ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

I hated it when my mom reminded me when I was younger, but now that I’ve survived into middle-aged adulthood, I will give you the same medicine she gave me:“I told you so.” As I...

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial examines Wednesday’s sudden market decline, which put a damper on the underlying technical indicators than had been steadily improving...

Remember early February’s stock-market rout?I know. Seems like a weird question. It was just a few weeks ago, after all. But many folks seem to have forgotten how stocks fell 10% from their 2018...

As of Feb-24-2018 Vanguard U.S. Momentum Factor (NYSE:VFMO) holds 637 Russell 3000 stocks, selected according to a rules-based screen for relatively strong recent performance and liquidity. They show...

Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the February 1-15 period in nine S&P 500 sectors.Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLB)During the reporting period,...

I had to laugh when I saw this Barron’s headline last week:“REITs Are Sending a Powerful Buy Signal” My response? Of course they are! They have been for a while now! If you’ve...

Here is an advance preview of the monthly moving averages we track after the close of the last business day of the month. At this point, before the close on the last day of the month, all three...

This 20-year snapshot of the Nasdaq above highlights that a solid upward trend remains in place. What caught our attention is this, the Nasdaq Composite index is attempting to break out of the top of...

Shares of the semiconductor ETF (NYSE:SMH) surged in early trading, Tuesday, only to reverse in dramatic fashion, going negative on the day. The early surge made a new all-time high but the reversal...

From Streetwise Reports: Technical analyst Clive Maund explains why he believes the stock market rally of the past couple of weeks is not a resumption of the bull market.This is a very timely point to...

Well, thank GOD. Pretty much what I hoped for and talked about yesterday.iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSE:EEM) SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average (NYSE:DIA)