Invesco QQQ Trust

QQQ

Market cap $408B

Volatility is returning to Wall Street, signaling a potential fracture in the bull market sentiment that defined the previous year. Recent trading sessions have seen Nasdaq futures face noticeable downward pressure, a stark contrast to the smooth sailing investors grew accustomed to in 2025.

Not even two full trading weeks into 2026 and the good news is already piling up for a slew of big name technology stocks. That brings benefits to investors engaged with the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM).

The Nasdaq 100 Index and its top exchange-traded funds (ETFs) like the QQQ and JEPQ are stuck in a tight range this week as investors wait for key corporate and macro news from the United States.  The index was trading at $25,787, a few points below the all-time high of $26,787.

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF can be a core investor holding. The Vanguard Growth ETF, Invesco QQQ Trust, and Global X Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF are great ways to invest in tech leaders and AI stocks.

The S&P 500 closed a winning year and is expected to climb as much as 20% this year.

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A headline of +50K is lower than the downwardly revised +56K the previous month, but the Unemployment Rate fell -20 bps to +4.4%.

The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF is one of the most popular ways that investors use to add tech exposure to their portfolio. Since its debut back in 1999, it has one of the best performance records of any ETF in the marketplace.

The S&P 500, Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow), and Nasdaq Composite are all stock market indexes used to measure the performance of various aspects of the U.S. stock market.

With the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) taking place in Las Vegas, investors' eyes are on Nvidia (NVDA). A predictable response, but one that underscores the importance of the semiconductor behemoth in the artificial intelligence (AI) space.