ETF Analysis & Opinion

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial examines Wednesday’s market pullback, which has now sent the Dow to three straight days of losses.The market opened higher Wednesday, but...

If you’ve been following me for any length of time you know I’ve been a major bull when it comes to the stock markets. The last two years were some of the best years to be a bull in one of...

Sometimes an idea sounds very sensible but doesn’t end up looking so great in practice. And some ideas work out great in practice (caveat: at least for awhile) but don’t necessarily make a...

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial recaps Tuesday’s negative session for equities and updates the major underlying technical indicators for the U.S. averages that are...

The case for holding a portfolio that’s diversified across markets and asset classes is built on the assumption that return correlations will remain below 1.0 (perfect positive correlation) by...

AT40 = 48.7% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 51.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 16.4Short-term Trading Call:...

When semiconductors go, they really ”go.” Unfortunately, when they tank, they really “tank”. Even a quick glimpse of Figure 1 makes this quite obvious. Figure 1 displays ticker...

This week the "Chart of the Week" looks at the energy sector of the S&P 500 and specifically how it fits in terms of market capitalization weight and share of total earnings across the index....

Equities and real estate investment trusts (REITs) led most markets higher last week. Rebounding after a weak start to this month’s trading, nearly all the major asset classes posted gains in...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial kicks off the new trading week with a deep dive into the important technical indicators for the major U.S. averages, which responded extremely...

Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the February 16-28 period in nine S&P 500 sector ETFs.Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLB)Post-February 9 low/reversal,...

The big rebound is on! But don’t worry, your opportunity to grab big gains (and dividends) hasn’t evaporated.There’s still time! And you can start with 3 of the 4 funds I pounded the...

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 2872...

Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL) Aflac, $AFL, started moving higher in May. It continued to run higher until it topped in early January. From there it pulled back to the 100 day SMA before bouncing back...