ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

This has become the year when “meme stocks,” like movie theatre operator, AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), have captured Wall Street’s imagination. So far in 2021, AMC shares are up...

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...

Digitalization is having a substantial impact on the financial services industry. Therefore, financial technology (fintech) has been one of the most important investment themes of recent...

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...

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...

Last month brought new highs to both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500. However, the tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 index could not go past its all-time high registered in late April....

In low interest rate environments dividends are important for many long-term investors. Buying dividend stocks and reinvesting them to buy more shares is likely to result in considerable growth in...