ETF Analysis & Opinion

Market technician Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial recaps Tuesday’s big equities rally, which was driven by Washington’s tax reform progress, and updates the important technical...

Tax-loss harvesting is one of the more underutilized strategies for taxable investment accounts. This approach involves selling holdings at a loss in the current calendar year to offset capital gains...

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The S&P Retail Industry Index comprises stocks in the S&P Total Market Index that are classified in the GICS retail sub-industry. For this article we’ll be using The SPDR S&P Retail...

Semiconductor and semiconductor equipment-maker stocks took a hit Monday on heavy selling pressure. Leading stocks in the industry group such as Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX), Western Digital...

Buyers lifted prices in all the major asset classes last week, based on a set of exchange-traded products. The gains mark the first run of uniformly positive weekly results in three months.The leading...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Visa, $V, went through a minor consolidation from March into April and then started higher off of its 50 day SMA. It has moved up against rising...

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Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT)Abbott Labs, $ABT, started higher in May out of a brief consolidation. It pulled back to test the 50 day SMA in August and continued higher to a top in October. From that...

Everybody likes a sale, but there’s a significant difference between something that’s a value, and something that’s merely cheap – a good value can last you years and even...

Covered call writers and put-sellers are aware of the value to avoiding risky events like earnings announcements. An impending FDA announcement regarding the efficacy of a new drug being tested is...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted with November options expiration behind it, the markets were driving into the shortened Thanksgiving week with a changing of the guard to...

Technology shares have surged recently, leaving the rest of US equity sectors in the dust, based on a set of ETFs. Sector leadership appeared to be shifting to tech from financials at the end of last...

As can be seen on the Year-to-date percentages-gained/lost graph below, the Technology sector (NYSE:XLK) leads the other eight major S&P 500 sectors in gains, so far, this year. It's in a fairly...