ETF Analysis & Opinion

Physical gold ‘flowing’ into SPDR Gold Shares (N:GLD) and the other gold ETFs does not cause the gold price to rise and physical gold flowing out of gold ETFs does not cause the gold price...

S&P 500 earnings data By the Numbers (source – Thomson Reuters) Forward 4-quarter estimate this week fell to $123.06 vs. $124.53 The P.E ratio as of Friday, January 29, was 15.7(x) The PEG...

T2108 Status: 18.1% (as high as 19.4%)T2107 Status: 15.3%VIX Status: 22.4General (Short-term) Trading Call: bullishActive T2108 periods: Day #15 under 20%, Day #18 under 30%, Day #34 under 40%, Day...

Top 10 ETF gainers with assets of more than $25 million as of Jan 27, 2016. (Leveraged)The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the inverse (or opposite) of the...

Are corporations in great shape? Three consecutive quarters of declines in earnings suggest that they are not. Worse yet, record high leverage coupled with close-to-record low interest coverage...

Most people prefer predictable environments, particularly when it comes to investing. Investors want to be able to develop a view of the markets and how they work, one which they are confident...

With most of the leader stocks either breaking down or trading erratically, many traders and investors are focusing on the big four ETFs which are the SPY, USO, VXX, and TLT. I have posted the...

T2108 Status: 14.9%T2107 Status: 14.9%VIX Status: 23.1 (ranged from 20.4 to 27.2)General (Short-term) Trading Call: bullishActive T2108 periods: Day #14 under 20%, Day #17 under 30%, Day #33 under...

EUROPE, JAPAN and USA:Back in December, many institutions recommended over-weighting Europe, and some preferred Japan. They may still feel so, but at this time the internals for the key European and...

The gold miners (Market Vectors Gold Miners (N:GDX)) rallied for a 6th consecutive trading session yesterday, making for a 14.5% gain since last Tuesday’s all-time low at $12.40:GDX...

As you will see in a moment – describing the current situation as “white knuckle time” may be a slight overstatement. But then again maybe not.In this article I highlighted an...

One concept in technical analysis that often misinterpreted is that of a change of character. This is meant to be an indication that what has been happening is now changing. The misinterpretation is...

Over the weekend, the Denver Broncos beat the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship. Popular football analysts had – across the board, it seemed – believed the Patriots were a...

T2108 Status: 15.8%T2107 Status: 15.7%VIX Status: 22.5General (Short-term) Trading Call: bullishActive T2108 periods: Day #13 under 20%, Day #16 under 30%, Day #32 under 40%, Day #36 below 50%, Day...