ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

S&P 500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large stock market speculators cut back on their bullish net positions in the S&P 500 Mini futures markets this week, according to the latest...

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...

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial wraps up the trading week with a deep dive into the underlying technical indicators for the U.S. averages, which look to close an up-and-down...

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...

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...

Standard finance theory tells us to select weights for stocks and other asset classes based on market value. By that standard, emerging markets deserve a relatively light touch in portfolios. But this...

The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (NYSE:SMH) lead the technology sector higher on Tuesday. The semi's have now retraced 75% of the down-move and investors are excitedly talking about new all-time...