ETF Analysis & Opinion

Emerging Markets (via iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (NYSE:EEM)) have been a popular place to put money in 2016. And over the last 7 months it has paid well to do so.They have risen over 32% since the...

The Mid Cap Blend style ranks seventh out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 3Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Mid Cap Blend style ranked fifth. It gets...

“Even castles made of sand, fall into the sea, eventually.” Jimi HendrixAnother amazing weekend in the books, with stocks continuing to setup and work their way higher. We should have...

About three weeks ago, I wrote about opportunities in European equities (see Worried about US equities? Here's an alternative!). I pointed out that stock prices in Europe were far cheaper than US, the...

Retail stocks have had a rough 12-months, as they have lagged the broad market by a large percentage? SPDR S&P Retail (NYSE:XRT) has been stronger than the broad market over the past 60-days. Will...

VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners (NYSE:GDXJ)

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), was a market leader during the dotcom collapse in 2000. It had a price of over $75 in July 2000 before losing over 80% of...

Commodities rebounded sharply last week, posting the strongest gain among the major asset classes, based on a set of representative exchange-traded products. The rise marks the second weekly increase...

Here are the Rest of the Top 10:Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) Bank of America, BAC, made a low in February and then started higher. It found resistance in April and pulled back over the next 2 months to...

The current overall S&P 500 pattern is a broadening top, which is usually a very reliable pattern. The market continues to look as though it wants to go even lower. The momentum shift, which I...

Asia is an exciting place for American investors. The continent is home to some of the world’s fastest-growing economies. The problem is, Asia can also be a very complicated place for American...

Covered call writing is a low-risk option-selling strategy that allows us to generate monthly cash flow in sheltered and non-sheltered accounts. One of the main reasons this has been the go-to...

CFTC Futures data shows speculators positions down for three weeks 10 Year Treasury Note Non-Commercial Positions: Large 10-year treasury note futures traders and speculators sharply reduced their...

What do investors in “high quality” bonds worry about the most? The folks and Bank of America Merrill Lynch Global Research wanted to know. It turns out, investors are increasingly...