ETF Analysis & Opinion

Over the past year I have studied the content of my blog and would like to report which are my top articles and videos in terms of unique page views in 2015. Clearly, my top content in terms of...

“Every noble work is at first impossible.” Thomas CarlyleA quiet, peaceful day with very low volume as we close out the end of 2015 until very late in the day when everything was hit,...

T2108 Status: 39.8%T2107 Status: 31.1%VIX Status: 16.1General (Short-term) Trading Call: bullish – see below for caveatsActive T2108 periods: Day #10 over 20%, Day #4 over 30% (overperiod), Day...

This is Part II of a two-part article. To read Part 1: Oil, Gold, USD, China And Contrarian Bets, click here.Though it's difficult to pinpoint what specifically might have been the biggest market...

Wall Street had a weird day on Monday, first down hard in the morning, and then back up nicely in the afternoon, although we didn’t capture all of the losses. A lot of the stocks that we follow,...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:United Technologies (N:UTX), has its hands in many complex systems and companies in the aerospace industry. It makes things that fly but its...

Stocks in Energy Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) have experienced some of the worst declines of any sector this year. The below chart of the Credit Suisse (VX:CSGN) X-Links Cushings MLP...

One theme that I will spend more time on in 2016 and beyond is the low volatility anomaly, which has been discussed in considerable detail in the academic world, leading to papers such as the...

1) The ARCA Gold BUGS/gold ratio 2) The Market Vectors Gold Miners (N:GDX) — down by 22% year-to-date (YTD) 3) Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (N:GDXJ) — down by 16% YTD 4) Almaden...

Yesterday December 23rd we closed out a nice winning trade in Energy Select Sector SPDR (N:XLE) energy sector. If you have not yet closed the trade can should do so today and will locking an even...

The trade on a rangebound United States Oil (N:USO) is now failing (see “The Commodities Crash Accelerates: Scenarios for Trading Oil” for a description). Oil has continued its collapse...

Markets: This historically bullish week lived up to its reputation, with all 4 indexes making impressive gains over the 4-day period. Higher crude prices helped push the markets higher. Dividend...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested heading into the shortened Christmas week that the equity markets looked weak in the short term with the N:SPY weak in the...

Looks like miners are really starting to shore up. Maybe 2016 will be the year when gold finally comes into its own again.Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners (N:GDXJ) Market Vectors Gold Miners...