ETF Analysis & Opinion

SummaryThe weekly and three-month performance chart shows a more defensive orientation. The foundations of the tech sector rally are starting to fade. We have a late-cycle situation. As always, let's...

The consumer has always been a good gauge of the U.S. economy. Similarly, investors can gauge the health of the stock market by looking at consumer stocks.One way to gauge this is to look at the ratio...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of StreetOne Technical Analysis kicks off the new trading week with a deep dive into the underlying technicals for the major U.S. averages.The Employment Report on...

Securitized real estate shares dominated last week’s performance rankings at the extremes for the major asset classes, based on a set of exchange-traded products. US real estate investment...

It seems one key focus of recent commentary has been the buyback activity by companies due to the cash flow benefit resulting from the tax cuts passed late last year. I have commented on the fact...

This is a follow-up analysis to the article I wrote back in March 26th, 2018, titled, Be Greedy When Others Are Fearful when SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) was trading at 265.COMPARISONBelow chart...

Whenever a covered call trade results in a maximum return, it is a successful trade…period…end of story. To most, this statement appears nonsensical and self-evident. But I’m here...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted as the last full week of July ended the equity markets looked tired on the shorter time frame but remained solid on the longer one....

What do most exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and many blue-chip stocks have in common?They’re big, they’re popular with Wall Street pundits … and they don’t deliver nearly as...

In trading, all that matters is price. And I tend to use it to identify patterns that can help investors and traders. We can also use market ratios as a gauge of the stock market’s health.Today,...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of StreetOne Technical Analysis wraps up the trading week with a deep dive into the underlying technicals for the major U.S. averages.The Market opened lower on...

SummaryWe shouldn't be concerned about the 10-year Treasury moving above 3%. Will oil see an additional leg higher at the end of the year? It looks like the SPDR S&P 500's (NYSE:SPY) upward...

The top five in the Nasdaq 100 are done reporting 2Q. They have had their post-earnings reaction – mostly positive. This is occurring even as the index just got repelled at six-month channel...

120 Billion DollarsThat’s how much market cap Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) dumped over the side in a single day when the company crushed Wall Street’s hopes with a soft second-quarter earnings...