ETF Analysis & Opinion

Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAM)Akamai Technologies, Ticker: $AKAM, started higher in August and progressed in a steady trend higher. In December it gapped up and then started to move sideways. it...

Since July 2016 the yield on the 10-year US Treasury Note has increased from 1.32% to nearly 3% today. This doubling of longer term interest rates is creating a headwind for dividend paying stocks...

There was a thought-provoking chart making its way around the investment community this weekend that demonstrates the rise of passive investment vehicles over the last decade. According to recent...

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

Dow Jones Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large stock speculators slightly boosted their net positions in the Dow Jones Mini Futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of...

Despite a recent pullback in equities, we continue to feel confident in the U.S. economy and believe equities can move higher in 2018.However, we think that stock price appreciation will be at a much...

Bearish Action EmergesThis previous week’s reign of volatile intra-day moves remained for a second week. The difference this week, instead of capping off the week with a positive net return of...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted heading into the last days of February the equity markets had recovered much of the downturn and were looking stronger. Elsewhere looked...

Financial risks can seemingly come out of nowhere. Think about how many on Wall Street were caught off guard by the 2008-09 financial crisis or even the volatility of a few weeks ago. Yet the...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial wraps up the trading week with an in-depth look at the factors pushing the major U.S. averages lower once again, as the late February bounce...

Legendary investor and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRKb) CEO Warren Buffett recently gave us an insight into the type of dividend-paying fund he’d invest in if he could: Our aversion to leverage...

An exchange traded fund has some unique characteristic features over stocks and mutual funds. There is no doubt that when it comes to investment choices, investors tend to prefer mutual funds....

In 2011 Scott’s Investments began tracking a momentum portfolio which ranks a basket of ETFs based on price momentum and volatility. In 2014 I also introduced a pure momentum system, which...