ETF Analysis & Opinion

Let’s take a look this weekend at some of the major ETFs and what they might be suggesting for the weeks ahead. I’m doing these in alphabetical order.We begin with the...

The Discretionary/Staples ratio has been in a solid uptrend over the past 8-years, inside of rising channel (A), which sends a bullish message to the stock market. It has been especially strong in the...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of StreetOne Technical Analysis wraps up the trading week with a deep dive into the technical indicators for the major U.S. averages.Equities opened higher on...

Stock and ETF charts in this post are powered by MarketSmith. Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) has tripled its earnings since 2011 and yet its stock is trading near 3-year lows. It has underperformed 88% of...

This update is in response to a standing request for real (inflation-adjusted) charts of the S&P 500, Dow 30, and Nasdaq Composite. It includes the latest monthly close data.Here are two overlays...

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Consumer discretionary stocks continue to lead US equity sectors for year-to-date performances, based on a set of exchange-traded funds through July 3. The former leader, technology, is in second...

If you’ve been holding cash and waiting for the perfect buying opportunity, your time to strike is now.Because a very predictable market pattern has been repeating itself in the last few...

The massive financials analog continues to play out beautifully. We may see a little strength (or not) after all the recent weakness, but I think the die is cast. The financials, by way of XLF below,...

On the weekly chart, SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) remains grossly overbought, but near term there is room to rally – duration and magnitude notwithstanding. Options can help.US core PCE (personal...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the US posted the strongest gain in June among the major asset classes. The gain marked a second straight month with securitized real estate topping the...

With over 500 closed-end funds (CEFs) on the market, how do you choose the best one?It’s not an easy question to answer, because there are literally dozens of metrics any CEF investor should...

The financial sector is seeing strength today after the second-round results of the Fed's stress tests. At last check, the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLF) was up 1% to trade at $26.86. The...

The Dow Utilities, against which I have January 2019 puts (by way of XLU), has been tearing higher since June 12. The moving averages are still intact, and we’re coming up upon a wall of...