ETF Analysis & Opinion

When the NASDAQ Composite Index hit 5000 in March of 2000, jubilant investors celebrated the milestone. Shortly thereafter, however, scores of individuals lost their collective shirts. Many witnessed...

The Dallas Fed reported their preferred inflation measure in January 2015 at 1.5% for the 12mo Trimmed Mean PCE. (See the table) This is used in the market capitalization rate which in turn is used in...

Above are eight markets that are starting this month at all-time highs: Dow Jones, SPX, NASDAQ Comp, S&P Midcap 400, Russell 2000, Wilshire 5000, Value Line Geometric and the DAX. Only the Nikkei...

American International Group (NYSE:AIG), on first glance looks like it may just be a stock moving in a range and near the top of that range. That can be a good thing in itself. But deeper in the weeds...

These are my thoughts on the SPY ETF “One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged.” — Lucille BallA very quiet Friday which is a change...

The miners will typically lead gold at major turning points. We say typically because the trend in the relationship is hardly exact or precise. There can be times when the miners are simply showing...

Its been a good month for stocks with the S&P 500 up more than 5% -- one of the stronger February’s in a long time. As you might suspect, if the market is up, the 'fear' index is often down....

Coffee – a top-performing commodity in 2014 – returned a fabulous 50%. The winning streak continued into the New Year as drought conditions in Brazil – the primary driver of...

These are my thoughts on the SPY ETF “Life must be lived as play.” – PlatoA pretty slow day yesterday, but we did see some nice moves out of (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and (NASDAQ:NFLX). and we...

For the better part of 15 months, I have pounded the table for longer-term U.S. treasuries. Most financial pundits thought that I was nuts in December of 2013; they debated my scarcity premise...

These are my thoughts on the SPY ETF“In one minute you can change your attitude and in that minute you can change your entire day.” — Spencer JohnsonA very strong day for leading...

“We believe more policy easing is still warranted at the current stage to support growth.” ~ Qu Hongbin, chief economist, HSBC China “There are also, of course, risks of waiting too...

Emerging Markets (EM) are receiving back-to-back positive signals in the form of cheap cash inflows. Hot money, which flowed in only from the U.S. till last year, will now come also from the Euro...