Cybersecurity stocks have given back some of their stout year-to-date gains in recent weeks. In fact, the Amplify Cybersecurity ETF ( HACK ) now lags the S&P 500 SPDR Trust ETF ( SPY ) by a few percentage points thus far in 2025. With aFreelance Financial Writer | Investments | Markets | Personal Finance | RetirementI create written content used in various formats including articles, blogs, emails, and social media for financial advisors and investment firms in a cost-efficient way. My passion is putting a ...

I recently covered the Amplify Cybersecurity ETF (NYSEARCA: HACK ), which I found deficient, but I saw several smaller companies with breakout growth that caught my attention, and I dived deeper into Varonis Systems, Inc. (Experience is difficult to learn. After 30 plus years of critically analyzing the nuts and bolts of businesses as diverse as airlines, oil, retail, mining to fintech and ecommerce plus the macro, monetary and political drivers. I continue to immensely enjoy learning and applying my experi ...