ETF Analysis & Opinion

Remember back when a 1 point swing in the S&P 500 ETF was a big thing. My brain has been a little frazzled lately so I may have the dates wrong, but I think it was all the was back in November of...

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans has been one of the central bank’s doves and so it’s notable that he’s now talking like a hawk, at least on the margins. In a speech on Friday, he...

While most income investors are reaching for big yields right now, a small group of “hidden yield” stocks are quietly handing smart investors growing income streams plus annual returns of...

The decline of late in Tech ETF PowerShares QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) has it testing triple support at (1). A bounce is due here and QQQ could bounce at least 5%+. Bulls want to be careful that...

Presently, the state of US trade deficit and how the Trump administration is attempting to address it is front and center.In February, the deficit came in at $57.6 billion, with the 12-month total of...

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial kicks off the new trading week with a review of the recent up-and-down market action, along with an update of the important technical levels to...

It’s everyone’s dream—a double-digit yield. And what’s dreamier than a 13.6% payout?That’s exactly what the little-known, small fund I’m going to show you today...

Current Position of the MarketS&P 500: Long-term trend – The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s. Intermediate trend–The intermediate correction from...

Stan Weinstein states in his amazing book that choosing the right sector to trade is just as important as trading with the overall market trend at your back. Just in the past year in 2017 we’ve...

This week it's a look at ETF market share - which is basically another way of saying implied country allocations. There are a few standouts across the countries within emerging markets when you look...

In bear markets, one of the tools we can benefit from with our covered call writing and put-selling strategies is inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs). An inverse ETF is also known as a short ETF or a...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted as the books closed on the 1st Quarter of trading the equity indexes had their first down quarter in over 2 years and were hanging onto...

“First-level” investors – those who buy and sell on headlines – mistakenly believe that real estate investment trust (REIT) profits will suffer if rates continue to rise....

Over the last couple of weeks, not a lot has changed. Market internals remain poor, and “trade war” rhetoric from the White House continues to worry the markets. It also certainly...