ETF Analysis & Opinion

Thursday was another good day in the markets. All equity indexes closed higher and broke above their short term ranges. For some reason traders want to look at this and short them going into Friday to...

The (NYSE:SPY) Put-Call Ratio Fell Below its 20-DMA on ThursdaySPY's put-call ratio fell to 1.55 Thursday, which is a little below its 20-DMA at 1.60. SPY put volume rose by 24% on a good-sized jump...

The following chart illustrates that the earnings trend for S&P 500 companies, measured by 12-month trailing earnings, has sharply deteriorated and was barely above zero in Q2 (FactSet numbers for...

Foreign equities have had a strong run over the past week (5 trading days), with most of the major regional markets besting US stocks, based on a set of ETFs in unhedged US-dollar terms. Is this a...

T2108 Status: 57.9%T2107 Status: 26.8%VIX Status: 18.4General (Short-term) Trading Call: Neutral (target of 1996 on the S&P 500 has already occurred ahead of overbought conditions).Active T2108...

“Sometimes your best investments are the ones you don’t make.” Donald Trump Well, what an amazing weekend it was and the last hurray of summer I suppose. Unfortunately, it was...

By July of 2012, a wide range of indicators suggested that the U.S. economy was flirting with trouble. Job growth was decelerating. Business investment was deteriorating. Meanwhile, manufacturing via...

Those who were smart, prescient, and lucky enough determined that March 9, 2009, was the absolute bottom of the stock-market debacle during the financial crisis. At that point there was panic...

Everything that was “down” is “up.” Will it hold?As a trader and/or investor you need to be paying close attention RIGHT NOW (!!!) to see what happens next. Because what...

We are watching oversold crude oil prices building a bottom Source: Short Side of Long It is not easy to stick your neck out and make a major call on an asset class, but we here at Short Side of Long...

The benchmarks lie. Many investors, new and experienced alike, are intent upon "beating the Dow" or "beating the S&P" rather than seeing their capital increase over time. It isn't that difficult...

The gold miners (Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSE:GDX)) have rallied ~15% in the last three trading sessions and as measured by percent above its upper Bollinger® Band, GDX is just about as...

Something very interesting is happening with gold stocks…Over the past few days share prices of companies in the beleaguered industry have experienced sharp rallies. Take Agnico Eagle Mines,...

The miners have made a higher high and a higher low. They are holding above both the 50-day moving average (and it's turning up) and above their intermediate trend line. We have confirmation that at...