early signs of stabilization after days of risk-off trading. A key sentiment gauge has swung to “Extreme Fear”, while spot crypto ETFs notched fresh inflows on Thursday, Nov. 6, breaking a six‑day outflow streak. Meanwhile, new research confirms October 2025 was the first “red October” for crypto since 2018, following last month’s record liquidation event. Alternative.me+2Moneyweb+2 At a glance — 7.11.2025 Why fear spiked — and what changed in the last 24 hours Macro nerves intensified after Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said he is “not decided” on a
7 November 2025
Ethereum Price Today (Nov 5, 2025): ETH Rebounds Toward $3.46K After $1B+ Liquidations; ETFs Log Fifth Straight Day of Outflows

Ethereum Price Today (Nov 5, 2025): ETH Rebounds Toward $3.46K After $1B+ Liquidations; ETFs Log Fifth Straight Day of Outflows

Ethereum (ETH) is stabilizing after a bruising two‑day slide that briefly pushed prices near $3,100 on Tuesday. As of publication, ETH trades around the mid‑$3,400s, clawing back part of the decline amid broader risk‑off sentiment across crypto and equities. Key takeaways What happened to ETH on Nov 4–5 Another deleveraging wave. The latest leg lower in crypto began Tuesday, with Bitcoin briefly slipping below $100,000 and Ether tumbling toward $3,100. Data providers and market coverage pegged aggregate crypto liquidations above $1B in 24 hours, with long positions bearing the brunt. The selling spilled over into Wednesday trade before buyers emerged.
Solana (SOL) Price Rollercoaster: From $250 Uptober High to $185 – Will It Rebound to $300?

Solana (SOL) on Fire: Western Union Stuns Crypto World as ETFs Spark Explosive Rally

Recent News & Developments In the past week, Solana has been in the headlines. Western Union’s October 30 press release announced USDPT, a new USD-backed stablecoin on Solana (issued via Anchorage Bank) businesswire.com. This marks a major corporate endorsement of Solana’s blockchain. Western Union CEO Devin McGranahan emphasized that USDPT and WU’s new Digital Asset Network will help “make financial services accessible to people everywhere” businesswire.com. Industry analysts (e.g. William Blair) noted that remittance firms view stablecoins as an opportunity, not a threat coindesk.com – a change in mindset that benefits Solana. Meanwhile, social media lit up with institutional bragging
Tech ETFs Explode (and Implode) After Trade Truce: QQQ Rockets as TQQQ Traders Cash Out – What’s Next?

Tech ETFs Explode (and Implode) After Trade Truce: QQQ Rockets as TQQQ Traders Cash Out – What’s Next?

Market Recap: Trade Truce Sends QQQ Higher QQQ, the Nasdaq-100 ETF, tracks the 100 largest non-financial companies on Nasdaq (heavy in Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) azat.tv. On Friday Oct 10, QQQ plunged ~3.5% as President Trump announced plans to double tariffs on Chinese imports and restrict rare-earth exports, renewing trade war fears tipranks.com reuters.com. This knocked major tech shares lower (for example, Friday’s Nasdaq Composite lost ~820 points) and dragged QQQ to a 5-day decline of about 2.9% tipranks.com. Over the weekend Trump backpedaled, tweeting that he didn’t want to “hurt” China and that things would be fine, which soothed
High-Flying Tech ETFs See $14 Billion Exodus – Why Investors Are Bailing on TQQQ & SOXL’s Rally

High-Flying Tech ETFs See $14 Billion Exodus – Why Investors Are Bailing on TQQQ & SOXL’s Rally

Record Rally Meets Record Outflows Tech stocks have been on fire in 2025 – yet investors are yanking money out of some of the hottest funds. TQQQ, which delivers triple the daily return of the Nasdaq-100, and SOXL, a 3× play on semiconductor stocks, have both posted stellar gains this year. TQQQ is up roughly 37% year-to-date and recently hit a new 12-month high around $107–$109 per share marketbeat.com. SOXL has fared even better on paper, soaring about 53% in 2025. By comparison, their non-leveraged counterparts – the regular Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) and iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) – are up
10 October 2025
Investors Flee S&P 500 ETF for Total Market: Vanguard’s VTI Soars as VOO Sees Outflows

Investors Flee S&P 500 ETF for Total Market: Vanguard’s VTI Soars as VOO Sees Outflows

Vanguard ETFs See Opposite Fund Flows Amid Market Rally Investors are making a notable allocation shift between Vanguard’s two flagship equity funds. Over the first week of October, VOO – Vanguard’s S&P 500 Index ETF – experienced significant net withdrawals of just over $1 billion tipranks.com. Yet VTI – Vanguard’s Total Stock Market ETF – simultaneously enjoyed roughly $1 billion of net new money tipranks.com. This is striking because both funds posted modest gains for the week (under 1%), reflecting a rising market rather than any performance shortfall tipranks.com tipranks.com. In other words, investors pulled cash from VOO even as its price inched higher,
10 October 2025
Rising Short Interest and Record Distributions: Inside John Hancock’s Fundamental All Cap Core ETF & Closed‑End Fund Payout Boom

Rising Short Interest and Record Distributions: Inside John Hancock’s Fundamental All Cap Core ETF & Closed‑End Fund Payout Boom

Background: John Hancock’s Active ETF Experiment John Hancock Investment Management, the asset‑management arm of Manulife, is known for its multi‑manager approach. On 2 November 2023 the firm expanded its ETF lineup by launching two actively managed funds, including the Fundamental All Cap Core ETF (JHAC). According to John Hancock, JHAC is its first semi‑transparent ETF: it publishes a tracking basket of securities rather than disclosing full holdings daily, allowing managers to hide proprietary strategies and reduce front‑running risk johnhancock.com. The fund is managed by Emory W. (Sandy) Sanders Jr., CFA and Jonathan T. White, CFA, co‑leaders of the U.S. Core Value Equity Team at Manulife Investment Management johnhancock.com. Their mandate is
Vanguard’s Crypto U-Turn: $10T Giant Opens Doors to Bitcoin ETFs

Vanguard’s Crypto U-Turn: $10T Giant Opens Doors to Bitcoin ETFs

Background: Vanguard’s Historic Crypto Caution For years Vanguard famously shunned cryptocurrencies. Its founder, John Bogle, viewed Bitcoin as “speculative” and not fitting Vanguard’s long-term, value-focused philosophy cryptoslate.com coinlaw.io. Even after the first US spot Bitcoin ETFs launched in Jan 2024, Vanguard refused to list them on its brokerage platform coinlaw.io cryptoslate.com. By early 2024 it had removed even Bitcoin futures products from its offerings. In short, Vanguard had been a crypto outlier among big asset managers cryptoslate.com cryptoinamerica.com. That stance began to shift with the arrival of CEO Salim Ramji (formerly a top BlackRock ETF executive) in mid-2024. Ramji’s background
27 September 2025
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