ETF Analysis & Opinion

Financial markets now anticipate that the Federal Reserve will begin ratcheting down rates from the 2.25%-2.50% range in July. Remarkably, the “de facto stimulus” associated with the Fed...

All of the leading gold mining stocks rallied higher early Wednesday. The highly followed VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) was trading up by nearly 2.0% on the session to $23.04 a share. The...

SPX Monitoring purposes; Sold long SPX 6/7/19 at 2873.33= gain 4.41%; long 5/31/19 & 2752.06. Monitoring purposes Gold: Long VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) on 1/29/19 at 21.96. Long...

Economic and political risks appear to be rising, but the global stock market remains resilient in terms of maintaining a strong year-to-date performance, based on an exchange-traded fund. Within the...

Technically Speaking For June 11: The Rally Is SputteringSummaryAnti-trust is making a comeback. Inflation expectations are low. The daily charts don't support the bulls. Anti-trust is making a...

Important price gap on emerging markets just about sealed.

Global markets rebounded last week, posting gains in all corners of the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded funds. The broad sweep of positive returns marks the first...

What if I told you I’d found a way for you to bank 7%+ in cash (often paid monthly, no less) from real estate?And no, we’re not going to send you out on the streets, pounding the pavement...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators saw with five months of 2019 in the books that equity markets had given back half of their gains from the peak at the end of April. Elsewhere...

*As of 7:00 a.m. CSTForeign Markets, Fair Value and Volume: In Asia 6 out of 11 markets closed higher: Shanghai Comp -1.17%, Hang Seng +0.26%, Nikkei -0.01% In Europe 13 out of 13 markets are trading...

The US stock market has been on a roller coaster this year, but the volatility hasn’t dented the relatively smooth bull market in securitized real estate shares. In the wake of the tech...

Technically Speaking For June 5SummaryThe Beige Book was very defensive in its characterizations of the economy. Chairman Powell is keeping an eye on the trade situation. I explain what I'd like to...

SPX Monitoring purposes; Long SPX 5/31/19 at 2752.06. Monitoring purposes Gold: Long VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) on 1/29/19 at 21.96. Long-term Trend SPX monitor purposes; Sold long SPX...

The current U.S-China trade war has been going on longer than expected and it doesn’t appear that normalcy will return anytime soon. For one, President Donald Trump has imposed a 20% tariff on...