ETF Analysis & Opinion

Stock Market News: April 13, 2019 Markets: It was a mixed week for the market, with the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 posting good gains. The DOW and RUSSELL trailed. The market was buoyed on Friday by a...

Turning Points For The Week Of April 8-12SummaryThe long-leading indicators are positive and have improved. The leading indicators - especially the yield curve - continue to argue for a recessionary...

Without too much attention from traders, the SPY and QQQ are racing to attempt to establish new all-time highs in what may become the most exciting Spring/Summer breakout rally of the past 3 years....

SPY Trends And Influencers April 13, 2019 Last week’s review of the macro market indicators saw that as the second quarter started there was no sell-off in equities, rather they gapped higher on...

Last year, it looked like interest rates were going to start a sensational bull market of their own. It’s quite clear they’ve utterly sputtered. Just look at what’s happened with...

A little less than a month ago I wrote a post noting weekly flows into equity mutual funds and ETF's had turned decidedly positive, and in fact were the largest inflows looking back an entire year. I...

Once all the dust settled, the Dow Jones closed up six points. In any case, let’s stroll through some ETFs. I’ve tried to order and group these in a sensible fashion. The commodities...

Technically Speaking For April 10SummarySolid service sector and employment data run counter to the slower economy narrative. Gas prices are in an upswing. Despite a solid day in the markets,...

Technically Speaking For April 9SummaryThe latest JOLTs data is weaker, which is somewhat concerning. Global growth projections are declining. The 30-day charts are showing a pretty sharp change in...

A Tale of Two QuartersAfter a wild and volatile final quarter in 2018, volatility instruments across the board have seen their levels continue to decline into the end of the first quarter in...

Stocks fell at the open on Monday, with Dow component Boeing (NYSE:BA) weighing on sentiment in the wake of plans to curb production on its troubled flagship airplane.The Dow fell 113.98 points, or...

With less than a week to go until the start of Wall Street's Q1 earnings season, investors are bracing for what may be the first U.S. profit decline since the second quarter of 2016. FactSet data show...

Last week we had strong numbers out of China and our research continues to suggest the Chinese stock market could be poised for an upside price rally of at least 15% over the next 30+ days before...

A Run For The Highs Continues “Fueling the markets are statements from past and present Fed Governors that are not only dovish but discuss a resumption of QE and negative interest rates. Former...