ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

There are 20 elite closed-end funds (CEFs) that have proven their toughness in the last 10 years (including through the Great Recession, the most brutal test of all) and have still handed investors...

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)...

A few weeks ago we wrote that it may not be gold’s time yet but a number of recent developments suggest its time could be sooner than we anticipated. Although gold failed to break out last week,...

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...

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...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial wraps up the trading week with a look at Thursday’s wild action and a preview of Friday’s trading prospects, as the U.S. averages...

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