ETF Analysis & Opinion

“Brett, where the heck do I find cheap dividends in this market?”A desperate reader asks this question almost daily. I’ll be honest: with the market up double digits this year,...

Technically Speaking For May 6SummaryThe news that the administration was considering increasing Chinese tariffs rattled the markets. Internals from the household report shows a very strong labor...

Several weeks ago we wrote about the downside risk in the gold stocks.Once the gold-stock indices formed distribution-type tops, the subsequent selling was swift. Miners plunged through moving...

Markets welcomed the European Union’s decision in April to push the Brexit deadline back to October 31 in order to provide the UK with more time to reach agreement on the terms of a withdrawal...

I’ve uncovered two high-yield closed-end funds (CEFs) that are perfect for this “earnings down, stocks up” market.I’m going to show you both of these bargain-priced,...

Sector Performance Review For The Week Of April 29-May 3SummaryLonger-term sector performance remains bullish. 3/5 of the top-performing ETFs for the last week are defensive. I take a deeper look at...

I’ve been doing this whole “charting” and “trading” thing a long time. I was there for the 1987 crash, as well as the bull market that led to it. I can remember the...

Technically Speaking For The Week Of April 29-May 3SummaryThanks to the Chinese stimulus, Asia appears to have dodged a bullet; emerging markets are fair; the EU/UK/Canada have some weakness. U.S....

Publicly traded U.S. companies[1] grew reported earnings by 23% in 2018, but economic earnings – the true cash flows of the business – tell a much different story. On the surface, economic...

Technically Speaking For May 1SummaryEU economic news is mixed. Despite a recent sell-off, oil is in an uptrend. It's possible the QQQ is topping. News from the EU is mixed. Sentiment continues to...

As you have read from my previous posts, I was looking to be bullish TLT and bearish oil. I have opened a long position in TLT at the backtest of the broken resistance at $122.30 while I have opened...

It’s pretty evident where the battle line is drawn right now: 2947 on the ES. We had a little reversal pattern above this line, and then after tumbling away, the market stalled out just below...

We grow up in a world where gold is associated with wealth and status. From an early age, we hear the story of King Midas and everything he touches turning to gold. We remember all the gold he...

Major Asset Classes | April 2019 | Performance ReviewGlobal equities dominated the performance ledger for the major asset classes in April with solid gains. For the first time since last July, all the...