ETF Analysis & Opinion

Chart patterns are extremely useful to help us spot important trend changes. I will show you in this article how the Nasdaq etf QQQ was able to help us spot a top in stocks. Those who know how to...

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–An intermediate correction from 2872 is...

5 Trade ideas excerpted from the detailed analysis and plan for premium subscribers:Ally Financial Inc (NYSE:ALLY) Ally Financial, $ALLY, started higher in May, reaching a top with the market at the...

Summary: After gaining more than 7% by late January, US stocks have fallen into a 10% correction. It's the quickest decline of that magnitude from an all-time high in 90 years. While a fall in stocks...

The volatility index, the VIX, closed below 11 on April 24, 2017. That launched 184 trading days of extremely low volatility (ELV). The VIX is now just 1 more trading day away from finally bringing...

Market Hits Correction LevelsIt seems like it was just last week, that I discussed the risk of a bigger corrective action in the market. Because it was. “This past week, the market tripped...

Retail investors can no longer trade short volatility funds at Fidelity. The Financial Times reports Fidelity Bans Retail Investors from Trading Short Volatility. “We have blocked opening trades...

The unnaturally-tranquil stock markets suddenly plunged over this past week. Volatility skyrocketed out of the blue and shattered years of artificial calm conjured by extreme central-bank distortions....

We’ve received many comments and questions from our members over the past few days regarding the recent US market crisis asking what to expect next. Is this the start of something bigger?...

Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are one of the market’s best sources of high yield. But they can also be one of its searing sources of heartburn.For your sanity’s sake, and for the...

As mentioned in my 2018 Market Forecast, I think that volatility will remain elevated for much of 2018 (although to what extent will, no doubt, vary) in this evolving environment where Central Bankers...

As the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average post their fourth 10% decline in the past 4 years, we ask whether a violent spike is afoot, or if further erosion is underway. You're probably...

"Cash on the Sidelines." You hear this phrase all the time from the media and pundits. How do they know there is cash on the sidelines? Do they have a phone survey that asks a sample of Americans if...

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial breaks down Thursday’s massive market meltdown and updates the key technical indicators to watch for hints of whether the selling will...