ETF Analysis & Opinion

The concept of investing in European stocks seems difficult to stomach considering the decade of lost returns versus their U.S. counterparts. A new post by Michael Batnick, Director of Research for...

The Q Ratio is a popular method of estimating the fair value of the stock market developed by Nobel Laureate James Tobin. It's a fairly simple concept, but laborious to calculate. The Q Ratio is the...

“Let the first impulse pass. Wait for the second.” Baltasar GracianThe Fed is meeting and no rate increase is expected but you never know. Silver has been weak while gold has held up a bit...

There is a price war going on among fund sponsors with some ETFs now having expense ratios from 3 basis points to 5 basis points.Keeping costs low is key to long-term returns generally, and...

SVXY Surge Drives Complacency Into Unchartered Territory. Will ES And SPY (NYSE:SPY) Follow?The ProShares Short VIX Short-Term Futures (NYSE:SVXY) is in the grasp of a powerful new upleg off of its...

Coffee has been ice cold since November of 2016, losing nearly a third of its value. Could this large 6-month decline turn into an opportunity? Below looks at Coffee ETF (NYSE:JO) over the past few...

Shares of Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) jumped 4.27% in after-hours trading on Thursday, April 27, 2017, owing to better than expected results. The company reported a year-over-year 22.2%...

April was kind to global markets. Positive returns were widespread for the major asset classes last month, led by a strong gain for inflation-linked bonds in foreign markets. The only loser: broadly...

I apologize for this abbreviated version. I got caught off guard to attend a family event away from home this weekend and have not replaced my laptop yet so could not work when the kids were asleep. I...

TETF is the 'ETF Industry Exposure & Financial Services ETF". It is a bit over one week old The concept is sublime. If the execution is equally wonderful, TETF will be a big winner! The idea...

The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s presidency has been good for the stock market. Whether you agree with his policies or not, there is optimism for the future of the global economy that is...

**These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas** Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity & willingness to embrace paradox. -Tony...

AT40 = 58.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 62.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 10.8 (volatility index)Short-term Trading...

Review and UpdateTwo week’s ago, I wrote an article entitled “Oversold Bounce Or Return Of The Bull,” wherein I laid out the probabilities of a short-term rally due to the oversold...