iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) News Today

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) investors are weighing bullish drivers like AI-led earnings and upgraded targets against trade-related volatility and technical signals of a near-term top. Here’s what’s moving the ETF today:

• Positive Sentiment: Barron strategist expects AI-driven spending by Big Tech to boost second-quarter earnings, potentially supporting further gains. How Second-Quarter Earnings Could Push the S&P 500 Even Higher
• Positive Sentiment: BNP Paribas raises its 12-month S&P 500 target to 6,700, citing a capex supercycle and accommodative fiscal policy. Capex supercycle and governments ‘running it hot' persuade BNP strategists to boost target prices for S&P 500 and Eurostoxx 600
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks notes that AI momentum and hopes for Fed rate cuts are driving flows into large-cap and growth ETFs like IVV and peers. Do Large-Cap and Growth ETFs Hold the Winning Hand?
• Positive Sentiment: Veteran strategist at Sanctuary Wealth forecasts a 12% rally for the S&P 500 to 7,000 by year-end, underpinning broad-market ETF appeal. Can the S&P 500 hit 7,000 by year-end? One veteran Wall Street strategist says yes.
• Positive Sentiment: Technical analysis highlights a golden cross on the S&P 500, suggesting a bullish continuation for broad-market funds. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 Analysis: Golden Cross, Golden Opportunity
• Neutral Sentiment: Seeking Alpha highlights SIXA, a high-active-share S&P 500 alternative, as a lower P/E complement to IVV but with higher fees. SIXA: Lots To Like About This High Active Share S&P 500 Alternative
• Negative Sentiment: Trump’s 35% tariff on Canada and threats of more trade measures knocked sentiment, pulling the S&P 500 off record highs. S&P 500 slips from record high after Trump slaps Canada with 35% tariff
• Negative Sentiment: Tariff threats and soaring Bitcoin prompted volatility, with tech valuations under pressure. S&P 500: US Stocks Slide as Bitcoin Soars, Tariff Threats Fuel Market Volatility
• Negative Sentiment: Seasonality and Elliott wave analysis warn of an approaching market top in mid-July, suggesting a pullback risk. S&P 500 Update: Seasonality Suggests an Important Top in Early August
• Negative Sentiment: Proactive Investors forecast a weak start for US futures, anticipating a 0.6% decline in the S&P 500 as AI enthusiasm and trade risks offset record-high momentum. S&P 500 set to pull back as rally runs out of steam