South Shore Capital Advisors increased its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ – Free Report) by 14.3% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 6,496 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 814 shares during the quarter. Invesco QQQ accounts for about 3.3% of South Shore Capital Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest holding. South Shore Capital Advisors’ holdings in Invesco QQQ were worth $4,805,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,952 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,444,000 after acquiring an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. Sherman Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Sherman Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,702 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,259,000 after purchasing an additional 14 shares in the last quarter. CAP Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. CAP Partners LLC now owns 444 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $256,000 after purchasing an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Durante & Waters LLC grew its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 1.1% during the 1st quarter. Durante & Waters LLC now owns 1,425 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $822,000 after purchasing an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Roxbury Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 19.7% during the 2nd quarter. Roxbury Financial LLC now owns 91 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $67,000 after purchasing an additional 15 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 44.58% of the company’s stock.
Invesco QQQ Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ QQQ opened at $725.20 on Thursday. Invesco QQQ has a 52 week low of $555.60 and a 52 week high of $762.86. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $726.65 and its 200 day moving average is $707.26.
Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 8th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 21st were paid a dividend of $0.7514 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 21st. This is a negative change from Invesco QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.8135. This represents a $3.01 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%.
Invesco QQQ News Roundup
Here are the key news stories impacting Invesco QQQ this week:
- Positive Sentiment: QQQ’s exposure to NVIDIA is a key potential support, with the semiconductor giant identified as the leading purchase in recent fund activity. Continued investor demand for AI infrastructure stocks could lift the ETF. What Invesco QQQ Bought: NVIDIA Leads on Oct. 19
- Positive Sentiment: Technology futures rose, supporting QQQ, as strong results from SpaceX boosted enthusiasm for growth and technology shares. Upcoming Meta and Tesla earnings could provide additional catalysts because both companies are major Nasdaq-100 holdings. Stock Market Today: Tech Futures Rise With SpaceX Earnings
- Positive Sentiment: Broad U.S. equities advanced in midday trading, indicating that buying interest extended beyond a narrow group of technology names and provided a supportive backdrop for QQQ. Exchange-Traded Funds Gain as US Equities Advance After Midday
- Neutral Sentiment: Recent reports describe choppy trading and an uneven market response to higher rates. This leaves QQQ sensitive to bond yields: stable or falling yields would help, while further rate increases could pressure its growth-oriented holdings. Market’s Uneven Response To Higher Rates
- Negative Sentiment: Several commentaries warn that AI valuations may represent a bubble or the late stage of a boom. Such concerns could trigger profit-taking in highly valued QQQ constituents, particularly AI-related chip and cloud companies. Ken Griffin: There Are “Almost Certainly Bubbles” in AI Right Now
- Negative Sentiment: Credit concerns surrounding AI infrastructure companies, including debt risks highlighted for CoreWeave, add to worries that aggressive AI spending may not generate adequate returns. This could weigh indirectly on QQQ’s broader AI trade. CoreWeave Falls as HSBC Reiterates Bearish Call on Debt Risk
About Invesco QQQ
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.
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