ETF Analysis & Opinion

Energy is far and away my biggest focus these days, both by way of a huge long ERY position and a ton of energy shorts. It’s all riding on XOI

Currently, the short-term trend for the S&P 500 is NEUTRAL. The intermediate- and long-term trends are still very BULLISH. There is No trend in the market at this time. It is neither overbought or...

Banks come in all shapes and sizes. The one above is certainly one of the more unusual one’s though. Through my career I have worked for a few banks. And I can say that they also have all sorts...

The recovery of the global economy has continued thus far in 2017, and stock markets have generally registered healthy advances. In the US the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY), SPY, gained 5.62...

A breakout on gold is underway after President Donald Trump said he favored a weak US Dollar Index and it was too strong at its current level. In addition, he favors low rates. This is a sharp...

Since the election, it has been popular to talk about global reflation taking place. Traders look at the price of stocks, copper and steel and think the price rise means that global growth and...

CommentaryThe stock market has become incrementally more dangerous, yet buyers and bulls continue to succeed in bottling up the headwinds and in frustrating the sellers and bears.The 50-day moving...

With the technicals on the stock market weakening ever so subtly, I concluded that now might be a good time to lock in the rest of my profits on the seasonal trade on home builders. However, an...

Below looks at the SPY over the past couple of years on a weekly closing basis. The S&P 500 hit a key level around 6 weeks ago and continues to “back off.” The Power of the Pattern...

The gold miners ETF (NYSE:NUGT) has thrust to the upside above 10.00 resistance and has spiked toward my next upside target zone at 11.25/50, which if hurdled and sustained, will position it for...

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) spent nearly 2 years in a range between 72 and 80 before breaking higher in November 2014. That move fizzled out at the end of the year and the stock started to pullback. It seemed...

Foreign and US real estate equities extended March’s rally into the first week of April, generating the top performances among the major asset classes last week, based on a set representative...

AT40 = 46.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 62.0% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 12.9 (volatility index)Short-term Trading...

Boeing (NYSE:BA) Boeing, BA, had a strong run higher out of a base beginning in October. It paused and consolidated the move from December through January and then resumed. It peaked at the beginning...