ETF Analysis & Opinion

SummaryThe general backdrop for investing remains positive: the markets are rallying and the economy is growing. The sector backdrop is shifting: defensive sectors are "lagging" the market, although...

Technically Speaking For The Week Of February 11-15SummarySpain is now experiencing political and economic problems. We're starting to see some weakness in Asian data. Japanese industrial production...

Nvidia (NVDA)If you own NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and you aren’t nervous; you should be. The stock was up about 10% following results. But after a day of trading, the stock finishes the...

Canopy Growth rallied Friday morning after the company reported that third-quarter sales rose 282 percent over the past 12 months. Profit was boosted by the company’s first sales of legal...

SPY Trends And Influencers February 16, 2019 Heading into February Options Expiration, the equity markets saw their first signs of weakness this year. They did recover to post positive weeks, but the...

Walls have been part of history for a very long time. They have been built for protection. They have been used to keep things in and out. They have become a part of the fabric of civilization. It was...

S&P 500 (SPY)Stocks were in rally mode today with the S&P 500 rising by over 1.25% and over 2,740. It was two trading days ago that market fell sharply and everyone was panicking. I wrote that...

Our research team has warned that the precious metals market would enter a 30-45 day rotational price trend back on January 28, 2019. On January 16, 2019, we suggested that the upside price move in...

As I was thumbing through ETFs, I was struck by how interesting our neighbors to the north and south are looking as short candidates. Here is the fund for Canada: iShares MSCI Canada (NYSE:EWC) And...

SummaryU.K. output was weaker in the Q4 18 and contracted in December. The number and amount of tax refunds have declined. While the IWMs rose today, the SPYs were unchanged. It's possible the IWM is...

Is the popular Tech ETF QQQ forming a head-and-shoulders topping pattern? The odds are low, yet it's possible. What would it take to eliminate the fact that this pattern is sending a bearish message...

At the Paris Fintech Forum I spoke with investors and companies about their expectations for the high tech market for 2019. They were asked which areas of business and technology look most promising...

Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), ended a run higher in December, but only pulled back less than 38.2% of that move. In January it made a higher low and reversed to the current consolidation. It...

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend –Long-term trend resuming? Intermediatetrend– Countertrend may be over. Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with...