ETF Analysis & Opinion

Utilities are often called "widow and orphan" stocks for the stable, lower-risk income they can provide. In addition to having minimal sensitivity to broader macroeconomic trends, the utility sector...

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) Abbott Labs, $ABT, started higher off of a bottom in January. It moved higher quickly, reaching the prior top from August by the end of February. Since then it has...

Equities in the US increased last week, closing on Friday at just below a record high. The advance through May 26 reflects the strongest weekly performance for the major asset classes, based on a set...

One aspect of the S&P 500 Index return in 2017 is the fact a handful of stocks have generated a large portion of the return. Historical evidence suggests narrow market leadership is not an...

**These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas which includes many, many more charts and setups. “Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made...

Sometimes you stumble across a sector of the market that is just in the right place at the right time. That may very well be the sentiment driving the remarkable price action in aerospace and defense...

2019 est: +10% 2018 est: +12% 2017 est: +11% 2016: +1% 2015: -1% 2014: +8% 2013: +6% 2012 +6% 2011:+15% 2010 +40% I may be out with a few sector updates over the weekend (or maybe not) but this post...

Most people are still trying to short stocks and buy metals. I’ll tell you when it’s time to buy miners (via VanEck Vectors Gold Miners (NYSE:GDX) and VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners...

Recent news regarding Moody’s credit downgrades in China will likely continue to roil the global markets and present multiple unique opportunities for strategic investors. As debt concerns grow...

“An hour of effective, precise, hard, disciplined, and integrated thinking can be worth a month of hard work.” – Kekich Credo #44Pretty quiet action this week until we got news that...

Thursday's market star was crude oil — and what a wild ride it's been!I came into the day long (VERY long) both DRIP and ERY. They both started off well, but then went into a free-fall, which...

One of the themes this year has been the relative under-performance of the Russell 2000 index, which is comprised of small-cap stocks that generate almost all of their revenues domestically. The chart...

Technology has been on fire. I publish a free daily scan for bullish stocks based on momentum and other factors and it has been dominated by technology names for several months. The PowerShares QQQ...

So Goes Junk, So Goes Stocks? Most of the time this is true. Stocks historically want to see Junk moving higher, not diverging against them.Below looks at SPDR Barclays (LON:BARC) High Yield Bond...