Invesco QQQ Trust

QQQ

Market cap $369B

The Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq 100 indices and their ETFs moved sideways last week as investors focused on monetary policy and Nvidia earnings. The S&P 500 Index pulled back to $6,460 from the year-to-date high of $6,500.

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PCE came in as expected, no hindrance to the 25 bps rate cut signaled for the September Fed meeting.

Geoffrey Seiler has positions in Alphabet and Invesco QQQ Trust. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Advanced Micro Devices, Alphabet, Amazon, AppLovin, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Netflix, Nvidia, Palantir Technologies, and Tesla.

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One of the most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the stock market is the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ 0.70%). It mirrors the Nasdaq-100 , an index that tracks the 100 largest companies on the Nasdaq stock exchange (excluding financial names such as banks and insurance companies).

The Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ 0.26%) is one of the largest growth-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world -- with a staggering $360.6 billion in net assets.

Investor interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has skyrocketed over the last couple of years. That has led to massive gains for stocks like Nvidia and Palantir Technologies, which are heavily exposed to the technology.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ 0.26%) has been attracting a lot of attention from investors, noting that it has a huge $360 billion in net assets. It is easily one of the largest exchange-traded funds (ETFs) an investor can buy into, and, clearly, investors are happily buying shares in it.

This week's Big Tech rout drove the broader market to substantial losses throughout the week. Leading the push lower were (seemingly impenetrable) large cap tech titans Palantir Technologies (PLTR) and Nvidia (NVDA). The pair suffered an (overdue) bout of profit taking, which resulted in respective losses of 9.4% and 3.5% on Aug. 19.