ETF Analysis & Opinion

USO (NYSE:USO) chart so far is really interesting to me. Yes, it has lost all of its short-term moving averages that include the 5-day, 10-day and 20-day, but overall, the pullback that has, until...

The market had a decent day on Thursday, but there was a mixed session at the end. A lot of stocks we follow did very well and are trending. So let’s see what’s going on with them now and...

One danger of getting “way to into” the financial markets is that you can find yourself progressing into some needlessly complicated stuff (“Hi, my name is Jay”). I mean it is...

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark TwainA bit of a quiet day for some but the breakouts are holding and markets are acting great with some...

Question: Why are there so many ETFs?Answer: ETF providers tend to make lots of money on each ETF so they create more products to sell. The large number of ETFs has little to do with serving your best...

The indices will be breaking out of multiple restraining channels this morning as investors are thrilled to see how Yellen showed on Tuesday that she is still market-index dependent, not economic-data...

SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY)"The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same." --Colin R. Davis Stocks finally showed the breakout today that the charts showed was coming, and...

Today the overriding news is Yellen's shift to a more dovish position. We saw the markets lift quickly, as that is exactly what the market wants to hear. This was a substantial move for one afternoon,...

One way to gauge the well-being of stock assets is to examine all of the 1900-plus stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. We can do this by evaluating the progress of the NYSE Composite...

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...

SPX traded flat yesterday on extremely weak volume - the weakest volume day of the year. SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) volume was only 10% higher than what was seen on Christmas Eve. The recent selling...

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude" - Thomas JeffersonPretty quiet with Europe closed...

The US market reopened Monday after its three-day Easter weekend, but the equity trade spent the session in the doldrums. Our benchmark S&P 500 logged its smallest intraday trading range of the...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), had a strong fall of 2015, rising from consolidation to a high near 700 at year end. But that entire move was wiped out in...