ETF Analysis & Opinion

US stocks finally join the selling pressure that has plagued rest of the world Stock markets around the world, together with industrial commodities and emerging market currencies, felt the full force...

At the end of the week before last the amount of physical gold held by the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE:GLD), the largest gold bullion ETF, fell to its lowest level since September-2008. What does this tell...

Back on October 29, 2014, the Federal Reserve ended its largest round of quantitative easing (QE3/QE4). The unconventional policy of buying market-based assets with electronically created credits...

During the past 10 days, (NYSE:NUGT) has climbed from 3.13 to Thursday's high of 4.95 -- a 58% rise that has taken the mining ETF past key, near-term resistance at 3.70-4.10, inflicting significant...

This chart looks at the S&P 500/Gold Bugs ratio over the past 20-years. As you can see, the ratio trended lower from 2000 to 2011, reflecting that the Gold Bugs index was stronger than the S&P...

The SPY Put-Call Ratio Dropped to a Little Below its 20 dma as Both Put and Call Volume More Than Doubled Both NYSE:SPY put and call volume more than doubled today as the SPY put-call ratio dropped...

Investors have been pulling back on the risk handle for some time now and shedding areas of their portfolio that may be susceptible to heightened volatility. Virtually anything connected to the energy...

The Fed is going to raise rates next month…and kill the REIT sector.At least that’s the received wisdom. The problem is, it isn’t true. Or at the very least, it isn’t...

Stocks are tumbling in Russia, Brazil, Chile, South Africa, Australia and Canada due to economic weakness in China. Meanwhile, the Vanguard Europe ETF (NYSE:VGK) remains roughly 5.5% off of its May...

SPY Put-Call Ratio Back at Ratio’s 20 dma The NYSE:SPY put-call ratio fell today to 1.90 at its 20 dma. The ratio fell on a big drop in put volume, a small drop in call volume, and a huge rise...

I have always been an advocate of learning to think for yourself and taking personal responsibility for trading decisions. Here is an example why.Last Wednesday, J C Parets of All-Star Charts did a...

The above table looks at the 9 S&P 500 sectors' performance on a variety of time frames. Today I'm taking a look at the Materials sector. As you can see, (NYSE:XLB) is the second-worst sector this...

Aflac (NYSE:AFL) is known for their crazy commercials with a duck that quacks the company name. But if you did not know, they are the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the US. Nothing to...

US interest rates may be set to rise next month, at the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, but the outlook for tighter monetary policy isn’t weighing on Real Estate Investment Trusts...