ETF Analysis & Opinion

The Portugal banking system is on a roller-coaster ride. Investors were first unnerved in mid-July when Espirito Santo International, the largest shareholder in Banco Espirito Santo (LISBON:BES)...

With market volatility at the highest levels we've seen in some time, investors are rightly nervous about how the next few months will unfold. But, that may be all the more reason to take a step back...

CNBC is one of my favorite contrarian indicators in the markets. Fear and greed are powerful emotions that many talking heads on CNBC can't resist playing up. You can't always play whatever they say...

The largest global entertainment company, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), has impressed investors once again with its quarterly results.  Blockbuster performance from its two big movies...

Yesterday I said that our market timing model has just shifted from “buy” to “neutral,” due to continued institutional selling and weakening of the major indices.This means I...

Chart 1: European stocks have become very oversold in recent days…  The recent correction in equities has been led by European equities. However, that trade is now becoming quite oversold...

Russia Could Determine The Next Big MoveThe U.S. stock market remains in a vulnerable position, especially given the possibility Russia could send troops across Ukraine’s border....

The headlines have focused on the year-to-date gains for the S&P 500 as well as the relatively minor losses for the Dow Jones Industrials. Simply stated, most investors are more comfortable...

“Your success in investing will depend, in part, on your character and guts, and in part on your ability to realize at the height of ebullience and the depth of despair alike, that this too...

Industrials ETF (ARCA:XLI) recently hit a Fibonacci extension level based upon the 2009 lows and the 2011 highs. At the same time this key Fib level was setting in, momentum was reaching levels last...

The most recent Fed statement indicated the reserve bank is still on schedule to reduce its monthly bond purchases by this coming fall and speculation is now rising about when the first rate hike will...

A month ago the utilities sector (NYSE:XLU) was up almost 15%, making it one of the best performing sectors year to date. The strong rally over the past 8 months took XLU to the top of its rising...

The SPDR DJ Industrial Average (ARCA:DIA) is up around 150% from the 2009 lows. Since that low, the markets have rallied, almost non stop on the back of Federal Reserve monetary policy. This policy...