ETF Analysis & Opinion

The Direxion Daily Gold Miners Bull 3X ETF (NYSE:NUGT) is holding up well despite a higher USD and lower stock indices.NUGT appears poised to extend its recovery rally to test my next optimal target...

With only a few days left to 2016, ‘tis the season of the year-ahead outlook. It’s a tradition freighted with baggage, but there’s something about a calendrical denouement that...

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...

The year started with a big gap down in all stock indexes and a reminder that “oversold” and “diversified” mean little during forced liquidations. Crude oil dived lower and it...

5 Trade ideas excerpted from the detailed analysis and plan for premium subscribers:Ashland Inc (NYSE:ASH) Ashland, ASH, rose from a low in February to a peak in July. It pulled back from there and...

Most markets around the world posted gains for the trading week leading up to the Christmas holiday, with emerging-market bonds taking the top spot among the major asset classes, based on a set of...

We delve into the debate with our take on the downside of passive investing in ETFs, this exacerbates volatility in markets. The main difference is that we had mutual funds and then stock picking, now...

There is around $53BN invested in MLPs via ’40 Act funds – the term used to describe the three types of funds issued under the 1940 Investment Company Act (mutual, exchange traded and...

On Tuesday, I discussed the “excessive level of exuberance” which currently exists in the market since the election. To wit: “It really isn’t surprising the majority of Wall...

iShares MSCI Mexico Capped (NYSE:EWW): That topping pattern is almost complete. Once the lower horizontal breaks ($42.47), it’s adios.

“You don’t need to be a rocket scientist. Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with 130 IQ.” Warren BuffetWe’re heavy into the holidays with...

Stretched-WeaknessiShares Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) had a great month in early November as it shot up from 114ish to 139ish just in about a month- that's whopping 20% gain in total value in one month!...

The IShares Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) has rolled over and is pressing toward a test of its prior pullback low at 134.81 (12/14). The small-cap ETF has to contain the selling pressure to avert...

by Clement ThibaultAs is the case every year, some stocks are worthy of recognition for extraordinary performance while others thoroughly disappointed investors. In this four-part series, which we'll...