ETF Analysis & Opinion

AT40 = 52.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 55.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 9.1 (a new all-time low!)Short-term...

In a post yesterday I somewhat rhetorically titled the post wondering if the equity market was at a top. In short, I do not know, but offered suggestions for investors about reviewing their asset...

I read an individual's commentary this weekend that was titled Is This As Good As It Gets, and I will have more comments on this later in this post, but it coincides with some clients/investors...

Two items read this week, were a little worrisome: Liz Ann Sonders, Schwab’s great strategist, posted this to Twitter on Thursday: During most of this secular bull market, sentiment has been a...

Investors who have jumped into low volatility equity ETFs believing that they’d get market returns at a fraction of the risk might now be getting a lesson in how these funds really work.With...

According to Hanna Neuschwander, the Communications Director for the World Coffee Research, demand for coffee will double, while over that same timeframe climate change will cut in half the land area...

In my last review of the housing market, I ran out of time to comment on an emphatic statement from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) regarding its failure to influence the Republican...

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...

The Global Market Index (GMI) — an unmanaged, market-value weighted portfolio comprised of the major asset classes — is expected to earn an annualized 4.8% risk premium (return over the...

From Mike Burnick: My colleague Bill Hall has been telling investors all year to watch just ONE indicator to gauge the path financial markets will take. That is, the yield on the U.S. 10-Year....

Technical analyst Dave Chojnacki of Street One Financial updates the important technical levels to watch in the major U.S. averages, as tech stocks continue to take the lead from industrials.Good...

The last Housing Market Review covered data reported in September, 2017 for August, 2017. At the time, I described a growing rift between the data and the stocks of home builders. Instead of...

One important dynamic of portfolio construction and risk management is understanding how your stocks fluctuate in relation to the broader market. This factor is often referred to as...

By far my favorite options position is consumer staples, symbol XLP. On Tuesday I took profits on 30% of the position because I felt it was about time for it to retrace back to its neckline. Sure...