ETF Analysis & Opinion

This article is targeted for traders who are interested in using options to make money in ways that you cannot simply by buying and selling stocks, bonds, ETFs, commodities, etc. If options...

Market finally confirmed the end of a micro correction (wave 4) these first days of 2017 and has established a bullish 1-2 setup for the next leg up towards 2285-2300.E-Mini 60Min Chart - January 4,...

T2108 Status: 70.7%T2107 Status: 64.9%VIX Status: 12.9General (Short-term) Trading Call: cautiously bearishActive T2108 periods: Day #218 over 20%, Day #38 over 30%, Day #37 over 40%, Day #35 over...

Two Maryland-based scholars have reviewed the evidence of the performance of gold mining stocks. The title of their article, which appears in the Alternative Investment Analyst Review, November 2016,...

Before moving on to 2017 I want to revisit a couple of “old” ideas I wrote about recently.One 9/23/16 I detailed a very aggressive bond trading strategy. The model essentially combined two...

Current Position of the MarketS&P 500 Long-term trend: If the market strength persists, the long-term trend may need to be re-evaluated. S&P 500 Intermediate trend: S&P 500 intermediate...

Following the astronomical gains of the previous several years, the biotech industry was hammered in 2016. Behind the decline was a huge downturn in the approval of new medicines.The U.S. Food and...

“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.” Mae West A bit of a weak short week into the end of 2016 but let’s wait and see how stocks act as we begin the new...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted that heading into the holiday shortened last week of the year equity markets looked strong longer term and consolidative in the short...

Cumberland’s International ETF strategy analyzes fiscal and interest rate policy and complements that research with trading analytics to determine portfolio risk/reward and valuations. The...

After the Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X ETF (NYSE:NUGT) satisfied our swing target of 7.00 off of the Dec. 2015 lows (5.55-5.51), which represented a very important objective -- NUGT’s...

This week’s year-end momentum profile of the major asset classes concludes today with a review of REITs/real estate, which follows updates on stocks, bonds, and commodities. The analytical lens...

The Russell 2000 led the charge higher following the election. That will likely be the memory for many looking back at 2016. But it had a pretty good 9 month run before that. From the low in February...

Here is an advance preview of the monthly moving averages we track after the close of the last business day of the month. At this point, before the close on the last day of the month, all three...