ETF Analysis & Opinion

How well did hedge funds help their investors to hedge potential losses as a consequence of the markets’ immediate reaction to the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom? How well will they hedge the...

The market has exploded higher based on verbal intervention.The verbal intervention came from Germany’s Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble. Yesterday Schauble announced that, “measures to...

Unconstrained bond funds are a relatively new category of the exchange-traded fund universe. The basic concept is to create an actively managed ETF with no barriers to sector exposure, position size,...

T2108 Status: 46.3% (jumped from 35.2%)T2107 Status: 58.7%VIX Status: 16.6 (fell 11.3% after falling 21.4% the day prior)General (Short-term) Trading Call: bearishActive T2108 periods: Day #96 over...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:NYSE:SPY) rallied for the second day in a row, the Dow jumping by 285 points. While many bulls are getting giddy over the rally, it likely won't last long and...

Technical ResetThis type of action is what I call a "Technical Reset," meaning, news came out and everyone reacted in panic mode on Friday, but when market participants realized it was just a...

The iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (ETF) (NASDAQ:IBB) has bounced beautifully off its double-bottom support at $240 on the daily chart. On thursday it traded as high as $255.74, just two days...

Monitoring purposes SPX: Long SPX on 6/27/16 at 2000.54. Monitoring purposes Gold: Sold GDX on 6/10/16 at 25.96 = gain 14.97%. Long GDX on 5/31/16 at 22.58. Long-Term Trend monitor purposes: Short...

Technical Outlook:Dead cat bounce started yesterday resulting in one of the year's best rallies. These bounces, if it remains part of a larger sell-off, can last anywhere between 2-4 days. The VIX is...

Asia is rather out of favor these days – mainly as a result of a slowdown in trade.And, the two markets most dependent on increasing import and export trade volumes are Hong Kong and...

Ah, I love summer with music festivals and lazy hazy days with some trading smattered into the mix.We’re set to bounce now from what I see and I’m into quite a few stocks now with 10%...

T2108 Status: 35.2%T2107 Status: 54.0%VIX Status: 18.8 (fell 21.4%!)General (Short-term) Trading Call: bearishActive T2108 periods: Day #95 over 20%, Day #1 over 30% (ending 1 day under 30%), Day #1...

Before the Brexit vote on Thursday, June 23rd, opponents of the UK leaving the EU warned of the doom-and-gloom consequences for Great Britain if this took place. While there were indeed some immediate...

Technical Outlook:Major continuation yesterday to the downside, saw SPX shed almost another 2%. Volume fell off from Friday, but was still extraordinarily high on SPY (NYSE:SPY) yesterday. The biggest...