ETF Analysis & Opinion

T2108 Status: 45.5%T2107 Status: 69.7%VIX Status: 13.3General (Short-term) Trading Call: neutralActive T2108 periods: Day #149 over 20%, Day #5 over 30%, Day #1 over 40% (overperiod, ending 6 days...

“He who hesitates is poor.” Mel BrooksThe Fed did nothing as expected, but they are signalling a rate raise after the elections, likely in December, as is the only strategy that makes any...

Gold Miners have done great this year amid a bit of a challenge since the highs in 2011.The chart below looks at the ratio between the Junior (NYSE:GDXJ) and Senior Miners (NYSE:GDX) over the past 6...

For stock and bond market participants today marks the end of the September FOMC meeting. At 2 pm the Fed will issue a statement on monetary policy and the markets will go into turmoil for 5 minutes,...

The US economy’s forward momentum remained sluggish in August. Although recession risk was low last month, a series of disappointing indicator updates in recent weeks suggest that the macro...

Democratic strategist James Carville’s “It’s the economy, stupid” catch-phrase catapulted Bill Clinton into his second term. These days economic progress and the real economy...

What a fun week it's been! As you can see from our S&P 500 chart, we've popped over our strong bounce line at 2,140 but, like a magnet (or the Godfather), the S&P keeps getting pulled back in...

It is easy to sit here in middle America and think about foreign markets without distinction. The German market, the Japanese market, the Brazilian market. There are ETF’s to trade each of them...

The purpose of this update is to point out that the PM sector correction may be completing RIGHT NOW, with sector indices at the 2nd low of a potential Double Bottom. Whether it is or not depends on...

In advance of the Wednesday outcome of the meetings by the Federal Reserve's FOMC and the Bank of Japan, our benchmark S&P 500 ended a choppy session with a flat finish (technically in the red at...

QQQ: Working On 2 Head-and-Shoulder TopsOn a super long-term chart, you can see that QQQ began a megaphone (navy blue in chart) back in 2006. It is now completing the melt-up 5th wave of that...

Real Estate Investment Trusts, or REITs, have become a prominent segment of the stock market over the last several decades. These investments have become so popular that the Global Industry...

Banks in the states and around the world remain an important influence on the broad markets.Below looks at the patterns of banks in Europe and Italy, which helps explain why they are at one of their...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), broke above an ascending triangle in October and moved higher. The Measured Move out of the triangle was to 58, and it...