In a market where tech giants crash while reporting a 60% surge in profits, this might be the most foolproof strategy to play tech today. I wouldn't blame anyone for being confused by the tech sector's recent whipsaw movements. From shares of Microsoft cratering 10% on the same day that it reports a 60% jump in year-over-year profits, to shares of Apple falling despite the company beating analysts...
In a market where tech giants crash while reporting a 60% surge in profits, this might be the most foolproof strategy to play tech today. I wouldn't blame anyone for being confused by the tech sector's recent whipsaw movements. From shares of Microsoft cratering 10% on the same day that it reports a 60% jump in year-over-year profits, to shares of Apple falling despite the company beating analysts' expectations, the outlook for tech stocks feels especially murky today. One solution, in the words of legendary investor John Bogle, would be to "buy the haystack" rather than trying to just find the needle. The Vanguard Group founder, whose teachings on the advantages of low-cost index funds created legions of fans, preached simplicity and diversification in capturing the market's long-term upside. It may seem counterintuitive, but casting a wide net and having exposure to hundreds of companies can position you for tremendous returns. After all, the S&P 500 index -- which tracks the performance of America's 500 largest public companies -- has returned 667% so far this century. This approach will expose investors to plenty of losers, of course. But while the farthest that a stock can fall is 100%, others go on to return hundreds of thousands of percent or more. It's very rare, but that's where buying the haystack comes in. Anyone buying the S&P 500 in November 2001 would have gained exposure to Nvidia's 40,630% rise (ironically, it joined the index back then by replacing Enron). Of course, the S&P 500 contains companies across every sector. For investors seeking exposure to technology, a fund to consider is the Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT 0.41%). Buy the haystack for just 0.09% per year in fees The Vanguard Information Technology ETF offers broad exposure to the information technology sector, with some of its biggest holdings including Nvidia with 17.5% of funds invested, Apple with 14.89% of funds invested, and Microsoft with 12.19% of funds invested. Expand...
In this article DSY-FR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - A guest walks past the logo of the 2024 Dassault Systemes Automotive and Transportation Industry Summit Forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, June 14, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of French softw...
In this article DSY-FR Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT HANGZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - A guest walks past the logo of the 2024 Dassault Systemes Automotive and Transportation Industry Summit Forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, June 14, 2024. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of French software giant Dassault Systèmes plummeted as much as 21% in early trade on Wednesday, putting the stock on track for its worst trading day ever. By 8:50 a.m. in London, the Paris-listed shares were 21% lower, after trading of the stock was briefly suspended at the open. Stock Chart Icon Stock chart icon Dassault Systemes share price It came after the company published its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday morning, which showed adjusted revenues from software dropped 5% in the final three months of last year. For the full year, total revenue was flat at a weaker-than-expected 6.24 billion euros ($7.43 billion), and software revenue also showed little growth at 5.64 billion euros. Analysts had been expecting total revenues to hit 6.3 billion euros, according to LSEG data. This is a breaking news story. Please refresh for updates.
Ирина Мещерякова/iStock via Getty Images I'm a fan of NEOS ETFs and their funds, and so I am always interested to see when they release new funds. The last time I covered one of their newer funds, they gave gold the high-income treatment, and I was impressed. Being already on record as bullish on MLPs and energy infrastructure more broadly, I was delighted to see the NEOS MLP High Income ETF ( MLP...
Ирина Мещерякова/iStock via Getty Images I'm a fan of NEOS ETFs and their funds, and so I am always interested to see when they release new funds. The last time I covered one of their newer funds, they gave gold the high-income treatment, and I was impressed. Being already on record as bullish on MLPs and energy infrastructure more broadly, I was delighted to see the NEOS MLP High Income ETF ( MLPI ), which launched just a few months ago. It seems to be based loosely on the AMLP ETF, which I wrote about recently , but includes NEOS' famous (relatively) covered call management. MLPI ETF Overview Launched in December 2025, the relatively new MLPI ETF currently boasts monthly dividends, net assets under management of ~$170M, and no K-1 tax forms. NEOS Over its lifetime, the fund has returned positively to shareholders, although this has also been a good time for the sector in general, and it is too short to tell. MLPs have an okay track record overall, especially on the income front, and so the limited operating history doesn't limit our look into the asset class' history. Here is MLPI against AMLP, a non-covered call fund with extremely similar holdings (I believe they use the same index), and AMLP's longer history, going back to its launch in 2010. Note: total return assumes all dividends are reinvested as they are distributed. Data by YCharts Data by YCharts In both charts, I am using total return. This is important for MLPs in general, since they distribute a large portion of their total return through cash distributions, but also for covered call funds, since they distribute even more of their gains this way. We can see it clearly in the price vs. total return chart already, even in MLPI's limited operating history. Data by YCharts MLPI Holdings & Options Strategy Here are MLPI's top holdings, including heavy hitters in the sector like Williams Companies ( WMB ), Enbridge ( ENB ), and TC Energy Corp ( TRP ). NEOS ETFs These are almost identical to the holdings of ...
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Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Four dead after Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight amid reported US pressure on Ukraine to end war 49s ago 09.17 GMT Four dead after Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight amid reported US pressure on Ukraine to end war At least four people died in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, as Moscow shows no si...
Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Four dead after Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight amid reported US pressure on Ukraine to end war 49s ago 09.17 GMT Four dead after Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight amid reported US pressure on Ukraine to end war At least four people died in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, as Moscow shows no signs of compromise just two weeks before the fourth anniversary of the full-scale aggression. View image in fullscreen Firefighters working to extinguish a fire at a private house following a Russian drone attack in Bogodukhiv Kharkiv region of Ukraine. Photograph: Ukrainian State Emergency Service/AFP/Getty Images 129 Russian drones were identified overnight, the Ukrainian air force said, adding that of these 112 were shot down or neutralised, Reuters reported. There are now growing hints of US pressure on Ukraine to end the war as soon as possible and preferably before the summer, even at the cost of accepting far-reaching concessions. On Monday, Matthew Whitaker rejected Ukraine’s claims that the US set a deadline to end the war by June, saying “I don’t think that is anything that the United States has put out there” (Europe Live, Monday). But Financial Times reported (£) overnight that Ukraine is working on holding presidential elections and a referendum on peace deal, potentially as early as in May, with Washington pressing Kyiv to move as quickly as possible or risk losing critical security guarantees. The paper pointed out that holding the election would be a major departure from Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s previously repeated suggestions that it was impossible, or at least impractical, to do it during an active war, with many voters either displaced or in active service struggling to take part. FT suggested that Zelenskyy could announce the plan as early as on 24 February, the fourth anniversary of the full-scale aggression, but its actual implementation would still be con...
Hedge fund Seer Capital Management LP is stepping up purchases of significant risk transfers in a bid to lure investors who still want exposure to loans but are wary of the rout in private credit. More than half of the New York-based fund’s $1.1 billion of assets under management are already invested in SRTs, and the weight of such instruments in its portfolio is likely to grow, Terry Lanson , a m...
Hedge fund Seer Capital Management LP is stepping up purchases of significant risk transfers in a bid to lure investors who still want exposure to loans but are wary of the rout in private credit. More than half of the New York-based fund’s $1.1 billion of assets under management are already invested in SRTs, and the weight of such instruments in its portfolio is likely to grow, Terry Lanson , a managing director at the firm, told Bloomberg News by email. The development comes at a time that investor appetite for private credit funds and business development companies, or BDCs, has cooled amid mark downs of assets tied to vulnerable industries, including those hit by advances in artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, SRTs — or deals where a bank transfers some of the credit risk associated with a pool of assets to third parties — are increasing leeway for growth and payouts. Such a dynamic is enticing firms such as Seer Capital to tout the benefits of SRTs, which offer investors “a slice of banks’ core lending” but with lower risks than those associated with direct lending, the hedge fund said in a note to clients this week. The increasing relevance of SRTs in bolstering banks’ solvency ratios is prompting lenders to select higher quality assets for their reference portfolios, Seer Capital said. That helps to reduce defaults of assets tied to SRTs compared with banks’ overall loan books, the fund said, citing performance of more than 90 such investments since 2009. Lenders’ reliance on SRTs in adjusting their regulatory capital makes them “aligned with investors in wishing for strong credit performance” of such deals, according to Seer Capital. To be sure, watchdogs have been looking at SRTs after a spike in issuance. The European Central Bank said it will intensify how it monitors such instruments while the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision has been carrying out a “ deep-dive ” investigation into the asset class. Investors who poured billions of dollars into priv...
peshkov/iStock via Getty Images Performance Review The Fund (Institutional Class) returned 1.28 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with the 1.31 percent return for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. High Yield Corporate Index. The portfolio benefitted from strong credit selection in capital goods and basic industry as the portfolio benefitted from a few positive credit outcomes and avoided som...
peshkov/iStock via Getty Images Performance Review The Fund (Institutional Class) returned 1.28 percent in the fourth quarter, compared with the 1.31 percent return for its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. High Yield Corporate Index. The portfolio benefitted from strong credit selection in capital goods and basic industry as the portfolio benefitted from a few positive credit outcomes and avoided some of the worst performers in the benchmark. This was offset by softer performance by energy exposures. Strategy and Positioning New issuance volume was robust and more active than the prior year's fourth quarter. We remained selective in participating in new issues. The Fund remained positioned up in quality versus the benchmark, driven by an underweight to CCCs and distressed credit. Spreads were relatively flat for the quarter and tight by historical standards, while all-in yields are more attractive. We continue to see opportunities to invest in credits that are trading cheap relative to their fundamentals and their risk of default/loss. Economic and Market Review High yield delivered positive returns for the 13th consecutive quarter in the fourth quarter amid a steady grind higher. Top performers included financials and consumer non-cyclicals, while technology and energy underperformed. Higher quality bonds outperformed in the fourth quarter with BBs returned 1.5 percent, Bs returning 1.6 percent, and CCCs returning 0.2 percent. U.S. high yield new issuance volume totaled $66 billion in the fourth quarter, up 43 percent compared to the prior year, and contributing to the annual total of $329 billion in issuance—the highest annual total since 2021. Refinancing continues to drive the primary market, comprising 59 percent of issuance for the fourth quarter and 70 percent for the year. Fourth quarter issuance was supported by a pickup in mergers & acquisitions and leveraged buyout activity. The high yield last 12 months ( LTM ) default rate of 1.2 percent was largely unchan...