ETF Analysis & Opinion

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators noted that heading into the last month of the year the equity markets were retrenching from their post-election moves, with shallow pullbacks...

My TradeMy trade has come to an end today as I completely closed out my remaining Calls today @ 226.47, my entry was 209.68 on November 1st (see my tweet screen shot below). I think this trade has...

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSE:XLF) has completed its upward traverse across the width of its dominant bullish price channel, as the price structure confronts resistance at 23.80-24.00...

It took a year, but the late-2015 recommendations by some analysts for overweighting energy stocks — at a time when the sector’s trend looked rather grim — is now bearing fruit. A...

It’s been quite the week with some wild swings in Pharma and bio stocks but they are still setting up nicely, while steel stocks continue to show very nice strength like we haven’t seen in...

Networking and semiconductor giant Broadcom Ltd. (NASDAQ:AVGO) late Thursday posted better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings results and offered an upbeat revenue outlook for the first quarter.The...

Most quality rallies in stocks have historically taken banks along for the ride. Up until a couple of months ago, banks had been a disappointment to many, lagging the broad market for the prior 18...

The Dow Transport Index made headlines yesterday. It made its first new high since a peak in late 2014. Throughout 2015 it had moved lower and despite the early progress in 2016, it had stalled by...

With the U.S. presidential election now behind us, many investors feel they can finally breathe easy again after a nail-biting period of uncertainty since last year. The rally in the major equity...

Leave it to the stock market to do the exact opposite of what you expect it to do. Following Donald Trump’s surprise win, stocks have spent the past three weeks pushing higher.Ironically, given...

The Russell 2000 has been the market's work horse since the election. I have seen many narratives about why this is so. Most take a stance on Donald Trump’s tax policy or trade policy or desire...

Gold Mining stocks started off the year like a rocket ship. Over the past 20 weeks, the popular Gold Miners ETF (NYSE:GDX) has declined nearly 35%. This is one of the larger 20-week declines in its...

Most investors are focused on a handful of sectors. Hence, following all stock market sectors is a success formula for outperforming fellow investors, as it allows us to identify the winning sector(s)...

“You’re not going to succeed at stuff you don’t want to do.” Mark Bittman We’re moving very well now after a week of consolidation and I’m heavy into stocks since...