ETF Analysis & Opinion

SPX Monitoring purposes: Long SPX on 4/12/17 at 2344.93. Monitoring purposes Gold: Sold GDX 4/18/17 at 24.27 near break even; Long GDX on 4/13/17 at 24.54. Long-Term Trend monitor purposes:...

As clients know, we have liked and continue to like exposure to banks. We favor the big banks and have a position in the PowerShares KBW Bank Portfolio Fund, KBWB, an ETF that captures the big banks....

Analyst Paul Weisbruch of Street One Financial brings us his daily fund flows report, which today looks out money pouring out of the once-hot semiconductor space, ahead of earnings from some...

by Chaim Siegel of Elazar Advisors, LLCStocks At Critical Juncture With US - North Korea RiskIn a matter of weeks US President Donald Trump directed military strikes in Syria (April 6th), Afghanistan...

Treasury bonds continue to be a stalwart position among income investors and those who opt for credit quality over yield or other characteristics of fixed-income. Treasuries benefit from the highest...

Last week, the awakening began. In the tawny uptown offices, big banks reported mostly dismal results and warned the economic Trump bump was more smoke than fire.The contrast from January is stark....

Both in terms of political developments and price action, it seems like November 8th was about a half-decade ago, not just five months ago. When it comes to the stock market, traders rushed out to buy...

Financial stocks have been sliding over the last several weeks, but these companies remain comfortably in the lead for the trailing one-year return among US sectors, based on a set of proxy ETFs...

A well-rounded dividend growth strategy should include income from a number of different sources and styles. Not surprisingly, the ETF industry helps address that need by offering well over 100...

The weekly bars chart below of the Financial Select Sector SPDR (NYSE:XLF) (big financials ETF) shows a situation developing where market participants are examining it closely. The XLF recently peaked...

**These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas** The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. -B.B. King Weakness seems to be setting in once...

5 Trade ideas excerpted from the detailed analysis and plan for premium subscribers:Charles River Laboratories (NYSE:CRL) Charles River Laboratories broke above its 20 day SMA in December, as it...

Markets Go On AlertLet me start with what I wrote on Friday: “In my money management process, portfolio ‘risk’ is ‘ratcheted’ up and down based on a series of signals...

KBW Bank Index is an economic index consisting of the stocks of 24 banking companies delivering a direct exposure to the banking sector and offering a targeted view to a unique corner of the U.S....