ETF Analysis & Opinion

Bonds must be unbelievably dull. When the Dow broke 17,000 and the S&P 500 came withing a stone’s throw of 2,000 – media messengers enthusiastically reported the peachy...

What is better than that first cup of coffee in the morning? I personally cannot think of doing anything until I have my first cup of strongly brewed Starbucks Sumatra each morning. So it is no...

The Russian economy is a basket case, corporate governance is weak, the outcome of the conflict with Ukraine is less than certain, and a combination of sanctions and fear are causing capital to flee...

Sell offs in the market generally create fear and over reaction as investors digest the news and reposition their assets to weather the storm. Despite the good intentions of buying low and selling...

The Market Has Numerous CrosscurrentsThe retail sales report released Wednesday was the weakest since January, when bad weather was cited as the reason for anything that was disappointing on Wall...

From some perspectives Europe is on sale. When I look at the chart of the DJ Euro Stoxx 50, there is a potential double bottom at 2875. But that is not all. The Hammer candle (in the circle) is a...

If the U.S. economy and the global economy were truly in good shape, why is the SPDR Gold Trust (ARCA:GLD) performing so admirably in 2014? If  U.S. economic expansion as well as gross world...

Thanks to lackluster global economic activity for most of the year and rising geo-political tensions, sectors less sensitive to economic cycles, including the U.S. healthcare industry, have easily...

Worrying about risk witnessed a revival last week amid a mix of heightened concerns on geopolitical and economic fronts. But the US stock market, although off its recent highs lately, remains a...

Stocks saw elevated volume and volatility last week, and the 100-day simple moving average on the S&P 500 proved to be the proverbial line-in-the-sand for bullish investors. I opined last...

Back in April, I told you about the dual purpose of Silver.Like gold, it’s prevalent in jewelry. But unlike gold, its reach also stretches to many industrial applications. In fact, 54% of the...

Five days cannot tell you much about the future direction of market-based securities or their respective asset classes. They may, however, be able to provide insight into the more pressing issues or...