ETF Analysis & Opinion

CommentaryBulls could not ask for a better end to trading last week. T2108 closed at 50% after trading as low as 26%. The S&P 500 (SPY) made a sharp reversal from a (false) 50DMA breakdown. This...

I am ecstatic that the majority of my client base had 65%-70% long exposure in lower-volatility stock ETFs over the last two trading sessions. The S&P 500 picked up roughly 4.5%, which means that...

Investors managing their money through retirement often have different needs than during their growth and accumulation years. Often times they are more focused on income and capital preservation...

It’s all about real estate investment trusts (REITs) these days when it comes to bullish performance among the major asset classes via our standard list of ETF proxies for the key slices of...

If anyone is insane enough (like, say, me) to dare shorting anything in this market, I offer the following: (ARCA:VWO) -- the heavily-traded international equity index fund: And the JP Morgan Emerging...

“Relief from fear” is the best way I can describe the trading on Wednesday, December 17th. If you have been following along these past several days and weeks, hopefully you profited from...

The sharp reactive sell-off is finding support at 12.50, as oversold daily studies begin to unwind. Price action in the coming days is expected to post a corrective bounce, with the break above the...

LendingClub , the first peer-to-peer lending company, made a shining debut on the New York Stock Exchange last week. It raised $870 million in its IPO at a price of $15, which is above its expected...

Notorious bears like Peter Schiff and John Hussman have been warning about the bull market’s inevitable demise for many years. Ignoring their gloom-n-doom predictions has been the better way to...

Though it may be hard to do, we need to shift our attention away from the twisted wreckage within the energy sector for a second. That’s because, as 2014 winds to an end, investors need to make...

It's been a rocky few weeks, to say the least. While most traders expected a Santa Claus Rally to finish off the year, we've seen the stock market pull back decisively from recent highs, leaving many...

Commentary If only yesterday’s trading action were reversed.The S&P 500 opened down with the selling lasting only 5 minutes – almost the exact opposite of the previous day where 5...

Aerospace giant The Boeing Company surprised investors by announcing a hike in future dividends and boosting its share buyback program. Amid a difficult defense and aerospace environment due to...

I last wrote about the Fed Monetary Stimulus Program "Canaries" in my post of February 6, 2013. As a reminder, I chose six of of them (ETFs) in order to determine their relative strength/weakness...