Foster Group Inc. decreased its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ – Free Report) by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 38,849 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,558 shares during the quarter. Foster Group Inc.’s holdings in Invesco QQQ were worth $28,740,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in Invesco QQQ by 3,567.7% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,436,917 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $13,168,912,000 after buying an additional 20,852,432 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position 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 stake in Invesco QQQ by 0.3% during the second quarter. Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. now owns 1,787,559 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,316,358,000 after buying an additional 4,751 shares in the last quarter. Align Financial LLC acquired a new position in Invesco QQQ in the fourth quarter worth about $78,118,000. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,230,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $906,272,000 after buying an additional 36,923 shares during the period. 44.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Key Stories Impacting Invesco QQQ
Here are the key news stories impacting Invesco QQQ this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Improving market conditions, including lower volatility and a reprieve in oil prices and Treasury yields, helped support risk assets heading into earnings season. Strong software performance and gains in social-media stocks also provided some positive read-through for QQQ’s technology-heavy portfolio. Volatilities Fall On Oil/Yield Reprieve As The S&P Rallies Into Earnings Season
- Positive Sentiment: Invesco continues promoting QQQ as a leading Nasdaq-100 investment ecosystem, which may support long-term investor interest despite short-term volatility. Brian Hartigan on Why Invesco’s QQQ Suite Stands Out Among Competitors
- Neutral Sentiment: Trading activity was lighter during the Columbus Day session, which can amplify daily moves and makes the latest decline less conclusive as a signal of changing investor conviction. Low Volume Marks Columbus Day Session
- Neutral Sentiment: Articles comparing QQQ with VOO emphasize the trade-off between QQQ’s concentrated growth and technology exposure and VOO’s broader S&P 500 diversification. The comparison is relevant to long-term allocation decisions but is not a direct trading catalyst. QQQ vs VOO | Comparing NASDAQ-100 and S&P 500
- Negative Sentiment: QQQ remained under pressure after U.S. equities weakened broadly, extending the prior session’s decline. The ETF’s high exposure to growth stocks leaves it particularly sensitive to interest-rate expectations, earnings positioning and profit-taking in megacap technology. QQQ ETF Remains Under Pressure on Tuesday
- Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about elevated Magnificent Seven valuations, rising artificial-intelligence capital spending and potential bubble risks ahead of third-quarter earnings, factors that could increase volatility for QQQ. Guide to Magnificent Seven ETF Investing
Invesco QQQ Trading Down 0.3%
Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 8th. Investors of record on Monday, September 21st were issued a dividend of $0.7514 per share. This is a decrease 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%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 21st.
Invesco QQQ Profile
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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