Not even two full trading weeks into 2026 and the good news is already piling up for a slew of big name technology stocks. That brings benefits to investors engaged with the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) and the Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF (QQQM). With the help of Apple news, Alphabet's market capitalization topped $4 trillion for the first time, making it the fourth U.S. company to accomplish that feat. The other three are Apple, Microsoft, and Nvida — all QQQ/QQQM holdings. Speaking of Microsoft, Goldman ...

Key Takeaways Tech titans AAPL and GOOGL are pairing up on AI. Sentiment around AAPL's AI strategy has largely been mixed so far. GOOGL has widely outperformed relative to AAPL over the last year. If there’s one thing that remains certain for 2026, it’s that the AI frenzy will continue to dominate market headlines and overall commentary. It’s not unsurprising, given some of the lofty forecasts we’ve received, though the fresh year will likely weed out a few of the ‘pretenders’ from the real winners.And the ...