ETF Analysis & Opinion

Is Germany a bully, intent only upon establishing a new mercantilism using foreign labor and resources to create finished goods to sell back to their neighbors, which some might consider ersatz...

Hold-n-hope advocates believe that greater gains with stocks over investment grade bonds require nothing more than a commitment to accepting increased volatility. In other words, if you accept the...

On Wednesday, IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI) the conglomerate run by Barry Diller, announced that the company’s Match Group -- Match.com, Tinder and OKCupid -- plans to pursue an initial...

The income investing landscape has certainly shifted in 2015, with many dividend fixtures trading well below their starting point for the year. Stalwart asset classes such as REITs, utilities, MLPs,...

WisdomTree (NASDAQ:WETF) has been proactive in launching products lately. The issuer has come up with new ETFs in every month of the ongoing quarter. Recently, the issuer rolled out two hedged ETFs,...

Some people think that you should not buy a stock that is overbought. The chart below of the Health Care Select SPDR (ARCA:XLV) is a good example of why that is wrong. By definition a stock becomes...

The atmosphere for today's market action was quite friendly: Optimism about Greece, a 0.05% increase in Core Durable Goods, a beat on New Home Sales, and better than forecast Richmond Fed...

The U.S. bourses are once again hovering around their record highs irrespective of volatility and uncertainty. This trend is likely to continue at least in the short term since the looming rates hike...

Back in April, I wrote a piece on interpreting insider buying and selling. And yes, it bears repeating that this is distinctly not the “Martha Stewart (NYSE:MSO) kind” of insider trading...

iShares Russell 2000 (ARCA:IWM) is Working on a Topping Megaphone (Navy Blue) at the Top of its Long-Term Megaphone (Pink)IWM is forming a topping megaphone (navy blue on chart) at the top of its...

There is growing optimism for the handling of Greece’s debt, with a deal possibly being reached as early as this week. Not only are Greek stocks higher as a result, but the European and world...

The iShares MSCI Germany (ARCA:EWG) is up 2.8% to start the week in reaction to promising developments in Greece's debt-repayment saga.More significant to me is that Monday's strength in EWG has the...

Trend Model signal summary Trend Model signal: Risk-off Trading model: Bearish The Trend Model is an asset allocation model which applies trend following principles based on the inputs of global stock...

On Wednesday, a journalist asked Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen an important question: Could she give any assurances to savers who think the Fed is never going to raise short-term interest...