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Yahoo
25-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights GOOGL, MAGS, IXP, FCOM, VOX and XLC
For Immediate Release Chicago, IL – July 25, 2025 – announces the list of stocks and ETFs featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks and ETFs recently featured in the blog include: Alphabet GOOGL, Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF MAGS, iShares Global Comm Services ETF IXP, Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF FCOM, Vanguard Communication Services ETF VOX and Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund XLC. Here are highlights from Thursday's Analyst Blog: ETFs to Soar Post-Alphabet's Strong Q2 Earnings Results After the closing bell on Wednesday, Google parent Alphabet reported solid second-quarter 2025 results, topping both revenue and earnings estimates. The tech giant also raised its capital expenditures forecast for the year, signaling a more aggressive investment push into AI infrastructure. As such, shares of GOOGL jumped as much as 3% in after-market trading on an elevated volume. Investors should tap the strength with ETFs having a double-digit allocation to Alphabet. Earnings in Focus Earnings per share came in at $2.31, easily outpacing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.15 and improving 22% from the year-ago quarter. This marks the tenth consecutive quarter of earnings beat. Revenues grew 14% year over year to $96.43 billion. Alphabet's Google Cloud business revenues grew 32% year over year to $13.62 billion, bolstered by a new partnership with OpenAI, which announced plans to use Google's infrastructure to power its ChatGPT platform. The company's search unit brought in $54.19 billion in revenues despite stiff AI competition. Advertising revenues were $71.34 billion, up about 10.4% year over year. YouTube division revenues grew 13.8% to $9.8 million during the second quarter. Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed that the company's AI Overviews, which summarize search results, now reach over 2 billion monthly users across more than 200 countries, up from 1.5 billion last quarter. The Gemini app, home to Google's AI chatbot, has surpassed 450 million monthly active users. Alphabet's cloud computing business is on pace to bring in $50 billion over the course of the year (read: Will Nasdaq ETFs Continue Their Rally Going Into Q2 Earnings?). Alphabet is also investing heavily in AI talent. Earlier this month, the company acquired AI coding startup Windsurf in a $2.4 billion deal, bringing in CEO Varun Mohan and top researchers, along with licensing its technology. The company raised its capital expenditures forecast to $85 billion for this year, up $10 billion from February, due to 'strong and growing demand for the Cloud products and services.' ETFs in Focus Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF is the first-ever ETF that offers investors equal-weight exposure to 'Magnificent Seven' stocks. Alphabet accounts for a 15.3% share in the basket. MAGS has amassed $2.4 billion in its asset base and charges 29 bps in fees per year. It trades in an average daily volume of 2 million shares (read: Mag 7 ETFs Surge: Will the Rally Keep Rolling?). iShares Global Comm Services ETFiShares Global Comm Services ETF provides global exposure to companies in media, entertainment, social media, search engine, video/gaming and telecommunication services by tracking the S&P Global 1200 Communication Services 4.5/22.5/45 Capped Index. It holds 69 stocks in its basket, with Alphabet taking the second spot at 12.8%. Interactive media & services dominates the fund's return at 52.4%, followed by integrated telecommunication services (17.8%). iShares Global Comm Services ETF has amassed $542.9 million in its asset base while trading at an average daily volume of 39,000 shares. The expense ratio comes in at 0.41%. IXP has a Zacks ETF Rank #3 with a Medium risk outlook. Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF follows the MSCI USA IMI Communication Services 25/50 Index. It holds 105 stocks in its basket, with Alphabet occupying the second position at a combined 12.7%. Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF has amassed $1.6 billion in its asset base and trades in an average daily volume of 108,000 shares. It charges 8 bps in annual fees and has a Zacks ETF Rank #3 (Hold) with a Medium risk outlook (see: all the Communication ETFs here). Vanguard Communication Services ETF Vanguard Communication Services ETF targets the communication sector by tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Communication Services 25/50 Index. Holding 118 stocks in its basket, Alphabet takes the second spot at 12.5% of the portfolio. Interactive media & services is the top sector, accounting for 51.1% of the portfolio, while movies & entertainment, cable & satellite, and integrated telecommunication services round off the next three. Vanguard Communication Services ETF has AUM of $5.2 billion and trades in a good volume of 178,000 shares a day, on average. It charges 9 bps in annual fees and has a Zacks ETF Rank #3 with a Medium risk outlook. Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund offers exposure to companies from telecommunication services, media, entertainment and interactive media & services. It has accumulated $24 billion in its asset base. It follows the Communication Services Select Sector Index and holds 24 stocks in its basket, with Alphabet occupying the second position with a 10.4% share. About 38% of the portfolio is allocated to interactive media & services, while entertainment and media round off the next two. Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund charges 8 bps in annual fees and trades in an average daily volume of 5 million shares. It has a Zacks ETF Rank #2 (Buy). Want key ETF info delivered straight to your inbox? Zacks' free Fund Newsletter will brief you on top news and analysis, as well as top-performing ETFs, each week. Get it free >> Zacks Investment Research 800-767-3771 ext. 9339 support@ Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Inherent in any investment is the potential for loss. This material is being provided for informational purposes only and nothing herein constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a recommendation to buy, sell or hold a security. 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Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) : Free Stock Analysis Report Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX): ETF Research Reports Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF (FCOM): ETF Research Reports iShares Global Comm Services ETF (IXP): ETF Research Reports Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLC): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CNBC
21-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Navigating earnings risk in megacap tech, and a buying opportunity in this industrial name
(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors are looking for opportunities in a midcap industrial name and the financial sector. They are also looking for a way to navigate megacap tech earnings. Worldwide Exchange Pick: IEX Drew Pettit of Citi likes Idex as a way to play the spending bill President Donald Trump recently signed into law. "Idex is a small and midcap industrial company, pump valve and metering name that plays to a lot of secular themes like water, oil and gas, agriculture all supported by the 'One Big Beautiful Bill,'" Pettit said. Pettit said he's seeing broader opportunities in small- and midcap cyclicals due to a valuation discount. Idex shares are down year to date. The company reports earnings on July 30. Worldwide Exchange Pick: Financials Mark Smith of Wells Fargo sees opportunity in large cap financials. "Large Cap financials have some potential upside due to possible deregulation coming out of the executive branch this year," Smith said. "Financials are the place to be right now if you want to see outsized gains and remember they are tariff talk free, US financials don't get affected by any of this." The Invesco KBW Bank ETF holding the largest U.S. bank stocks and the SPDR S & P Regional Banking ETF that holds regional banking stocks are both outperforming the market since the Trump Administration's April 2 tariff announcement. Earnings risk in megacap tech With the Nasdaq Composite trading at an all time high and the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF within 1.5% of its record, Angelo Zino of CFRA is highlighting the risk to the megacap tech trade with Tesla and Alphabet reporting earnings this week. Last week, Netflix beat estimates for revenue and earnings, but the stock closed lower the day after reporting. "Our view is you are going to need a notable 'beat and raise' across the board here for the most part, outside of an Alphabet where the expectations, valuations are a little bit more reasonable in nature." He added: "If you can hear some of these companies talk about accelerating growth tied to AI, a guy like Zuckerberg at Meta … if he talks about accelerating growth here over the next 18-24 months I think that's where the stock could potentially go higher."
Business Insider
15-07-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
3 reasons investors are moving on from the trade war
President Donald Trump's trade war is starting to feel like old news for markets. Bank of America's monthly global fund manager survey, published on Tuesday, showed that investors have largely moved past the fear of tariffs and are feeling good about the stock market again. A sentiment reading of fund managers surveyed from July 3 to July 10 rose to 4.3 from 3.3 in the last month, the most positive investors have felt about the market since February, early in Trump's new term and months before the worst of the tariff volatility rocked markets. That boost in sentiment comes even as Trump's latest volley of tariff threats reignites uncertainty around the trade war. More than half—53%—of fund managers said they believed the final tariff rate the US would impose on the rest of the world would hover around 15%, up from the 10% rate investors expected in June. And yet, most investors aren't too worried about the prospect of higher tariff rates. Here's what they're thinking about instead. 1. Recession expectations are falling Investors aren't worried about a global recession. The percentage of investors who believed a global recession is likely in the next year dropped to its lowest level in five months, according to BofA's survey. The percentage of investors who believed a global recession was unlikely also grew to 59%. Meanwhile, 65% of fund managers said they believed the most likely outcome for the world economy was a soft landing, a slight economic slowdown that avoids an outright recession. Twenty-one percent of investors said they believed the most likely outcome was a " no-landing," a situation in which inflation comes down and the economy continues on a path of uninterrupted growth. 2. Corporate earnings optimism Investors are also feeling pretty good about the picture for corporate earnings growth. Forty-two percent of fund managers in the BofA survey said they believe earnings-per-share would surprise to the upside for the second quarter, compared to 19% of investors who said they believed earnings would likely surprise to the downside. The outlook for earnings has brightened in recent weeks. Morgan Stanley's gauge for earnings revisions breadth has climbed from -25% in mid-April to 3%, analysts at the bank wrote in a note on Monday. "The vibe right now is: underpromise and overdeliver," Hardika Singh, an economist strategist at FundStrat, wrote in a note on Tuesday. "And given that there is now more clarity on what's happening with tariffs, it's not an unrealistic scenario," she said of earnings beats. 3. AI bullishness The hype for artificial intelligence is still strong — and some investors think the economy is already starting to reap the benefits. Forty-two percent of fund managers said they believed productivity was already rising from AI use, while 21% said they believed productivity would rise as soon as next year. Meanwhile, the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF, which tracks the seven mega-cap tech firms, has rallied nearly 40% from its low on April 8. "The market has become numb to the administration's moves and is instead focusing on AI, tech and corporate America's ability to adapt and be nimble," Skyler Weinand, the chief investment officer at Regan Capital, wrote in a note on Tuesday.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
ETFs on the Move Post U.S.-China Trade Deal
The U.S.-China trade deal has infused fresh optimism into the stock market. The S&P 500 rose about 3% in the early hours of trading, while the Dow Jones gained around 1000 points. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index skyrocketed 3.8%. With this rally, Wall Street is on the way to record another banner United States and China have agreed to substantially roll back tariffs on each other's goods for an initial 90-day period. Under the agreement, the United States will reduce tariffs on Chinese goods from 145% to 30%, while China will lower its tariffs on American imports from 125% to 10% (read: 5 Sector ETFs to Make the Most of the U.S.-China Trade Deal). Technology stocks and ETFs are expected to benefit most from the move. AI chip leader NVIDIA (NVDA) jumped nearly 5%, while Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) also posted strong gains. Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF MAGS jumped 4.8% in early trading while MicroSectors FANG+ ETN FNGS climbed 3%. Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF is the first-ever ETF that offers investors equal-weight exposure to the 'Magnificent Seven' stocks. MicroSectors FANG+ ETN is linked to the performance of the NYSE FANG+ Index, which is an equal-dollar-weighted index designed to provide exposure to a group of highly traded growth stocks of next-generation technology and tech-enabled companies. The trade deal boosts the U.S. dollar against a basket of currencies. The U.S. Dollar Index rose about 1%. Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish Fund UUP is the prime beneficiary of the rising dollar as it offers exposure against a basket of six world currencies. It has a Zacks ETF Rank #3 (Hold). Gold tumbled nearly 3% as the United States and China's temporary trade truce bolstered risk appetite, diminishing the demand for the yellow metal. The ultra-popular SPDR Gold Trust ETF GLD also declined. It has a Zacks ETF Rank #3 (read: How to Play the Gold Rush With ETFs).The bearish plays on gold like ProShares UltraShort Gold ETF GLL, DB Gold Short ETN DGZ and DB Gold Double Short ETN DZZ and gold stocks like Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2x Shares DUST, Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bearl 2x Shares JDST and MicroSectors Gold Miners 3X Inverse ETN GDXD are rising. Oil prices jumped about 4% as U.S.-China tariff reductions lifted hopes of stronger demand from the world's top two oil consumers. United States Oil Fund USO and United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) gained more than 3% in early trading hours (read: Oil Slumps to Below $60: ETFs to Gain). President Donald Trump announced plans to sign an executive order aimed at significantly reducing U.S. prescription drug prices by 30% to 80%. The initiative, known as the "most favored nation" policy, seeks to align U.S. drug prices with those of the lowest-paying countries globally. Despite the new pricing overhaul, pharma ETFs like iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF IHE, VanEck Vectors Pharmaceutical ETF PPH, Invesco Pharmaceuticals ETF PJP, and SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF XPH are in green. IHE and PPH are up around 1% each, while PJP and XPH have gained more than 2% each. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report SPDR Gold Shares (GLD): ETF Research Reports Invesco DB US Dollar Index Bullish ETF (UUP): ETF Research Reports United States Oil ETF (USO): ETF Research Reports United States Brent Oil ETF (BNO): ETF Research Reports Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bear 2X Shares (DUST): ETF Research Reports Invesco Pharmaceuticals ETF (PJP): ETF Research Reports iShares U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF (IHE): ETF Research Reports SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF (XPH): ETF Research Reports VanEck Pharmaceutical ETF (PPH): ETF Research Reports MicroSectors FANG+ ETN (FNGS): ETF Research Reports This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Upturn
12-05-2025
- Business
- Business Upturn
Magnificent Seven stocks rally as US-China tariff truce sparks tech surge; Amazon leads with 7% jump
By Aditya Bhagchandani Published on May 12, 2025, 19:53 IST The Magnificent Seven tech stocks—Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, Alphabet (Google), Meta, and Tesla—rallied sharply on Monday as global investors cheered a temporary easing in US-China trade tensions. Following the announcement of a 90-day suspension of steep reciprocal tariffs, the Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS) jumped over 6% in premarket trading, signaling strong optimism across tech giants. According to a sector heatmap, here's how the Mag 7 stocks performed post-announcement: Amazon (AMZN) : +7.01% Tesla (TSLA) : +5.58% Meta (META) : +5.48% Apple (AAPL) : +4.52% Nvidia (NVDA) : +4.19% Google (GOOGL) : +3.2% Microsoft (MSFT): +0.76% Investors appear to be pricing in stronger revenue prospects for these companies, many of which have been battered by prolonged geopolitical uncertainty and supply chain constraints. The tech-heavy Nasdaq also surged 3.8%, leading broader market gains after the announcement. eToro global markets analyst Lale Akoner told Yahoo Finance that the continued monetization of AI investments and upward revisions in capex guidance among several of these firms is adding to the bullish momentum. Under the new deal, US tariffs on Chinese goods will drop from 145% to 30%, while China is also cutting duties on US imports to 10% from 125%. However, a separate 20% tariff related to fentanyl concerns will remain intact. With tech stocks back in favor and earnings season still in swing, all eyes are now on inflation prints later this week to determine whether this rally has more room to run. Aditya Bhagchandani serves as the Senior Editor and Writer at Business Upturn, where he leads coverage across the Business, Finance, Corporate, and Stock Market segments. With a keen eye for detail and a commitment to journalistic integrity, he not only contributes insightful articles but also oversees editorial direction for the reporting team.
