ETF Analysis & Opinion

Stocks in emerging markets head into the final week of trading for 2017 with a bullish tailwind. Rising for a third week in a row, equities in this corner posted the strongest gain among the major...

Current Position of the MarketSPX: Long-term trend – The bull market is continuing with no sign of a major top in sight. Intermediate trend– Possible short-term high. Analysis of the...

5 Trade ideas excerpted from the detailed analysis and plan for premium subscribers:Exelixis Inc (NASDAQ:EXEL) Exelixis, $EXEL, rose in June through the 50 and 100 day SMA’s into a Diamond...

As I’m working with my team on New Slope, I’ve been reviewing our videos to see which are still useful and which need to be tossed. One of them was about analogs, and even though it was...

Back in early 2016 as precious metals rebounded, our work showed that gold stocks were arguably the cheapest they had ever been. They had the worst 5-year and 10-year rolling performance ever, they...

Yes, Virgina, There Is A Santa Claus Every year, at this time, I republish the story of 8-year Virginia O’Hanlon who asked the most important of questions. I encourage you to read it as it...

The Stock Exchange is all about trading. Each week we do the following:Discuss an important issue for traders; highlight several technical trading methods, including current ideas; feature advice from...

Semiconductors have led this market for almost two years. The upside move on the semiconductor ETF VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (NYSE:SMH) has been insane. However, in recent weeks something major has...

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial recaps Wednesday’s dull market action, which marked the second straight day of losses for the major U.S. averages, and updates the...

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial recaps a ho-hum day for equities on Tuesday and updates the important technical indicators to consider for the major averages, which remain...

Throughout my career, I’ve found there have been few real investment opportunities that stand out. Yes, there are always trades with the potential to gain (or lose) 20-30%, but that is not what...

Everyone who believes risk has disappeared has fallen for the con.Judging by this year's version of Santa Claus's reliable year-end stock market rally, risk has vanished, not just in stocks but in...

The S&P 500 hit record highs 53 times this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had 70 record closes this year.It’s tempting to jump in. Here’s 2017 summed up by the Wall St....

The Energy Sector has been a dud. In fact with all the euphoria about all-time highs in equities through 2017, the Energy Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLE) ETF is actually down 9% this year, and over 30%...