Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) Shares Up 3.5% – Should You Buy?

Shares of Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ – Get Free Report) traded up 3.5% during trading on Monday. The stock traded as high as $682.48 and last traded at $679.35. Approximately 53,535,168 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 11% from the average session volume of 48,267,344 shares. The stock had previously closed at $656.10.

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Invesco QQQ Trading Up 2.3%

The stock’s 50-day moving average is $719.39 and its 200-day moving average is $680.92.

Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 8th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 21st were given a $0.7514 dividend. This represents a $3.01 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 21st. This is a decrease from Invesco QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.8135.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 1.0% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,038,610 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,237,606,000 after purchasing an additional 30,083 shares during the period. Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.3% in the second quarter. Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. now owns 1,787,559 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,316,358,000 after acquiring an additional 4,751 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 7.0% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,316,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $974,122,000 after acquiring an additional 86,111 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ by 10.5% during the third quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 880,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $651,615,000 after acquiring an additional 83,394 shares during the period. Finally, GoalVest Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ by 20,256.6% during the third quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 613,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $454,185,000 after acquiring an additional 610,939 shares during the period. 44.58% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Invesco QQQ

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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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