ETF Analysis & Opinion

Abbott Laboratories (NYSE:ABT) Abbott Laboratories, ABT, spent two months consolidating near 46 before falling to its lows in February. From there it trended higher 2 months before a crash down at the...

This past week’s economic news was mildly positive. On Tuesday, the Census released new home sales, which showed a stunning 16.6% M/M increase. This was the strongest pace since 1992 and the...

The Large Cap Blend style ranks second out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in our 2Q16 Style Ratings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. Last quarter, the Large Cap Blend style ranked first. It...

Our equity/bond model provides investors with simple decision making in the markets:When the model favors stocks, investors should overweigh in equities for maximum growth. When the model favors...

A weekly excerpt from the Macro Review analysis sent to subscribers on 10 markets and two timeframes. Last week’s review of the macro market indicators which with Options Expiration behind and...

Here is an advance preview of the monthly moving averages we track after the close of the last business day of the month. At this point, before the close on the last day of the month, all three...

T2108 Status: 60.2%T2107 Status: 61.6%VIX Status: 13.4General (Short-term) Trading Call: cautiously bullishActive T2108 periods: Day #73 over 20%, Day #72 over 30%, Day #69 over 40%, Day #3 over 50%,...

Last week, as part of describing four principles to follow when managing your portfolio, I outlined how to organize your global investments.First, set up a core portfolio for the money you want to...

Technical OutlookMassive, and very unexpected rally yesterday. The 5, 10, 20, and 50-day moving averages were smashed as if they didn't even exist. The biggest issue at hand here is that the bulls...

Cleveland is a place where the weather can be really wild in the spring. After 2 inches of snow just 10 days ago it will be 90 degrees tomorrow. Literally 5 seconds from Spring into Summer. This is a...

T2108 Status: 56.0%T2107 Status: 59.5%VIX Status: 14.4General (Short-term) Trading Call: neutralActive T2108 periods: Day #71 over 20%, Day #70 over 30%, Day #67 over 40%, Day #1 over 50% (ending 5...

The last Housing Market Review covered data released in March, 2016. At the time, the iShares US Home Construction (NYSE:ITB) was accompanying the market on an extended rally from the February lows....

Cash on corporate balance sheets grew at a 1% pace to $1.84 billion in 2015. That’s a record level of dollars on the books. On the other hand, debt grew at a clip of nearly 14.8% to $6.6...

Those that view the message of the market on daily basis are likely confused by trading noise. Trading noise is day to day action that while contributing to the long-term trends does not define them....