ETF Analysis & Opinion

From a Point-and-Figure perspective, the SPDR S&P 500 (N:SPY) continues on its relentless stair-step uptrend.This morning's weakness hit a low at 209.20, which did not violate the prior pullback...

In the later part of the summer, investor’s complacency moved to 52-week lows, just before economic weakness spread across China, and Fed speak tipped the iceberg, which led rapid selloff in...

Seasonality is an anachronism that is derived from certain asset classes historical penchant for over or under performance during certain times of the year. While it doesn’t always hold true in...

“If the nation’s economists were laid end to end, they would point in all directions.” Arthur H. MotleyWe saw some weakness today and then some recovery in many stocks, but the...

NASDAQ's Primary Uptrend When we are gauging the primary-term uptrend, it is imperative that we respect it, before prematurely, coming into a conclusion that the trend has been broken or...

Monitoring purposes SPX: long SPX on 11/2/15 at 2104.05 Monitoring purposes Gold: Flat Long-Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat The chart below the SPDR S&P 500 (N:SPY) chart is the 15-day average...

T2108 Status: 69.2%T2107 Status: 35.8%VIX Status: 14.5General (Short-term) Trading Call: neutralActive T2108 periods: Day #23 over 20%, Day #22 over 30%, Day #22 over 40%, Day #20 over 50%, Day #5...

About a week ago, as gold rallied into the $1170 – $1190 area, the roadmap I laid out for gold was “first a scary drop, and then an upside pop”. That’s the daily gold chart. I...

T2108 Status: 67.5%T2107 Status: 36.0% (finally reversed all of its August angst)VIX Status: 14.2General (Short-term) Trading Call: neutralActive T2108 periods: Day #22 over 20%, Day #21 over 30%, Day...

The July-Oct base-like pattern in the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (N:XLE) is nearing a key-upside, inflection zone at 69.30-70.20, which, if hurdled and sustained, will confirm that a new upleg is...

A month ago the S&P 500 created the largest reversal pattern (bullish wick) since THE low in 2011. We shared this reversal pattern with our members the following morning. What followed that...

Trend Model signal summaryTrend Model signal: Neutral Trading model: Bullish The Trend Model is an asset allocation model which applies trend following principles based on the inputs of global stock...

This past week, the S&P 500 Cap-Weighted Index iShares Core S&P 500 (N:IVV) tested and then held support at the 200-day moving average (at least for now) during this remarkable rebound from...

When I began my investment career several years ago, closed-end funds (CEFs) were an even more esoteric asset class than they are today. But I think we can thank issuers like PIMCO, DoubleLine and...