ETF Analysis & Opinion

Social media companies may seem like an obvious avenue for growth in relation to the larger technology sector. However, the highly competitive landscape often resulted in a growing chasm between big...

The miners (NYSE:GDX) broke their channel this week and I think GDXJ could be next. Keep a close eye on that lower channel trendline.

I know, I know, there is a long list of prominent investors that are telling you the stock market is gonna crash. Paul Singer of Elliot Management added his name to the list that includes Gundlach,...

“Maybe we’re born lost,born to persevere” Gordon Downie, The Tragically HipMore strong action from select stocks with others mostly holding up well. Oil showed strength today so...

Not much to say today, although I’ll mention (again) the agricultural fund, symbol DBA, is looking pretty decent as a conservative bullish setup. I like the pickup in volume as well.

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

The Bank of Japan decided at its July 28–29 meeting to boost its purchases of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to an annual rate of 6 trillion yen, almost double the previous rate of 3.3 trillion...

“Face reality as it is, not as it was or as you wish it to be.” Jack WelchThey say 2 Fed officials pushed for a rate hike in the most recent meeting but I don’t think we are ready...

America may have the world’s largest stock market...But it’s not the world’s only stock market. Successful investors know that diversification is key to a healthy portfolio. Making...

Is debt inherently bad? Probably not. After all, most homeowners require a mortgage to afford the “American dream.” Indeed, most folks believe that financing real estate is a venerable...

As with any bearishness over the years, it has to be taken with a grain of salt. If the market drops hard, then a hard bounce is right around the corner, and if the market sells off slowly but surely,...

As I’ve been “warning” on my little TastyTrade segment, miners have been looking awfully vulnerable. It took a few days, but it’s finally happened – – the miners,...

“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” Jack Welch More great action from stocks, and that allows us to be away from the office this summer and let stocks work with an eye on the...

16 of 43 single country ETFs are in ongoing uptrends or recent reversals from downtrends 12 of 16 have composite valuation levels lower than total US stocks 8 of 12 produced positive earnings growth...