ETF Analysis & Opinion

(T2108 measures the percentage of stocks trading above their respective 40-day moving averages [DMAs]. It helps to identify extremes in market sentiment that are likely to reverse. To learn more about...

Consumers, as opposed to manufacturers, represent two-thirds of the U.S. economy. Indeed, Americans love to splurge. We buy sneakers, iPhones, home furnishings, real estate, cars, jewelry, concert...

I certainly didn’t invent the term bear market math, yet it tends to be a phrase that causes everyone to sit up straight and listen. The easiest way to define this arithmetic is to show you some...

An important research finding about LED technology and energy efficiency was recently published in the journal Advanced Materials. When a topic like renewable power and a company called SunEdison Inc...

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) certainly has some advantages in it. The CEO, Marissa Mayer, has over the past three years sought to acquire several properties that she deems useful for the company’s...

Welcome to September! That’s the daily Dow chart, above. In early morning futures market trading, the Dow is down about 330 points. It’s a horrific start to the month, and it could get...

The Q Ratio is a popular method of estimating the fair value of the stock market developed by Nobel Laureate James Tobin. It's a fairly simple concept, but laborious to calculate. The Q Ratio is the...

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...

The S&P 500 is the most important US stock index — most followed, most used as a benchmark, most used to measure and compensate fund managers, among the longest histories, and covering most...

The last week and a half has certainly been a roller coaster ride of emotions in the stock market. After a 3-day sell off that culminated in extreme levels of fear, broad-based equity benchmarks...

T2108 Status: 18.5%T2107 Status: 24.1%VIX Status: 26.1General (Short-term) Trading Call: BullishActive T2108 periods: Day #6 below 20% (oversold), Day #7 under 30%, Day #30 under 40%, Day #70 under...

The US stock markets just suffered an extraordinary plunge, shocking traders out of their complacency psychosis. This cast the foundational premise behind recent years’ incredible stock-market...

DOW – 11 = 16,643S&P 500 + 1 = 1988NAS + 15 = 482810-Year + .02 = 2.19%OIL + 2.71 = 45.27GOLD + 8.30 = 1134.80SILV + .08 = 14.70The week roared in like a lion and left like a lamb. For the...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested heading into the last full week of August, the Equity markets looked horrible, ready for more downside. Elsewhere looked for gold...