ETF Analysis & Opinion

Bulls Hold Into Labor DayLast week, we discussed the S&P 500 breakout to all-time highs: “Get out your party hats ladies and gentlemen, the market closed at all-time highs on Friday finally...

S&P 500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large stock market speculators advanced their bullish net positions in the S&P 500 Mini futures markets this week, according to the latest...

How is your portfolio handling the up and down market of 2018? August and September are the 2 most volatile months in the market. Markets: It was a big month for the market, as investors shook off...

SummaryThe news was generally positive: Canada's GDP growth was up, and the EU's expansion continues. Japanese news was mixed. There is a strong divergence between the US and other global equity...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted as the summer was winding down heading into the last week of August, the equity markets were waking up and moving higher. Elsewhere...

Earlier this week I was mentioning the very smooth basing power of ultra-bearish fund DUST, shown below. I’ve circled the price gap. It is adding to its gains from yesterday. It just seems the...

Summary2Q GDP was 4.2%; exports were a bit reason for the increase. The 10-year treasury remains below 3%, indicating that bond traders aren't concerned about inflation, nor do they see this pace of...

SPX Monitoring purposes; Sold 8/21/1/ at 2862.96= gain 1.05%; Long SPX 8/10/18 at 2833.28. Monitoring purposes Gold: Long GDX at 18.72 on 8/17/18 Long-Term Trend SPX monitor purposes; Sold long term...

Status quo forecasting is sometimes very easy to do. For example, if you predict that tomorrow’s high temperature will be the same as today’s high, your estimate will be close to the...

I am offering a Volatility ETP Projection Service that calculates future volatility Exchange Traded Product (ETP) prices assuming the current VIX futures term structure is stable.In my post Using the...

SummaryAustralia has changed Prime Ministers (again). Student debt is taking a toll on the economy. Indexes were higher, but this was really a big company day. Australia has another new Prime...

My XLU put options (January 2019 $54 strike) are doing well this morning, thanks to the continued breakdown of the Dow Utilities. It’s nothing dramatic, but – it’s...

Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the August 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors.Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLB) (SPDR materials ETF)XLB ($59.13)...

Gains in nearly every corner of global markets generated a broad tailwind for the major asset classes last week, based on a set of exchange-traded products. With the exception of US real estate...