ETF Analysis & Opinion

On a day with little economic news, the S&P 500 opened in the red and spent the day oscillating in the third narrowest trading range of the year from its -0.53% morning low to its 0.31% high...

From a P&F perspective, let's notice that the Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (NYSE:XLV) is pushing up toward a challenge of key resistance at 68.25 to 68.40, which if hurdled on a 68.55 print,...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Aflac Incorporated (NYSE:AFL), had a steep drop in August as the market fell. It recovered slowly over the next 3 months, exactly like the market...

Risky assets roared back to life last week, led by a surge in equities in emerging markets, based on a set of ETF proxies for the major asset classes. For the third straight week, there was a risk-on...

"What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise." --Oscar WildeWe didn’t see much profit taking Friday into the close which is a bit odd since we remain so overbought but...

Here are the Rest of the Top 10:Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY) Bristol-Myers Squibb, $BMY, has been moving in a broad channel between 58 and 70 for 18 months. This after a series of steps...

People tend to take their politics and religion seriously. That’s one of the reasons I try to avoid conversations in these topics because they often end in stalemates or “agree to...

My market risk indicator cleared its warning this week. As a result, the volatility hedge will go 100% long. In addition, the core portfolios will remove their aggressive hedge and replace it with a...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators which, with just a leap day left in February, saw the equity markets looked ready to spring higher. Elsewhere looked for gold to continue to...

T2108 Status: 83.3% (March 3rd marked the first time above 80% since 2013!) – 6th overbought dayT2107 Status: 34.0% (matches highs from December, 2015)VIX Status: 16.9General (Short-term)...

S&P 500 Earnings data “by the numbers”: (source Thomson Reuters “This Week in Earnings”):Forward 4-quarter estimate: $120.95 versus $121.23 P.E ratio: 16.5(x) PEG ratio:...

The VIX is short for the CBOE Volatility Index. It measures the 30-day implied volatility of a basket of S&P 500 index options.Why Pay Attention To The VIX? Investors look at the VIX as a measure...

Both the S&P 500 and the Russell 2000 have shown real signs of strength this week. They have both broken above the bottoming consolidation since the beginning of the year and continue higher. Not...

It was a consolidation day on Wall Street on Thursday, with a good finish at the end after they came down in the morning and finished strongly. Many of the stocks we follow did well, particularly oil...