ETF Analysis & Opinion

Japan’s central bank has significantly boosted its ETF purchases as of late, with its balance of holdings swelling to 15.93 trillion yen — that’s $144 billion — as of the end...

VIX had a key reversal on Friday, making a new low, then closing higher than the previous weekly close. A rally above mid-Cycle resistance at 15.19 implies that VIX may challenge its Ending Diagonal...

Quick ReviewIn this past weekend’s newsletter, I discussed the confirmation of the breakout by the markets to “all time” highs. “The breakout does keep our allocation model...

Back on May 31st, I pointed out the ascending trendline on the small caps (via iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM)) and mentioned, “As you can see, the last time it tagged this lower channel...

The ratio chart for the SPY vs. XLF has turned down after 3+ months of SPY outperforming XLF (the benchmark outperforming the Financials).After Thursday's upside thrust in XLF, the Financial ETF...

Two major items have been weighing on the banking sector since last falls election: Fed policy and Dodd-Frank Repeal. Next week the FOMC meets for a 2-day meeting and at last view, the market gives it...

In late May, the major US stock indexes finally eclipsed those pesky psychological levels and hit new highs, and this past week they managed to maintain the breakout even in the face of James...

AT40 = 52.1% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 55.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 10.2 (volatility index)Short-term Trading...

A point-and-figure view of the upside breakout in the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE).Some dislike P&F charts, or prefer bar or candlestick views of price action. I understand that...

From Jon Markman: Imagine the ability to look at something and know almost everything about it. It would kind of be like a superpower.Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)...

The Small Cap Growth style ranks eleventh out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 2Q17 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Small Cap Growth style ranked eighth....

Our intraday outlook is now bearish, and our short-term outlook is bearish. Our medium-term outlook remains neutral, following S&P 500 index breakout above last year's all-time high:Intraday...

AT40 = 47.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 54.4% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 10.4 (volatility index)Short-term Trading...

Technology Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLK) is in a Megaphone 5th Wave Melt-Up and Sornette Bubble Melt-Up XLK is in a perfect Sornette bubble melt-up going vertical now. It’s also in a megaphone...