ETF Analysis & Opinion

Since the summer of 2016, stocks have done very well and bonds have been thumped, as rates have risen sharply. Is it time for these trends to take a break? Below compares the performance of the...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:It has been six months since the scandal with Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC), opening fake accounts for customers without them knowing it. No one is in...

Foreign bond markets were in the winner’s circle last week, partly because of the recent slide in the US dollar. The top performer: inflation-linked government bonds ex-US, which posted the...

The housing market continues to grow. New home sales increased 6.1% M/M and 12.8% Y/Y. While existing home sales declined 3.7% M/M they rose 12.8% Y/Y. The following chart places these figures into a...

**These are my thoughts on the SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas which includes many, many more charts and setups.** The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but...

The economic calendar is light, but it really would not matter. The defeat (via retreat) of the effort to replace Obamacare will dominate financial market stories this week. The pundits will be...

AHCA – Fade To BlackOne thing you can’t take away from Wall Street is the ability to “spin” a bad news event into a “positive” for the market. Remember when...

Last week we wrote that precious metals should see upside follow-through but to be wary of the 200-day moving averages and February highs before becoming excited. The metals did follow through as Gold...

How’s that factor strategy been working for ’ya lately? That’s a topical question for a growing number of investors as “smart beta” products play a bigger role in...

The S&P 500’s ‘Trump Trade’ is still intact per a chart guy actually worth listening to, Rich Ross, who I met 7 years ago when he worked at the firm (Auerbach-Grayson) run by my...

Analysts at Deutsche Bank) have come out with a bearish call against their own domestic equities, noting it’s time to sell German stocks amid valuation concerns.The firm, whose analysts include...

“Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life.” Jerzy GregorekA bit of strength the past couple of days but after such a heavy volume crack lower Tuesday, more consolidation is...

Analyst Paul Weisbruch of Street One Financial brings us his daily fund flows update, which today looks at more outflows from the largest ETF on earth, a reversal of flows back into junk bond funds,...

Semiconductor stocks and ETFs are in focus today, after motherboard vendors reported a big drop in shipments for the first quarter.The downturn was even more unexpected, given the recent release of...