ETF Analysis & Opinion

Latest U.S. economic data shows inflationary pressures are still in place Consumer Discretionary (XLY) has been battling Energy for the title of S&P 500's worst-performing sector of late If price...

During the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended November 16, 2022, fixed income funds and ETFs received a significant boost in returns after the October consumer price index (CPI) and producer price...

Investors were net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the third week in four, injecting a net $14.1 billion for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended...

The good news for the bears is that the lower highs on the Dow 30 ‘diamonds” are still absolutely intact. The not-so-good news is that the descending trendline is damaged. However,...

During the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended November 9, 2022, investors were net redeemers of fund and ETF assets, withdrawing a net $23.4 billion from fund coffers as investors awaited the...

Let’s look at a few commodity ETFs together. In general, they have remained in an uptrend for two years. This channel needs to break in order for commodities to start a downtrend, which is...

I bought January puts on Utilities Select Sector SPDR® Fund (NYSE:XLU) this morning. My view is that the empty chasm between present price levels and that lower support trendline is an...

Time to hop overseas and explore some non-U.S. markets by way of their ETFs. We start with one of the biggies, the EFA, which is all markets except North America. There is potential for more strength...

The S&P 500 is blooming, while gold cannot hide its weakness. Both have an impact on junior miners, but which lead will gold stocks follow?Will the rally in stocks continue? Will miners follow...

Check out the price action on the following monthly charts of the Commodity ETF (DBC) and the Agriculture ETF (DBA).During intraday trading today, they are both hovering over their major support...

Today we revisit an incredibly important stock market ratio: The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SMH) versus the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY).This ratio highlights how an important tech leadership...

For the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended September 21, 2022, money market funds was the only asset class to attract net new money for the week, taking in $30.0 billion, while taxable fixed...

I’ve mentioned the Health Care Select Sector ETF (NYSE:XLV) as a terrific short (by way of its diamond top). This is unfolding beautifully.

SPY had an interesting week as the sell-off continued. It faked many people out on Sept. 12 as it poked above the minor downtrend line we've had over the last few weeks.It looked as if the trend was...