ETF Analysis & Opinion

Yesterday, I bought some puts on GDX (NYSE:GDX), the precious metals mining ETF. So far, so good: Here is GDX. There is no breakdown yet, but if it slips below that horizontal, look out...

Established market wisdom suggests small cap companies tend to outperform large ones over the long-run.However, the past decade has mostly seen small-caps lag large-caps, especially in the US. For...

Technology stocks have fallen out of favor in recent sessions, with investors piling into value names, which are typically companies that are more sensitive to economic cycles, in the wake of...

Renewable energy stocks are on fire in 2020 as companies have seen shares hit all-time highs.The transition from fossil fuels toward clean energy sources is well underway worldwide and solar, wind,...

Traders appear to be placing new bets on the reflation trade through equity sector bets in energy, basic materials and industrials stocks, based on a set of exchange traded funds. It’s too early...

Gold Stocks remain in a correction, even if the Oct. 29 lows continue to hold into December.  Corrections are a function of price and time, and often in this sector, a correction can...

Another bright start to the week on more positive COVID-19 vaccine news. Yesterday's gain was accompanied with higher volume accumulation across indices, setting them on course to negate the ultimate...

The Modern Family shows confidence as more positive vaccine news came out Monday.This time the positive news came from Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA). Hence after last Monday’s Pfizer (NYSE:PFE)...

I've mentioned the importance of Friday's close on the Russell 2000 here, but the S&P finished the week doing its own thing as it worked to reverse the dominant bearish inverse hammer. This...

The US presidential election looks like it’s pretty much over (except for the lawsuits) with Biden the victor along with the stock market.At this critical juncture, major thematic shifts are...

Investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs) for the first week in 14. They injected $27.7 billion for Refinitiv Lipper’s fund-flows week...

Equity funds (including ETFs) witnessed their first weekly net inflows in 14 for the Refinitiv Lipper fund-flows week ended Wednesday, November 11, 2020. They attracted some $23.8 billion, their...

Small-Caps Rally:Stocks of the small-cap variety in the US have been trailing their large-cap brethren this year, but Mr. Market threw out the script this week. That, at least, is the narrative for...

Looking for leverage long (bullish) or inverse short (bearish) exposure to daily returns on indices, equities, bonds, commodities or currencies? For experienced traders, leveraged and inverse...