ETF Analysis & Opinion

It’s a line you’ve no doubt heard before. It goes like this: “The market is too efficient to beat, so you may as well just park your cash in a low-cost index fund and call it a...

The S&P 500 closed to new highs following yesterday’s Fed meeting, supported by higher earnings whilst also taking comfort from Powell’s comments that a hike is unlikely....

VIX pulled back beneath mid-Cycle support at 15.09 but did not go beneath the mid-September low.Crossing back above the mid-Cycle or Long-term resistance at 15.83 puts VIX back on a buy...

Health services stock Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) has been in rally mode since its one-month low of $146.50, hit earlier this month. Since then, the stock has ended higher during all but three sessions,...

Lincoln National Corporation (NYSE:LNC) is due to report earnings after the market closes today, Oct. 30. The insurance stock shed 8.4% the day after the firm's last report, and one reliable technical...

The degree to which Elon Musk manipulates GAAP accounting in awe-inspiring. That the various regulators in charge of protecting investors allow Musk to commit accounting fraud is shocking.Note: The...

Somehow the stock market is expecting growth to re-accelerate after a disappointing 2.0% GDP growth in Q2. The only sign of such growth in the stock market is central banks lowering rates and...

AbbVie Inc (ABBV) AbbVie Inc . (NYSE:ABBV), a swing trade from early Sept, looks like it wants to move higher. On Wednesday, it jumped 1.19, or 1.52%, to 79.66, with a high of 79.79, on 7.2 million...

(Wednesday Market Open) It’s decision day. Or is it? The market seems to have made up its mind a long time ago about what the Fed is likely to do this afternoon, so the rate decision this...

Pre-Open Market AnalysisThe Emini yesterday formed an outside up day and then an outside down day. It had several sharp moves up and down and formed a trading range day. But by closing below its...

* Reports Q4 2019 results on Wednesday, Oct. 30, after the close* Revenue expectation: $62.94B * EPS expectation: $2.83 Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) is among a very limited number of technology companies...

On analysis of the movements of S&P 500 futures, in different time frames, I find that S&P 500 looks ready to repeat the moves what it showed on September 30th, 2019 once again on October 30,...

Near-Term Outlook Remains NeutralThe indexes closed mixed Tuesday with positive internals on the NYSE as the NASDAQ’s were mixed. Trading volumes were flat versus the prior session on the NYSE...

Up, Up and Where??? The S&P 500 futures (ESZ19:CME) closed Tuesday’s session at 3035.75, a few handles below its 8:30 CT opening print at 3034.00, and towards the lower end of...