ETF Analysis & Opinion

Eric Ervin, CEO of asset management firm Reality Shares, was making his rich client so much money that he suggested: “Hey, why don’t you just quit your job?”The investor saw the...

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The chart above looks at SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production (NYSE:XOP) over the past 8-years. From 2010 until 2013 it looks to have created a pennant pattern (series of higher...

AT40 = 55.8% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 46.3% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 16.6Short-term Trading Call:...

Hmmm. Things are looking less sanguine in bear-land. Although the SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) gap is still firmly intact, and has plenty of cushion left: The Dow Industrials NYSE:DIA has broken its...

It’s not exactly a secret – and it’s a widely misunderstood concept – but in the world of investing sometimes it’s not what you invest in but when that matter most.Case...

Most of the major asset classes scored gains last week, with broadly defined commodities leading the way, based on a set of exchange-traded products.The broadly defined iPath Bloomberg Commodity (DJP)...

SynopsisIf you’re saving for retirement, you for sure will want to consider making an investment in ETF’s. While mutual funds have long been the staple of long-term investing,...

If you think you can hide out in ETFs or high growth stocks and weather the downturn, please think again.In case you failed to notice, investment sentiment has changed. The stock market struggles to...

5 Trade ideas excerpted from the detailed analysis and plan for premium subscribers:Anadarko Petroleum (NYSE:APC) Anadarko Petroleum, $APC, started higher in September. It gapped up later in the month...

AT40 = 45.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 44.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 17.4Short-term Trading Call:...

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

Over the last several weeks I have been addressing the potential for a reflexive rally from market support. I laid out three possible paths for the rally which I want to review. Let’s step back...

In Friday morning’s post I worried that the bears were terribly at risk, I guess it makes sense that the bulls got piano wires wrapped around their throats. We went into an immediate dive...