The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is the best performer but more risk-averse investors may prefer the more broadly diversified S&P 500.

S&P 500 futures are near flat Thursday night as investors analyzed earnings reports from Apple and other well-known companies ahead of the release of a closely followed inflation report. Futures tied to the broad index ticked higher by 0.1%, while Nasdaq 100 futures added 0.3%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures added 53 points, or 0.1%.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended sharply lower on Monday as Nvidia and other chipmakers sold off after surging popularity of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model raised investor worries about the outlooks for current AI leaders in the United States.

Stiffer competition for the tech giants at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom prompted investors to reassess the companies’ sky-high valuations.

ETFs can hold hundreds or even thousands of individual stocks, but the Roundhill ETF only holds 50. That means it's relatively concentrated, which can be a recipe for volatility, so it's mainly suitable for investors who already have a diversified portfolio of other ETFs and/or stocks.

So-called Big Tech stocks with outsized weightings in the S&P 500 were rising sharply Wednesday, with gains led by Nvidia Corp. The Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF, whose portfolio equally weights seven Big Tech stocks — Nvidia,

THE S&P 500 and the Nasdaq ended sharply lower on Monday as Nvidia and other chipmakers sold off after surging popularity of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model raised investor worries about the outlooks for current AI leaders in the United States.

At 6,054 points, the S&P 500 is looking steady after a poor start to the week. Might this be the calm before the storm? The post Could worries about DeepSeek crash the S&P 500 and AI stocks? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.

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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell sharply on Monday, led by Nvidia and other chipmakers as popularity of a low-cost Chinese artificial intelligence model raised investor worries about the outlooks for current AI leaders in the United States.

The second busiest week of earnings season includes four of the Magnificent 7. Chair Powell’s comments will be more important for markets than the Fed's rate decision.

A small group of seven companies, including Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla, have become so dominant that they alone contributed to more than half of the S&P 500’s