ETF Analysis & Opinion

Since mid-January, Large Cap stocks (i.e. the S&P 500) have been nipping at the heels of Mid Cap Stocks (i.e. Russell 2000). In 2014 many traders and market commentators pointed to the major...

Monitoring purposes S&P 500: Short S&P 500 on 4/7/15 at 2076.33. Monitoring purposes Gold: (ARCA:GDX) on 4/7/15 at 19.22; stop 21.26. Long-Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat Timers Digest...

After suffering through what have arguably been the most challenging few years in the company’s history, Barrick (NYSE:ABX) investors may finally be ready to profit from a sustainable turnaround...

I wish I had a dollar for every time I heard that China can’t do well if Copper isn’t moving higher. Over the past 6 months, the iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index ETF (ARCA:FXI) is up 28%...

This chart takes a look at the Shanghai Composite Index over the past couple of decades. As you can see, the index remains inside of a well-defined rising channel over the past 20-years. From 2007 to...

U.S. auto sales inched up around 0.5% year over year to 1.55 million units in March 2015, compared with a gain of around 5.3% in February. However, sales on a seasonally adjusted annualized rate...

Since last August traders have been showing a strong preference for U.S. equities over Canadian stocks. But this trend appears to be ending as the relative performance of the two markets has begun...

ARCA:SPY rallied yesterday after it looked like the Easter bunny was dropping a nice egg on the market. This rally off the low came from both support of a price level and a trend line. More...

Economists should not have been stunned by downward revisions to job creation for January and February. Similarly, analysts should not have been surprised by the painfully weak jobs data for March...

In the ongoing bad-news-is-good-news saga, last week’s surprisingly weak jobs report led to speculation that the Fed would delay hiking interest rates, which is perceived as a positive for...

Here is your Bonus Idea with links to the full Top Ten:Textron (NYSE:TXT), had a hard move higher off of the bottom in October. But since November it has been hovering with a slight drift higher. The...

T2108 Status: 53.3%T2107 Status: 51.8%VIX Status: 14.7General (Short-term) Trading Call: Neutral. Market still seems stuck in a chopfestActive T2108 periods: Day #114 over 20%, Day #73 above 30%, Day...

Trend Model signal summary Trend Model signal: Neutral (downgrade) Trading model: Bearish (downgrade) The Trend Model is an asset allocation model which applies trend following principles based on the...

After a week loaded with economic data there are plenty of fresh economic worries. In addition, the Fed seems ready to act in spite of some weak data. This means that good news is (finally) good news,...