US hiring plans are improving: US-based employers announced plans to add 16,095 jobs in July, marking a +47% increase from 10,933 in June, the strongest July total since 2022. By comparison, US hiring plans stood at just 3,200 in July 2025, or -80% below this year's level. Aerospace and Defense led all industries last month, with 4,625 announced hires, followed by Technology at 2,470 and Automotive at 2,068. Year-to-date, US hiring plans surged +25% YoY, to 107,500 workers, the strongest January-to-July total since 2023. Technology leads all sectors with 17,231 announcements in 2026, followed by Automotive at 14,704 and Aerospace/Defense at 12,516. US hiring is finally showing signs of life.

$QQQI vs $QYLD Both target Nasdaq-100 income, but they take very different approaches. NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF $QQQI Launched: January 29, 2024 Strategy: Active management with data-driven index options overlay Expense Ratio: 0.68% Distribution Rate: 14.01% Assets Under Management: $13.92B So far in 2026: +6.90% 🟢 Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF $QYLD Launched: December 11, 2013 Strategy: Passive buy-write on the full Nasdaq-100 index Expense Ratio: 0.60% Distribution Rate: 11.51% Assets Under Management: $8.25B $QQQI is actively managed and can hold both sold and purchased index options, giving it room to capture some upside. $QYLD sells calls on the entire index every month with no flexibility, capping gains but keeping costs slightly lower. Disclosure: NEOS Investments is a WOLF Financial Partner.

$QQQI vs $XQQI Both are NEOS Nasdaq-100 high income ETFs using the same options-based framework, but $XQQI boosts the strategy to roughly 150% notional exposure. NEOS Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF $QQQI: Launched: January 29, 2024 Management Fee: 0.68% AUM: $13.9B Distribution Rate: 14.01% Latest Distribution: $0.6346 Performance so far in 2026: +6.90% 🟢 Top Holdings: 🥇 NVIDIA $NVDA 8.66% weighting 🥈 Apple $AAPL 7.30% 🥉 Microsoft $MSFT 5.91% NEOS Boosted Nasdaq-100 High Income ETF $XQQI: Launched: February 2, 2026 Management Fee: 0.98% AUM: $287.7M Distribution Rate: 21.19% Latest Distribution: $0.8236 Return since launch: +4.89% Top Holdings: 🥇 NVIDIA $NVDA 8.64% weighting 🥈 Apple $AAPL 7.39% 🥉 Microsoft $MSFT 5.95% Disclosure: NEOS Investments is a WOLF Financial partner. This post is for informational purposes only, not investment advice. Always read a fund's prospectus.

$SPYI vs $DIVO Here's how the two income ETFs compare: NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF $SPYI: Launched: August 29, 2022 Management Fee: 0.68% AUM: $11.4B Distribution Rate: 12.04% 3 Year Annualized Return: +14.78% Performance so far in 2026: +8.06% 🟢 Top Holdings: 🥇 NVIDIA $NVDA 8.23% weighting 🥈 Apple $AAPL 6.94% 🥉 Microsoft $MSFT 5.62% Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF $DIVO: Launched: December 14, 2016 Expense Ratio: 0.56% AUM: $7.8B Distribution Rate: 4.82% 3 Year Annualized Return: +14.43% Performance so far in 2026: +8.35% 🟢 Top Holdings: 🥇 Microsoft $MSFT 6.23% weighting 🥈 Caterpillar $CAT 5.20% 🥉 Apple $AAPL 5.20% Disclosure: NEOS Investments is a WOLF Financial partner. This post is for informational purposes only, not investment advice. Always read a fund's prospectus.

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Here is every stock currently in the KraneShares Artificial Intelligence & Technology ETF $AGIX: NVIDIA $NVDA 4.34% weighting Meta Platforms $META 4.00% Google $GOOGL 3.79% Microsoft $MSFT 3.70% Apple $AAPL 3.51% Amazon $AMZN 3.21% Snowflake $SNOW 2.84% Taiwan Semiconductor 2.81% Broadcom $AVGO 2.56% Advanced Micro Devices $AMD 2.47% Palantir $PLTR 2.20% Datadog $DDOG 2.18% Tesla $TSLA 2.15% Astera Labs $ALAB 2.10% SpaceX 1.85% SK Hynix 1.83% Anthropic 1.79% Arm $ARM 1.77% ServiceNow $NOW 1.70% Cloudflare $NET 1.70% Palo Alto Networks $PANW 1.65% Micron Technology $MU 1.61% ASML $ASML 1.60% Nebius Group $NBIS 1.54% Nutanix $NTNX 1.50% Shopify $SHOP 1.47% Samsung Electronics 1.46% Eaton $ETN 1.41% MediaTek 1.41% Arista Networks $ANET 1.36% NextEra Energy $NEE 1.36% Hut 8 $HUT 1.35% Roblox $RBLX 1.30% Oracle $ORCL 1.28% Texas Instruments $TXN 1.28% Flex $FLEX 1.25% Riot Platforms $RIOT 1.20% Tower Semiconductor $TSEM 1.20% Salesforce $CRM 1.18% Netflix $NFLX 1.14% Samsara $IOT 1.09% Apptronik 1.06% GlobalFoundries $GFS 1.06% Applied Digital $APLD 1.04% TeraWulf $WULF 1.03% Sanmina $SANM 1.03% Tempus AI $TEM 1.01% Cadence Design Systems $CDNS 0.99% Twilio $TWLO 0.97% SAP $SAP 0.96% SpaceX (pre-IPO shares) 0.96% Zscaler ZS 0.95% Teradyne TER 0.95% Vertiv VRT 0.91% CoreWeave CRWV 0.90% Renesas Electronics 0.79% Circle CRCL 0.74% TE Connectivity TEL 0.73% Ciena CIEN 0.73% Ayar Labs 0.68% Nuro 0.55% Nitto Boseki 0.51% Polymarket 0.28% Disclosure: KraneShares is a WOLF Financial Partner.

THE SCHWAB US DIVIDEND ETF $SCHD Here is every stock held by the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF $SCHD and how much of the fund it represents Texas Instruments $TXN - 6.08% Qualcomm $QCOM - 5.49% UnitedHealth Group $UNH - 5.46% Coca-Cola $KO - 4.12% Chevron $CVX - 4.01% Merck & Co $MRK - 3.77% ConocoPhillips $COP - 3.75% Verizon $VZ - 3.67% PepsiCo $PEP - 3.62% Procter & Gamble $PG - 3.60% Amgen $AMGN - 3.54% Home Depot $HD - 3.29% Altria Group $MO - 3.13% Abbott Laboratories $ABT - 3.00% Bristol Myers Squibb $BMY - 2.97% Lockheed Martin $LMT - 2.71% Accenture $ACN - 2.59% Blackstone $BX - 2.36% Comcast $CMCSA - 2.32% Automatic Data Processing $ADP - 2.16% SLB $SLB - 2.14% EOG Resources $EOG - 1.90% United Parcel Service $UPS - 1.87% ONEOK $OKE - 1.47% Ford Motor $F - 1.46% Target $TGT - 1.43% Devon Energy $DVN - 1.40% Fastenal $FAST - 1.30% Fifth Third Bancorp $FITB - 1.10% Archer Daniels Midland $ADM - 1.01% Kimberly-Clark $KMB - 0.83% Paychex $PAYX - 0.74% Hershey $HSY - 0.73% Ares Management $ARES - 0.68% Cincinnati Financial $CINF - 0.66% Regions Financial $RF - 0.60% Darden Restaurants $DRI - 0.58% T. Rowe Price $TROW - 0.58% Principal Financial Group $PFG - 0.51% Snap-on $SNA - 0.49% General Mills $GIS - 0.45% Broadridge Financial BR - 0.43% East West Bancorp EWBC - 0.43% Watsco WSO - 0.37% APA Corp APA - 0.34% Fidelity National Financial FNF - 0.31% Best Buy BBY - 0.28% HF Sinclair DINO - 0.28% Skyworks Solutions SWKS - 0.26% American Financial Group AFG - 0.24% Old Republic International ORI - 0.23% Booz Allen Hamilton BAH - 0.23% Columbia Banking System COLB - 0.22% Autoliv ALV - 0.21% Nexstar Media Group NXST - 0.14% Erie Indemnity ERIE - 0.14% Murphy Oil MUR - 0.13% Bank OZK OZK - 0.13% MSC Industrial MSM - 0.13% Macy's M - 0.13% Moelis MC - 0.12% Vail Resorts MTN - 0.11% Federated Hermes FHI - 0.11% Korn Ferry KFY - 0.09% Penske Automotive PAG - 0.08% Western Union WU - 0.07% Artisan Partners APAM - 0.07% CVB Financial CVBF - 0.06% Robert Half RHI - 0.06% Banner Corp BANR - 0.06% Cohen & Steers CNS - 0.05% OFG Bancorp OFG - 0.05% National Bank Holdings NBHC - 0.05% City Holding$CHCO - 0.05% Federal Agricultural Mortgage AGM - 0.04% S&T Bancorp STBA - 0.04% Inter Parfums IPAR - 0.04% German American Bancorp GABC - 0.04% Flowers Foods FLO - 0.04% Buckle BKE - 0.04% Lakeland Financial LKFN - 0.04% 1st Source Corp SRCE - 0.03% Clearway Energy CWEN - 0.03% Wendy's WEN - 0.03% Insperity NSP - 0.03% Preferred Bank PFBC - 0.03% CNA Financial CNA - 0.02% Central Pacific Financial CPF - 0.02% Virtus Investment Partners VRTS - 0.02% Hanmi Financial HAFC - 0.02% First Financial Corp THFF - 0.02% Orrstown Financial Services ORRF - 0.02% Independent Bank Corp IBCP - 0.02% Capital City Bank CCBG - 0.02% Amerisafe AMSF - 0.01% Oxford Industries OXM - 0.01% Ennis EBF - 0.01% Ethan Allen Interiors ETD - 0.01%