ETF Analysis & Opinion

Earlier this month we reviewed how recent performance for the S&P 500 Index stacked up relative to history. Let’s extend the analysis to risk. As we’ll see, deciding if risk is...

Pre-Open Market AnalysisThe Emini has been in a Small Pullback Bull Trend for 4 months. That is a strong bull trend and the bulls have bought every 1 – 3 day selloff. Consequently, the downside...

Reports 4Q 2019 results on Friday, Jan. 17, before the open Revenue Expectation: $8.17 billion EPS Expectation: $0.37 When Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) reports its fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow,...

(Thursday Market Open) The earnings parade has started on a positive note and that could be providing momentum early Thursday as markets appear set to re-test record highs. Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS)...

Associated British Foods PLC (LON:ABF) Q1 revenue +4% yoy, reflecting overall sales growth from both Primark and the sugar business. Not even Primark’s UK business has been able to outsmart...

Steel Dynamics stock climbed 40% throughout the second half of 2019. The share price rose from $25 to almost $36, but that’s after a decline from $52.10 in May 2018. In other words, despite...

Let’s check which stock could magnify S&P’s gains in case it rallies, and which stocks would be likely to decline the most if S&P plunges. Here are our stock picks for the...

After three years of sometimes acrimonious and bitter confrontation, US and China yesterday signed the first phase of what could be a broader trade deal.US30USD Daily Chart The US30 index...

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...