1,012 Shares in Invesco QQQ $QQQ Bought by Shah Wealth Advisors LLC

Shah Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,012 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $745,000.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of QQQ. Flatrock Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Invesco QQQ in the first quarter valued at about $924,000. Hegarty Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Invesco QQQ in the first quarter valued at about $2,212,000. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 643.8% in the 1st quarter. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 3,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,786,000 after purchasing an additional 2,678 shares in the last quarter. First Bancorp Inc ME purchased a new stake in Invesco QQQ in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $677,000. Finally, Asset Allocation Strategies LLC acquired a new position in Invesco QQQ during the 1st quarter worth approximately $18,142,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 44.58% of the company’s stock.

Key Invesco QQQ News

Here are the key news stories impacting Invesco QQQ this week:

• Positive Sentiment: QQQ benefited from relative strength in the Nasdaq-100, while investor sentiment toward QQQ turned bullish ahead of the latest labor-market data. QQQ ETF edges higher as Nasdaq-100 outperforms
• Positive Sentiment: The August jobs report reportedly exceeded expectations, easing immediate concerns about a weakening labor market and supporting the “soft landing” or “Goldilocks” case for equities. That backdrop can help growth-focused technology stocks held by QQQ. Exchange-Traded Funds Higher, Equity Futures Mixed Pre-Bell Friday After August Jobs Report Tops Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts highlighted broad second-quarter earnings strength and a possible new capital-formation cycle, both of which could support continued demand for large-cap technology and artificial-intelligence companies represented in the Nasdaq-100. Second Quarter Earnings Show Breadth
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading was mixed across major ETFs, with some broad-market funds advancing and others declining. This suggests QQQ’s gains were driven more by Nasdaq-100 leadership than by a uniformly strong market. Exchange-Traded Funds Mixed, US Equities Lower After Midday
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also weighing the possibility that resilient hiring and a separate report describing hot August inflation could delay rate cuts or even prompt a Federal Reserve hike. Higher interest rates generally pressure the long-duration growth stocks that dominate QQQ. Why The Fed Might Hike Rates After A Red-Hot August Inflation Report
• Negative Sentiment: Concerns that rising long-term Treasury yields could reflect inflation, fiscal pressure, or other structural risks create an additional valuation headwind for QQQ. Benign Or Malign? Reasons For The Rise In Long-Term U.S. Interest Rates
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-margin concerns surrounding the artificial-intelligence boom could weigh on several major QQQ holdings if heavy infrastructure spending fails to generate sufficient returns. The AI Boom Is Eating Its Own Margins

Invesco QQQ Price Performance

Shares of QQQ stock opened at $718.96 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $711.26 and a 200-day simple moving average of $675.29. Invesco QQQ has a 12-month low of $555.60 and a 12-month high of $748.65.

Invesco QQQ Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 10th. Investors of record on Monday, June 22nd were issued a dividend of $0.8135 per share. This is a boost from Invesco QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.73. This represents a $3.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 22nd.

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.