ETF Analysis & Opinion

When they were introduced by REX ETF in May 2016 VMIN and VMAX were the first actively managed volatility Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). REX’s strategy was to offer higher effective leverage than...

While the major stock market indexes have suffered recently, mostly due to concerns about a global trade war, one exchange-traded fund (ETF) has quietly been on a tear: the Utilities Select Sector...

Check out this week’s Danger Zone interview with Chuck Jaffe of Money Life.Domo, Inc. (DOMO), a business intelligence and data visualization provider, will IPO on Thursday, June 28. At a price...

Despite ongoing wars and heightened geopolitical tensions in the region, stock markets in the Middle East overall are outperforming the rest of the world so far in 2018, based on a set of...

Cash payouts of 8% and more (often paid monthly), plus price upside of 10%, 20%, sometimes even higher.That’s what you get with closed-end funds—and you can often get it in just one...

AT40 = 48.3% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 50.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 17.9Short-term Trading Call:...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of StreetOne Technical Analysis recaps Tuesday’s muted market action and updates the important technical levels to focus on for the major U.S. Averages.After a...

Be careful how you buy your bonds. The most popular tickers have a few “fatal flaws” that’ll doom you to underperformance at best, or leave you hanging in the event of a market...

In spite of my complaints about the lack of direction in the market, if you take a step back, at least we’ve got a little bit of a trend since June 13. On that day, equities were in many cases...

The ETN Bitcoin Investment Trust (OTC:GBTC) has been a favorite of investors as an alternative to buying actual bitcoin. However, there has been a massive bear market in bitcoin since GBTC topped out...

The gap between Friday and Monday bears close scrutiny with respect to the entire tech sector. My view is that today’s UNGODLY boring trading action is just a pause in another leg down. That red...

In this world where it seems the only news that gets reported is bad news, there is often something new and exciting happening that goes unreported. We get bombarded everyday with political posturing,...

Question: Why are there so many ETFs?Answer: ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell. The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving your best...

The tech sector is feeling the brunt of the latest trade worries weighing on Wall Street, with the Nasdaq on track for its worst daily loss since April 2. Chip stocks are getting hit especially hard,...