The hidden math working against everyday traders. Wall Street is very good at giving traders exactly what they think they want—and charging them for what they don’t understand. Leveraged ETFs can make you feel like you’ve found a shortcut. But the problem with shortcuts is that if they really worked as easily as advertised, they … Read more
Russell 2000: Stocks Rally Continues but Technical Warnings Begin to Build
Russ Cohen
Lead indices had a good end-of-week finish that registered fresh breakouts. The slingshot index could be the (). It traded a nice handle before it broke lower in what looked to be a pending test of its 20-day MA. But instead of that, it reversed and has now broken to the upside. We are looking … Read more
AVEM, BABA, IBN, AU: ETF Inflow Alert
Russ Cohen
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Avantis Emerging Markets Equity ETF (Symbol: AVEM) where we have detected an approximate $299.2 million dollar inflow — that’s a 1.3% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 254,600,000 to 258,000,000). Among the largest … Read more
Apple Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates, iPhone Drives Top-Line Growth
Apple AAPL delivered second-quarter fiscal 2026 earnings of $2.01 per share, up 21.8% year over year and 4.7% above the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Revenues rose 16.6% from the year-ago quarter to $111.18 billion, coming in 2.3% ahead of the consensus mark. Overall, product sales (72.1% of sales) increased 16.7% year over year to $80.21 billion. … Read more
AI’s $700 Billion Question
Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). Alphabet says AI demand is outrunning supply … AWS logs its fastest growth in four years … Meta beats but pulls back 10% … and the capex canary sings louder than ever … Eric Fry’s latest on where to invest in AI today We … Read more
Don’t Let a Divided Federal Reserve Distract You From the Next Wave of AI
The Fed is divided, inflation is sticky and a new Chair is coming soon. But the bigger opportunity has nothing to do with the Fed at all. Listen to the audio version of this article (generated by AI). “I won’t see you next time.” That’s how Jerome Powell concluded the press conference after his final … Read more