ETF Analysis & Opinion

Many investors look for anomalies or systematic patterns—often described as influences due to seasonality—to beat the market. One of these is the January effect which suggests that...

With another short trading week, it’s best to stay cautious as price action can get wacky towards the year’s end. Fund managers will rebalance their portfolios by selling losers and...

As COVID-19 vaccines become more widely available, Wall Street is hopeful that 2021 will bring more normalcy and in turn revive industries stymied by the impact of COVID-19.Last week's...

In this issue: US small-cap stocks continue to rally It’s Been A Good Year For Global Asset Allocation Strategy Benchmarks Managed Volatility Still Running Hot This Year Small-cap stocks...

Considering joining the “Dogs of the Dow” club in 2021?The Dogs of the Dow is a stock-picking strategy, ideal for passive-income seekers, that invests in the 10 highest dividend-yielding...

The pickings remain slim for yield-seeking investors when sifting through the global markets. But cheer up: relative to inflation, the current payouts look reasonable and arguably attractive.US...

Widespread rallies across the major asset classes in recent history have left few opportunities for bargains in the waning days of 2020. The main exception: energy and certain slices of the...

As the media focuses on a worsening situation with a new variant of the virus, Mish's Economic Modern Family shows that not all is doom and gloom. Grandad Russell 2000 (IWM) is sitting right under...

Investing in any of the S&P 500 index’s 11 sectors could help diversify long-term retail portfolios.In this three-part series, we are taking a closer look at each sector and appropriate ETFs...

The S&P 500 index, which measures the stock performance of the largest publicly-traded 500 companies in the US, is up over 14% so far in 2020 with a market cap over $30 trillion.A sizeable portion...

Wall Street has long been regarded as a forecasting tool. Recent positive momentum in equity markets across many sectors, including industrial metals, is possibly pricing in speedy global economic...

In the current record-low interest rate environment, dividend stocks are appealing to a wide range of buy-and-hold investors. In addition to offering passive income, many regard steady or growing...

After Monday's disappointing selling, Tuesday and Wednesday saw the return of sufficient buying to negate the bearish taint left over from Monday. The S&P now looks primed to push past last week's...

The E-mini’s low yesterday was above Monday’s low, and its high was below Monday’s high. Tuesday was therefore an Emini inside bar, an inside day.Since the E-mini closed near its...