ETF Analysis & Opinion

The chart above looks at VanEck Vectors Steel (NYSE:SLX) over the past 8-years. SLX has done very well the past couple of years inside of rising channel (1). The rally now has it testing 2012, 2013...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Visa, $V, was a strong stock, moving higher under trend resistance until it broke that to the upside in January. It ran higher form there only to...

It’s all but official: the Federal Reserve will hike rates three times this year, and almost certainly four. If you want to protect your portfolio (and profit), now is the time to prepare.I told...

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend – The bull market is continuing with a top expected in the low 3000s. Intermediate trend – An intermediate correction from 2872 may be...

AT40 = 36.2% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 50.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 16.5Short-term Trading Call: neutral...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)Abbott Laboratories, $ABT, was trending higher and in December accelerated that trend to the upside. It moved outside of its Bollinger Bands® and stalled at the end...

This week has been extremely interesting. On one hand, S&P 500 price volatility surged while measures of market volatility actually declined. Take a look at the chart below: While the market did...

Since the first iteration of the Federal Reserve’s Quantitative Easing (QE) program were announced nearly a decade ago, traders have been calling for an end to the 35-year bull market in US...

A key issue to note if you want to time market turns is that stocks are always the last asset class to “get it.”Consider that high yield credit or Junk Bonds (NYSE:HYG) have lead stocks...

No matter what index or ETF you are looking at, as long as it’s equity-related, they ALL look pretty much like this:Let’s Break It Down GREEN TINT – the stupid, misguided,...

A few weeks ago, I told my regular readers at Investors Alley about the announcement from Amazon.com (Nasdaq: NASDAQ:AMZN) that it was joining forces with JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) and Warren...

AT40 = 28.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 47.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 20.0Short-term Trading Call: neutral...

My prediction from February 9th about a bounce to 2740 and a subsequent resumption of the weakness has, thus far, earned me a solid A+ (my trading based upon it I’d give, oh, a D+, but...

The S&P 500 had a massive run higher in January. When it peaked toward the end of the month, investors were ecstatic. But then the mood changed. Volatility crept in and the S&P 500 had its...