ETF Analysis & Opinion

A done deal, so far…. After three years of sometimes acrimonious and bitter confrontation on trade tariffs, the U.S. and China finally signed off on phase one of what most hope will become a...

Two weeks ago I wrote the blog post “Why January’s start is so bullish“. The market reflexively dipped after the U.S. killed an Iranian general and that initially put...

S&P 500 (SPY) Perhaps the market is tired, some, I’m not sure. For the second day in a row, stocks managed to fade, giving back the majority of the gains. It doesn’t take much in the...

1. Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AAOI) Applied (NASDAQ:AAOI) had a wonderful swing back in 2016-2017, then spent the last couple of years in an ugly pattern. But from May thru Nov-Dec, this stock...

We thought that Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE) could toprock or continue breakdancing from its already upright position. And he did for a day, but not yesterday. This week, JPMorgan Chase...

It was another good day for indices with Small Caps taking the title as "Index of the Day". Small Caps have been feeling a little left out as 2020 rolled in (based on relative performance to Tech and...

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) is regaining its momentum after a dramatic fall from grace last year. Indeed, the producer of plant-based "meat" has surged more than 60% in the first two weeks of trading in...

Pre-Open Market AnalysisEverybody knows that the Emini S&P 500 is in a buy climax on the daily chart. On the 5 minute chart, there was a huge Bear Major Surprise Bar yesterday at 10:40 pm PST. It...

U.S. stocks are slated to open lower today, following global stocks’ reaction to news that tariffs on China goods will remain in place till at least after the U.S. presidential elections and...

The broad upside momentum for most slices of the world’s equity markets has spilled over into 2020, at least so far. But the distribution of performance, as usual, is uneven. Here’s a...

S&P 500 (SPY (NYSE:SPY)) Stocks are setting up for a slightly lower opening on January 15. The S&P 500 futures are currently trading lower by 3.5 points. It follows what has...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) finds itself at an important inflection point. While its FAANG peers Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), and Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) are busy...

S&P (SPY) Stocks had a kind of strange day yesterday, falling midday on headlines that not all tariffs on China would be rolled back until after the election. It resulted in a pretty quick...

New plane orders at Boeing (NYSE:BA) are the lowest since 2005 and deliveries the lowest since 2005. Blame the Boeing 737 Max. Due to never-ending 737 Max issues, plane orders at Airbus have soared...