ETF Analysis & Opinion

Below compares the performance of the S&P 500 and Real Estate ETF IYR over the past 10 years. Since the highs in 2007, IYR has had little to brag about as its net asset value has declined 10%. The...

Every time I think the market can’t possibly correct, I look at the long-term IWM chart. Not only do the 3-year+ red megaphone and blue rising megaphone require a retrace to at least the red...

Biotech stocks were some of the leaders out of the lows in the market in 2009. They went on a 6 year tear to the upside after really being flat for many years before the financial crisis. The Biotech...

The core of the seasonal trade on home builders is closing out with a likely rate hike from the U.S. Federal Reserve.On Wednesday, March 15th the market expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike its...

"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest HemingwayVolatility picked up this storm day in NYC and on the even of a...

A lot of people who claim to be technical analysts trade using chart patterns. I typically do not. Nothing wrong with using chart patterns to trade. The thing is though, you have to have confidence in...

Briefly: In our opinion, speculative short positions are favored (with stop-loss at 2,410, and profit target at 2,200, S&P 500 index). Our intraday outlook is bearish, and our short-term outlook...

Red ink spilled across nearly every corner of the global markets last week, based on a set of exchange-traded products representing the major asset classes. The lone exception: foreign stocks in...

There’s quite clearly a diversity of opinion here on Slope, as SB’s post pointing to bullish times ahead is somewhat different than my all-hell-is-about-to-break-loose view. Time will...

On Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission officially rejected the application to bring the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ:COIN) to market. But the story of Bitcoin in an ETF wrapper...

The Federal Reserve and America’s big banks have a close relationship. Maybe too close. This relationship formed more than a century ago. And there’s a not-so-far-fetched conspiracy theory...

AT40 = 42.1% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 59.1% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 11.7 (volatility index)Short-term Trading...

Gold stocks bounced strongly Friday after the February jobs report confirmed the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates next week. While precious metals rallied strongly following the previous two...

AT40 = 39.9% of stocks are trading above their respective 40-day moving averages (DMAs)AT200 = 58.3% of stocks are trading above their respective 200DMAsVIX = 12.3 (volatility index)Short-term Trading...