ETF Analysis & Opinion

Question: Why are there so many ETFs?Answer: ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell. The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving your best...

Every month I publish an ETF chart review video that takes a hard look at some of the most interesting sectors of the economy. While this format works for some people, it’s also nice to step...

“Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.” ~ Marcus AureliusThis holiday-shortened week has started off on a very strong note and I...

Break OutThe Dow Jones Transportation Average (TRAN) has been the weakest link compare to other major indices; this index has been lagging so badly, that some "experts" claimed this was a huge problem...

I’ve said that caution may be in order between now and the end of October. For the record:*A lot of people whose commentary I read seem to be suggesting the same thing (from a contrarian point...

You can not buy anything in the US for a nickel anymore. Oh, you’ve heard all the stories from your grandfather about how he bought a bowl of coffee for a nickel between walking back and forth...

Back in the Spring of 1980, when I was taking my first Money & Banking class, the Fed Funds rate was gyrating from 14% to 20% to 8.5% all in a period of about 6 months, under Paul Volcker’s...

Here are the Rest of the Top 10:American Tower Corporation REIT (NYSE:AMT) American Tower, AMT, started higher in February, stalling as it turned into April. The slowly rising consolidation brought...

Emerging-market equities regained the lead last week in the horse race among the major asset classes, based on a set of proxy ETFs. This slice of global stocks has posted weekly gains in seven of the...

VinaLand (LON:VNLq)) is a closed-end fund set up in 2006 to invest in property development in Vietnam. Following a difficult period for the country’s real estate market, an extraordinary general...

This may be the most important column I’ve ever written. If you understand the ideas I outline below, your chances of building and, most importantly, maintaining serious wealth are sure to...

The last Housing Market Review covered data reported in July for June, 2016. At the time, a disappointing GDP report sharply rejected the iShares US Home Construction ETF (NYSE:ITB) off a 9-year high....

In the end it proved to be a relatively lacklustre Friday with only Small Caps making the break. Weaker than expected jobs data had looked like it was going to be a catalyst for a breakout move, but...

Wednesday marked the fortieth birthday of the most investor-friendly idea in stock market history: the index fund. Forty years ago Vanguard introduced the first fund that merely tracked the S&P...