ETF Analysis & Opinion

The US stock markets were quick to rally after the Federal Reserve did nothing at its policy meeting this week. Traders love the endless dovishness gushing forth from this Yellen Fed. But their...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into June Options Expiration week, that the Equity markets looked weak in general short term.Elsewhere looked for gold...

Innovation is a fad in the ETF industry. Most of the issuers are coming up with a fresh theme, not only in equities but also in the fixed income market. Recently WisdomTree launched an active bond ETF...

One year ago, each of the 17 members of the Federal Reserve provided an expectation of where the fed-funds rate would be at the end of 2015. The average came in at 1.1%. That might have required four...

This year has proven to be a rough one for dividend stocks. With the Fed’s rate hike looming and with bond yields rocketing higher, traditionally high-yielding sectors like REITs and utilities...

While the U.S. market continues to figure out its own identify—whether it’s meant to spend the next few months as a bear or a bull—there are some interesting chart setups taking...

Looking for outperforming dividend stocks to capitalize on rising interest rates? As it turns out, many regional and small bank stocks and ETFs have been outperforming the S&P 500 handily over the...

Are you getting tired of the Greek news? I know I am. The market seems to be tired of Greece too. This is a chart of the Global X FTSE Greece 20 (NYSE:GREK), the Greek ETF. Despite all of the dire...

Late last month Sprott Asset Management made an offer to acquire all of the units of the Central Gold Trust (NYSE:GTU), a gold bullion investment fund, in exchange for units of Sprott’s own gold...

The ARCA:SPY put-call ratio dropped to 1.75 on Tuesday, which is below its 20 dma. This would usually be bearish for the price heading into Wednesday of opex week. The drop in the ratio happened on a...

Technical analysis of market price in relation to its long-term moving averages can be a helpful tool in deciphering trend direction and areas of potential support or resistance. These never turn out...

Although the market had a sloppy day, after the morning dip a lot of our stocks did well, and some did very well. Let’s take a look at some of them.Coty Inc. (NYSE:COTY) had big news on Tuesday,...

Several years ago, Rolling Stone ranked the 10 best movies by former cast members of Saturday Night Live. Bill Murray barely made the list with Rushmore – an offbeat comedy from the late 90s. I...

The ARCA:SPY put-call ratio returned to its 20 dma on Monday, which means that the ratio is no help as an indicator for tomorrow.The rise in the ratio happened on a large drop in open interest, which...