ETF Analysis & Opinion

The threat of a global trade war is a risk factor for the global economic outlook, warned the managing director of the International Monetary Fund on Thursday. But in the weeks since President Trump...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial examines Wednesday’s mixed market action and previews Thursday’s session with an update of the important technical indicators for...

The analysis of volumes according to the methodology of Richard D,Wyckoff on the Japanese index highlights one possible predominance of purchases on sales. The price dynamics on the 23 and 26 March...

The transportation ETF IYT is nearing major resistance. Look for it to stall and begin to drop lower. As a leading indicator, this will likely signal a market drop in the coming week. The level to...

I am kind of fascinated by this Vanguard S&P 500 chart, which is based on the S&P 500. Check out the red horizontal as well as that dotted trendline. Notice how prices are mashed just beneath...

And A Little Child Shall Lead Them...This phrase, from the Bible, specifically Isaiah 11:6, gets taken out of context all the time. It really has nothing to do with a child leading all the animals. So...

It’s been a volatile year so far for stocks, but two big-picture trends are clear in 2018 for two widely followed subsets of the broad market. First, small-cap shares are enjoying a solid run...

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...

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)...