Today’s NASDAQ futures uptick reflects optimism over global tech demand resilience, with traders positioning for a continued uptrend into next quarter despite macroeconomic uncertainty. Let's start with one of my favorite ultra-high-yielders, Ares Capital (NASDAQ: ARCC) . This stock pays a forward dividend yield of 9.4%. Investing one-third of an initial $100,000 should generate annual dividend income in the ballpark of $3,140. The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC ) rose nearly 0.5% to top 6,600 on Monday while the Nasdaq Composite ( ^IXIC ) notched its sixth consecutive record amid China-US trade talks and investor focus on the Federal Reserve policy meeting this week. Investing NASDAQ futures attracted fresh buying interest after Treasury yields stabilized. The tech-heavy index could benefit from renewed investor appetite for growth equities heading into Q