ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

I don’t blame you if you think stock picking boils down to a choice between income or growth. That’s how the financial media has framed it for years.But it’s not. Not by a long shot....

This post was written exclusively for Investing.comFinancials stocks, as measured by the SPDR Financials ETF (NYSE:XLF), have put together a decent 2019, increasing by approximately 29.5% versus the...

(Thursday Market Open) Christmas may be over, but that doesn’t mean there’s necessarily a lot happening on Wall Street today and tomorrow. In fact, the atmosphere might resemble an...

With global growth returning, the U.S. economy surging to a 3% growth rate, U.S. rates on the rise, the U.S. dollar sinking, the return of inflation, commodities prices soaring, and the...

The pumping goes on. Happy election year 2020! Original Post

The Nasdaq Composite Index (IXIC) hit and closed above 9000 yesterday, Dec. 26...an all-time (round number) high, as shown on the following monthly chart. The Balance of Power lies with...

With the whipsawing market we saw in early December—and now a snap back to near all-time highs—now is the perfect time to talk about one of the biggest questions you’ll face as a...

2019 is coming a close, and now as we turn towards next year, I present to you stock market predictions for 2020. Here are my predictions so far: with global growth returning, the U.S. economy will...

S&P 500 (SPY) It was an uneventful day on December 24, most certainly not like the one last year. I went back and read my blog post from that day, and times have changed, and the markets appear...

On analysis of the movements of S&P 500 Futures, in different time frames, I find that S&P 500 Futures look ready to slip below 3213 on Christmas Eve. If so, advent of a downward voyage will...

Boeing (NYSE:BA) has fired Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg in an attempt to salvage the wreck of its reputation after two lethal crashes of its 747 MAX plane in just 14 months killed over...

The FTSE is making small moves this morning but as expected for a pre-holiday session, the index is really lacking any conviction. BT Group (NYSE:BT) and NMC Health (OTC:NMHLY) are the outstanding...