ETF Analysis & Opinion

After a strong run-up last year, the U.S. stocks were off to a weak start in 2015. The relentless slide in crude oil, political turmoil in Greece, the tumbling Euro, and strong dollar weighed on...

T2108 Status: 38.8% (a 23.4% drop!)T2107 Status: 45.5%VIX Status: 19.9 (barely higher than )General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold. Aggressive bears can short with stops above the 50DMA. As usual,...

Another solid year for U.S. equities came to a close. But it’s not like everyone is jumping up and down with enthusiasm, which is a good thing. With plenty of bogeymen in the closet and under...

The bear trend in Greek equities is well-defined, with prices trending steadily lower since April 2014. Recent action is accelerating, but with both the RSI and Stochastics already oversold, caution...

The (ARCA:SPY) put-call ratio closed today at 2.09.That’s very high and bullish, but the ratio could make it all the way to its upper Bollinger Band® before we see the effect. Original...

In October, I wrote that mortgage REIT dividends had stabilized and that many were trading below book value. As we enter 2015 much the same way we entered 2014–with fears of rising rates and an...

The Weekly VC Price Momentum IndicatorSignals are automatically generated by integrating electronic prices and weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms.JNUGWEEKLY MOVING AVERAGES The contract...

Top trade ideas for this week of January 5, 2015Intercontinental Exchange, (NYSE:ICE) Intercontinental Exchange, ICE, has gone through a long pullback and reversal, creating a Cup, in 2014. The last 2...

The crises of yesteryear almost seem quaint. Did investors really need to fret the possibility of the world’s 44th economy (Greece) exiting the euro-zone back in 2011? The stock market...

We’ll have new specific ideas coming soon, but the basic themes for investors remain consistent. Entering 2015, there are several key ideas for individual investors to keep in mind. Republicans...

ES-Yesterday's move down has formed a small price channel (blue on chart), which means the dip will be small.It could be bottoming now, across roughly VWAP of the bright blue megaphone on the chart....

The banking sector has had a good 2014, but the regional banks, have not. Where the broad sector ETF (ARCA:XLF) is up about 15%, the regional banking index ETF (NYSE:KRE), is about flat. There is hope...

If there is one thing that I have been seeing more of than “2015 predictions”, it’s the notion that indexes will suffer next year. The theory being that quantitative easing and a...

Stocks Entering Period of Seasonal Strength Today: Ballard Power Systems Inc.(TSE:BLD) Seasonal ChartThe MarketsWith the holidays upon us, commentary will be limited. We will continue to publish...