ETF Analysis & Opinion

The S&P 500 has been a frustrating place to store your money the last 18 months. Unless you are trading the range you have been ecstatic as it approaches new all-time highs only to be disappointed...

Why is there an EU? The original reasoning was that a United States of Europe would end wars on the continent. Yet almost all Brexit commentary concentrates solely on economic impact. This act...

T2108 Status: 27.4% (fell from 40.2%)T2107 Status: 49.8% (fell from 57.3%)VIX Status: 23.9 (fell back from 25.8)General (Short-term) Trading Call: bearishActive T2108 periods: Day #94 over 20%, Day #1...

IWM has Formed a Flat-Bottomed Megaphone (Red) Across VWAP of the Big Pink Megaphone that Began Forming in Late 2013 iShares Russell 2000 (NYSE:IWM) has drawn a flat-bottomed megaphone (red) across...

There Is No Plan For BrexitBloomberg recently published a short Brexit Q&A. The excerpt below pretty much sums up the level of uncertainty surrounding the monumental and unprecedented task of...

CPCE Spiked Through Its Top Bollinger Band on Friday – That Would Usually Be Followed by a Strong Price Move Up The CBOE Equities Put-Call Ratio (CPCE) put in a big spike up on Friday, up...

This last week, we took an important step for client portfolios by eliminating a low-volatility ETF that we have held for over two years now. It was actually one of my favorite positions to own. Not...

T2108 Status: 40.2% (fell from 66.99%)T2107 Status: 57.3% (fell from 67.4% – and from post-recession downtrend line)VIX Status: 25.8 (jumped 49%!!!)General (Short-term) Trading Call:...

The Weekly VC Price Momentum IndicatorSignals are automatically generated by integrating electronic weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms. C OIL WEEKLY SUMMARY TREND MOMENTUM: 48.29...

“Selling cash-secured puts is the exact same strategy as covered call writing”. We hear that over and over…except that it’s not. These two strategies have the same risk/reward...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators which following the June FOMC meeting and Options Expiration gave the market a shock to the downside, but not deep. It could now look forward to...

Regular readers know that Google Trends has become my favorite sentiment indicator for assessing gold at the extremes. So I hopped up when I heard about the above tweet on the latest podcast of...

Before the Brexit vote and market turmoil, I was privileged to share interview time on the “The Larry Kudlow Show” with a longtime friend, Jeff Kleintop of Schwab. Larry, Jeff, and I have...

BREXIT | What’s Next? Global markets are deep in the red after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union last night with 51.9% of votes in favor and now that the decision is clear,...