ETF Analysis & Opinion

In its last five sessions, the Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF (ARCA:XLE) has carved out what looks like a potential near-term bottom range between 74.50 and 72.50.However, for my program to trigger an...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC), refines petroleum and distributes the products including gasoline lubricants and waxes. The company is...

The Greeks can give assurances that they will repay their debts once the current ones are forgiven, really they will. The EZ’s troika can give assurances that they will stand firm. And Putin can...

Here are the Rest of the Top 10:American Eagle Outfitters (NYSE:AEO) American Eagle Outfitters, AEO, had a long pullback through 2013 and the first half of 2014. That reversed and it has been trending...

We are now past the halfway mark for 2015, and very little headway has been made for the vast majority of closed-end funds (CEFs). Examination of the two most popular CEF indexes shows mixed results...

T2108 Status: 32.6% (the 9 percentage point increase is a 38% increase)T2107 Status: 40.5%VIX Status: 16.8General (Short-term) Trading Call: BullishActive T2108 periods: Day #181 over 20%, Day #1 over...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the heat of summer, the Equity markets looked vulnerable on the short time frame and just sideways on the longer time...

Steve Sears and I have a running joke that whenever I am tapped as a guest columnist for The Striking Price at Barron’s, we should both start buying VIX calls as inevitably something is going to...

Emerging markets ETF iShares (ARCA:EEM) doesn’t have much to brag about since 2007, as it's down 30% from its highs It doesn’t have much to brag about the past three years either as it's...

The bullish glow for US stocks has faded lately, but one thing that hasn’t changed is the strong relative performance of the health care sector. This slice of the US market continues to maintain...

Commentary Tuesday’s trading (on July 7, 2015) featured a near-perfect combination of the S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) breaking 200DMA support as T2108 approached oversold conditions. T2108 dropped as...

It was a nasty day on Wall Street. There were the 5-wave declines, and then a formation of bear wedges at the end of the day, and a last minute pullback. It was a nasty 1 1/2-3/4% day down for most...

Perhaps as a great irony, the British pound (via Guggenheim CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling (NYSE:FXB)) is suddenly losing favor even as the euro appears to be stabilizing in the wake of the...

Lately, I have been fielding a host of “which is worse” questions. Is it the possibility of Greece exiting the euro-zone or is it the potential for Puerto Rico to default on its debt? Is...