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Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

XLC tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US telecommunication and media & entertainment components of the S&P 500 index.

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Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

The Dogs of the S&P 500 is a little-known strategy for income investors that focuses on this year's weakest sectors to find the highest yields and low values.

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There's been mixed earnings results from companies like Disney, Netflix, Alphabet, and Meta Platforms. The Communication Services sector continues to underperform the S&P 500.

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Fidelity MSCI Telecommunication Services Index ETF

Invesco Dynamic Media ETF

Invesco NASDAQ Internet ETF

Vanguard Telecommunication Services ETF

Disney missed estimates for both earnings and revenues when it reported fiscal fourth quarter results. However, the company posted record sales and the best revenue growth in more than 25 years for the fiscal year.

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It's no secret that communications firm stocks have been a tough place to be during a complicated 2022. Having helped to lift the markets out of the heights of the ongoing pandemic, communications firms have since dragged the index away from the strong energy sector.

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Global X Social Media ETF

Meta Platforms Inc. (META) stock saw a huge falloff this week following a more than 50% decrease to its quarterly profits, driven by a precipitous drop to its digital advertising numbers.

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iShares Global Telecom ETF

Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF

Social media giant's more than 25% decline drags down rival companies.

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Meta Platforms (META) reported its second consecutive quarterly drop in revenues and provided a gloomy forecast.

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MicroSectors FANG+ ETN

Google parent Alphabet reported weak third-quarter 2022 results, missing both revenue and earnings estimates. Slowing ad sales growth is responsible for the weak results.

Alphabet Slips on Q3 Earnings Miss: ETFs in Focus

SPDR S&P Bank ETF

Vanguard Information Technology ETF

With earnings season about to shift into high gear, VettaFi head of research Todd Rosenbluth appeared on Yahoo!Finance to discuss how big tech earnings could impact ETF investors. Rosenbluth noted that tech ETFs have been relatively strong in 2022 in terms of inflows.

Todd Rosenbluth Talks Tech and Earnings on Yahoo!Finance

The earnings reports for several key tech giants are likely making some holders of these stocks a bit nervous. But what is the outlook for those ETFs that have a high concentration in these same stocks?

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iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

Invesco QQQ

Direxion NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index Shares

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF

Vanguard Growth ETF

The latest tech earnings season has already kicked off, but many high-profile mega-cap growth companies will report results this week. We believe the data and forward-looking insights are important for not just advisors who own individual stocks, but also those who own more diversified ETFs.

Look Inside ETFs as Tech Earnings Season Kicks Off

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

Energy, the best-performing sector, and tech will be watched as 3Q numbers arrive.

Inflation, Rates in Focus as Earnings Roll In

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund

The ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF (EQL) has been gaining in popularity in recent months as investors look to the benefits of a sector equal-weighting methodology. EQL took in the greatest inflows across ALPS' lineup of ETFs in August, taking in $74 million.

EQL Leads in 1-Year Flows Across ALPS' ETFs

These sectors have offered massive combined (dividend plus buyback) yield. Investors can tap these sectors with these top-ranked ETFs.

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XLC invests across Communication Services sector companies within the S&P 500. Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms are the two largest holdings in the fund, although the broader portfolio has a good range of companies.

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Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NasdaqGS: WBD) shares plunged, dragging down communication services sector-related exchange traded funds after the multinational mass media conglomerate revealed a steep loss in its latest quarterly earnings report.

Communication Services ETF Weakens After Warner Bros. Discovery Q2 Miss

Digital ad-dependent stocks have reported a sharp slowdown in revenues.

Social Media's Ad Revenue Slowdown Hits ETFs

Technology-related exchange traded funds climbed Wednesday after Google's parent Alphabet (NasdaqGS: GOOGL) and Microsoft (NasdaqGS: MSFT) quarterly earnings allayed fears of a slowdown. On Wednesday, the tech-heavy Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose 2.7%, the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) gained 2.7%, and the Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC) increased 3.1%.

Tech ETFs Rally After Upbeat Alphabet, Microsoft Quarterly Results

Upholdings Compound Kings ETF

Meta Platform reported its first-ever quarterly drop in revenues and provided a gloomy forecast given the broader fallout in digital advertisement.

ETFs in Focus After Meta's First-Ever Revenue Drop

Though Alphabet missed both revenue and earnings estimates, it was not as bad as was feared given the broader fallout in digital ads.

ETFs to Gain as Alphabet Rises Despite Q2 Earnings Miss

A number of tech and social media giants, including 175 S&P 500 companies, are set to report quarterly results this week.

Big Earnings Week For Sector ETFs

Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF

ProShares On-Demand ETF

Netflix lost fewer-than-expected subscribers and guided for a subscriber gain for the current quarter.

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First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF

First Trust S-Network Streaming and Gaming ETF

Global X Cloud Computing ETF

Global X Millennials Thematic ETF

SPDR SSGA Gender Diversity Index ETF

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

The stock has significant weighting in thematic ETFs tied to everything from media to cloud computing.

Thematic ETFs To Tap Netflix Earnings

Netflix is grabbing investor attention after the release of the final two episodes of the latest season of Stranger Things.

ETFs to Gain From Stranger Things on Netflix

Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF

iShares North American Tech-Software ETF

iShares U.S. Technology ETF

Ark Investment Management founder Cathie Wood believes that the market is nearing a bottom and tech stocks will hit trough and recover first.

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