ETF Analysis & Opinion

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High profile market watchers have pointed out that there have only been four times in the last nine decades when back-to-back calendar year stock declines occurred. The years? 1929-1932, 1939-1941,...

It’s quite evident that the past two weeks of baseless equity strength have infected the minds of everyone, including snarky smoking Slopers who like to pretend the bear market is over. It...

Mid-cap stocks have been underperforming large-cap stocks for quite some time. Perhaps, this is a reason for the malaise in the broader market over the past year.Let’s take a closer look at...

This is getting old.The PPT is now juicing oil higher, because doing so relieves stress in the junk-bond market (a large percentage of junk bond issuers are shale companies that require higher Oil...

LGI Homes (NASDAQ:LGIH) released a strong sales report that granted investors in home builders a much-needed sigh of relief. On January 7, 2019 (mislabeled as the 4th in the press release), LGIH...

Fundamentals are still a suspect, but US stocks were treated with soothing comments from Fed chief last week. Bulls have the ball, but bears are likely to show up at $260 on SPDR S&P 500...

Forget the 2018 market drop—because it handed us a golden opportunity to grab some double-digit “bounce-back” gains as 2019 rolls out.I’ll tell you why I’m so excited...

Volatility has picked up in US stocks. This is a perfect environment for traders who are nimble enough and ready to take ones and twos, quickly locking in what markets give them.It is increasingly...

SummaryThe employment report was about as good as you could ask for. The Fed appears open to pausing its rate hiking program. The markets had a great day. The employment report was a much-needed...

The S&P 500 reversed early losses and is marching higher, continuing the bounce from last week. We expected this bounce and are long. The upside target on the SPY (S&P 500 ETF) is $262. Once...

With the 2018 investing year now closed, one strategy that turned out to be a winning one was the Dogs of the Dow strategy. The Dogs of the Dow strategy is one where investors select the ten stocks...

Equities bottomed early on Wednesday the 26th and rocketed higher, partially undoing the damage for the Christmas Collapse. The DOW managed to tack on about 1500 points to its low, and I suspect...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted that heading into the Christmas shortened week, equities looked the worst they had in at least 2 years. Elsewhere looked for gold to...