ETF Analysis & Opinion

Healthcare, especially vaccine development and rollout efforts, has become one of the most widely-followed topics during the pandemic. And due to the pandemic, a large number of elective surgeries...

U.S. benchmark indices, like the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 have seen significant returns over the past 12 months. They are up 37%, 41% and 45%, respectively. The...

The S&P 500, which is up 13% in 2021, is hovering near an all-time high. Similarly, a number of sectors have also seen above-average increases this year. Amid such juicy gains, many investors...

In May, US consumer prices rose at their fastest level since 2008, i.e., the largest increase in over than a decade. The official inflation level, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI),...

Small-cap stocks can boost portfolio diversification and increase potential returns over time. While the definition of small-caps may vary slightly across US brokerages, it is generally defined as a...

Passive-income seekers typically prefer investing in robust stocks that provide stable—and preferably—growing dividends, which can also provide price appreciation in the long run. Given...

How can you tell if we are in a real estate bubble? How about: Homes sell within hours  Homes sell above asking price  Homes sell ‘sight unseen’  Sellers live for free in...

The Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23. Japan is the host nation for the events, which will be held after a one-year delay due to the pandemic.When the Olympics' host country is initially announced,...

Investing in green bond exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as part of a socially-responsible portfolio was our discussion recently. Today, we move on to the opposite end of the spectrum, and look at...

An increasing number of investors seek to put their capital into assets that align with their views and ethical values. As a result, terms like "environmental, social and governance" and "socially...

Over the past year, the Federal Reserve has increased the M2 money supply by 25% in order to keep the economy afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic. When the money supply increases by 25%, the prices...

The Russell 2000, which had experienced an incredible 48% upside price rally after the November 2020 U.S. elections, has recently peaked near an upward sloping price channel that originated shortly...

Many of Wall Street’s tech darlings have taken a breather recently. Having hit multi-year highs in the last number of weeks, tech shares and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have given up some of...

Back on May 14, with SPDR® S&P Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT) trading at 89.56, we discussed the following technical (and macro) setup with our MPTrader members:  "My conclusion technically is...