Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Grows Stock Holdings in Invesco QQQ $QQQ

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its holdings in Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) by 4.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 28,078 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,203 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Invesco QQQ were worth $17,248,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. 1832 Asset Management L.P. increased its stake in Invesco QQQ by 100.0% in the second quarter. 1832 Asset Management L.P. now owns 2,115 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,167,000 after purchasing an additional 40,999,982 shares during the last quarter. HRT Financial LP lifted its position in Invesco QQQ by 118.3% during the second quarter. HRT Financial LP now owns 3,145,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,735,226,000 after buying an additional 1,704,600 shares during the period. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its stake in Invesco QQQ by 120.2% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 213,722 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $131,292,000 after buying an additional 1,270,102 shares during the last quarter. Japan Science & Technology Agency acquired a new stake in Invesco QQQ in the 3rd quarter worth about $179,311,000. Finally, NorthRock Partners LLC grew its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 1,355.6% in the 3rd quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 304,852 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $183,024,000 after buying an additional 283,909 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 44.58% of the company’s stock.

Invesco QQQ Stock Up 1.2%

NASDAQ QQQ opened at $584.31 on Thursday. Invesco QQQ has a 12 month low of $402.39 and a 12 month high of $637.01. The company has a 50-day moving average of $603.55 and a 200-day moving average of $609.38.

Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 27th. Investors of record on Monday, March 23rd were issued a $0.7328 dividend. This represents a $2.93 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 23rd.

Key Invesco QQQ News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Broad-market ETFs and equity futures rallied on hopes of de‑escalation in Iran, which helped lift major tech‑heavy ETFs including QQQ and supported a risk-on move across index funds. Exchange-Traded Funds, Equity Futures Gain Pre-Bell Wednesday as Iran War De-Escalation Hopes Drive Sentiment
• Positive Sentiment: Longer-term bulls point to the Nasdaq‑100’s historical five‑year outperformance and QQQ’s heavy AI/tech exposure as reasons QQQ could outperform over a multi‑year horizon. This supports buy‑and‑hold demand despite near‑term swings. Buy This Nasdaq Index Fund. History Says It Could Soar More Than 100% in 5 Years.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent 12‑month performance context: QQQ has delivered strong trailing returns versus many ETFs, keeping it on investors’ radars as a core growth vehicle. The Vanguard ETF Up About 28% in the Past Year That Almost Nobody Outside of Income Investors Knows
• Neutral Sentiment: Unusual options flow and institutional activity in QQQ suggest traders are positioning for a large move; that can amplify volatility and produce outsized intraday swings in either direction. Monitor options skew and open interest. One Member Turned Volatility Into 536% in a Day… Here’s How We Spot the Next Market Meltdown Winner
• Negative Sentiment: Macro and geopolitical downside risks persist: several market commentaries warn that relief rallies may be fragile and that renewed Iran‑related tensions could reverse the recent bounce, pressuring tech‑heavy QQQ. Sell The Rally – There Is No Easy Way Out Of Iran War
• Negative Sentiment: Economic signals — cooler jobs data and labor‑market caution — raise the risk that growth stocks could underperform if confidence and earnings momentum weaken. Those readings are a headwind for QQQ. Layoffs Closer To Drought Than Deluge: What 3 Sources Show About Jobs

About Invesco QQQ

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.