ETF Analysis & Opinion

Consumer discretionary stocks remain the top-performing US equity sector for the trailing 12-month period while energy is still caught in a bearish pattern. Meanwhile, the technology sector has perked...

T2108 Status: 30.6%T2107 Status: 29.3%VIX Status: 17.6General (Short-term) Trading Call: neutralActive T2108 periods: Day #46 over 20%, Day #45 over 30% (overperiod), Day #2 under 40% (underperiod),...

Stock markets worldwide declined on Tuesday, while oil continued to struggle amid renewed concerns over a global supply glut, worsened by the recent Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries...

Below are a few mid-week thoughts.Trend: Today, the SPDR S&P 500 (N:SPY) will have a golden cross, where its 50-dma will cross above its 200-dma at about $205 (blue arrows). Holding above that...

In today’s post I want to talk a little about how support and resistance is not always a price level.Every trading textbook would have you believe that support is a price level at which...

Ibbotson Associates provides asset allocation guidelines that span the risk spectrum from conservative to aggressive. The moderate portfolio consists of roughly 42% in U.S. Stock, 18% in Non-U.S....

Last week ended with a strong non farm payroll report. The unemployment rate held steady and there were over 200,000 jobs added. Fed governors did a lot of talking. The ECB extended their QE program....

Favorable Seasonal Period for Financial Stocks*A favorable seasonal period for the financial stock sector tends to start at the close of the 11th trading day of December (12/15/15 this year) *The...

“Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.” – Marcus AureliusA brutal day for energy stocks and oil continues lower which is...

Energy Select Sector SPDR (N:XLE) is the energy sector ETF whose sector relies heavily on oil and Energy stocks. These stocks have been taking a beating lately as oil moves lower and lower. Today was...

I am late putting up a post tonight, because I attended an absolutely amazing lecture by Jaron Lanier on the Stanford campus. I’ve known about Jaron’s work since I first got into computers...

Yield-sensitive assets in foreign markets topped last week’s performance ledger for the major asset classes via a set of proxy ETFs. iShares International High Yield Bond (N:HYXU) secured the...

exceTrend Model signal summary Trend Model signal: Neutral Trading model: BullishThe Trend Model is an asset allocation model which applies trend following principles based on the inputs of global...

T2108 Status: 43.2%T2107 Status: 33.3%VIX Status: 14.8General (Short-term) Trading Call: neutralActive T2108 periods: Day #44 over 20%, Day #43 over 30%, Day #1 over 40% (ending 11 day under 40%)...