ETF Analysis & Opinion

Sometimes 10-year returns aren’t so hot and sometimes 10-year returns are sizzling hot! This chart looks back on the Dow Jones Index over the past 95 years (since 1925), which shows...

(Monday Market Open) Welcome to the last trading week of the decade.The market is in the middle of the Santa Claus rally period – so-called because the last five trading days of the year and the...

Pre-Open market analysisFriday was a bear bar and therefore a sell signal bar for today. There is a parabolic wedge buy climax on the daily chart. It is at the resistance of the top of the 2 month...

A clean sweep of higher prices lifted all corners of the global markets for the shortened Christmas week of trading, based on a set of ETFs representing the major asset classes. The holiday rally...

EssilorLuxottica (SIX:ESSI) came into existence in October 2018 after the French Essilor acquired the Italian Luxottica in a $24 billion deal. The merger resulted in the world’s largest eyewear...

When trading opened in 2019, investors were just hoping stocks would produce a rebound from the awful fourth quarter in 2018. But Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) nearly spoiled everything.Shares fell more than...

Quant Corner and Risk AnalysisI have a rule for my investment clients. Think first about your risk. Only then should you consider possible...

S&P 500 (SPY) Stocks will try to advance once again, in the New Year shortened trading week. The S&P 500 closed around 3,240 on Friday, and it leaves the next level of resistance around...

Summary Stops or hedges? Both limit risk but in different ways. Which should be preferred? Does your choice depend upon the market? And people are already confused by “batten down the...

Free After-Hours Analysis Two weeks ago I wrote a cautious post about Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) I explained how I was leery of this stock’s latest rebound because the prior dip lacked a...

Each candle on the following chart of the S&P 500 represents a period of one year.From 1932 to 1972, it, essentially, rallied for 40 years, particularly for the latter 30 years. From 1974 to 2000,...

In prepping to write this weekly update, the S&P 500’s “forward earnings yield” at 5.28% is as low as I’ve seen it post 2008. Yes, that’s a long time. The lowest...

All the major silos of U.S. equity factors are posting solid gains this year, but nothing beats the so-called quality screen (stocks with strong fundamentals), based on a set of exchange traded funds....

The FTSE and other European gauges started the day higher buoyed by record high closures on Wall Street on Boxing Day. The tech heavy Nasdaq breached the 9,000 level, helping bring up its total gain...