ETF Analysis & Opinion

Do gold mining stocks, as represented by the Barrons Gold Mining Index (BGMI) or the XAU or the HUI, lead gold bullion at significant turning points? According to many analysts the answer is a...

As anyone trading U.S. stocks, indices, or bonds has probably realized by now, the markets were closed yesterday for the Martin Luther King (MLK) Day holiday.While certain states and cities began to...

PI Financial has two top mining stock picks for the coming year as well as some to watchSmallCapPower | January 20, 2020: PI Financial recently released its top mining stock picks for 2020. Its two...

Client meetings since January 1 have kept my posts at a minimum.Client meetings since January 1 have kept my posts at a minimum. Two consistent questions from clients: 1.) How long can this last ?...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the U.S. topped last week’s returns for the major asset classes and ended the week at a record high, based on a set of exchange-traded funds, as of...

It’s the No. 1 retirement question: how much income do you need to quit the 9 to 5?Today I’m going to help you find your number. The best place to start is by asking yourself how your...

With earnings season quickly approaching, it is perhaps a good time to look at the S&P 500 from a valuation perspective over the longer-term. Recently we have been focusing on the market’s...

1. ASLAN Pharmaceuticals (ASLN)Aslan Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ASLN) was recently added as a swing. This stock had a monstrous, explosive move in mid Nov, literally going from 38 cents to 8.18 in about...

Strategy I: Here Comes Another Earnings Season. First, the bad news: During the 1/9 week, industry analysts estimated that S&P 500 earnings per share fell 1.7% y/y in Q4-2019 (Fig. 1). They...

In last week’s missive, I discussed a couple of charts which suggested the markets are pushing limits which have previously resulted in fairly brutal reversions. This week, the market pushed...

Pre-Open Market AnalysisThe Emini gapped above the 3,300 Big Round Number yesterday, but spent most of the day going sideways. It was in a weak bull channel, but it trended up strongly into the close....

(Friday Market Open) If you’re bullish, this must feel like the week that keeps on giving.Sure, there was a slight hiccup a couple days ago, but since then things have gone pretty much straight...

As U.S. banks come to the end of one of their best ever earnings seasons, investors are looking for clues as to whether the larger U.S. lenders will be able to sustain this record-breaking streak of...

This post was written exclusively for Investing.comThe talk of the town lately seems to be that the recent stock market gains are directly tied to the Federal Reserve’s re-expansion of the...