ETF Analysis & Opinion

As I keep saying, if there is one theme for me in 2018, it is “bonds are screwed.” I’ve been harping on this to my beloved PLUS subscribers for a while. Finally I think we’ve...

It was a clean sweep. Every one of the major asset classes posted an increase last week, based on a set of exchange-traded products. The gains, a sign of heightened optimism, mark the first...

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– A new surge of buyinghas moved ahead...

Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE)Adobe Systems gapped higher in October and then continued to move up. It pulled back after Thanksgiving to the 50-day SMA and then rode the 50-day SMA for a...

Emerging Market Equities have seen an incredible run since the 2016 bottom (not to make a song and dance about it, but that was about when I turned bullish on EM equities, just saying...). To throw a...

VIX performed an inside consolidation, closing above Long-term support at 10.83 and on a buy signal.The calm may be broken.A breakout above the Ending Diagonal trendline suggests a complete...

The superlatives that are being used to describe this market are well-deserved. S&P 500 (SPY (NYSE:SPY)) has advanced so fast that there really isn’t any support, unless you want to declare...

Equity Markets Have Taken On a Life of Their Own Biggest Puzzle…What is Official US Dollar Value Policy Precious Metals Our main “Comfort” indicator is the ARCA Gold BUGS/Gold....

S&P 500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Stock market speculators raised their net positions in the S&P 500 Mini futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted with January Options Expiration behind, the Equity markets looked extremely strong and perhaps overheated. Elsewhere looked for Gold (GLD...

The Homebuilders ETF (NYSE:XHB) is poised to make a new all-time high as it faces its peak set just before the 2007/08 financial crisis struck, as shown on the monthly chart below.There are two...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial wraps up the trading week with a deep look at the important technical indicators shaping today’s market action, as all the major U.S....

Shares of technology stocks remain the trend leader but healthcare’s recent strength suggests a changing of the guard may be near, based on a set of sector ETFs ranked by one-year return....

Here is a brief review of period-over-period change in short interest in the January 1-12, 2018 period in nine S&P 500 sectors.Materials Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLB) (SPDR materials ETF)On the...