ETF Analysis & Opinion

The coronavirus pandemic has catapulted healthcare into the spotlight. As individuals and governments battle the virus and its impact on the economy, the importance of healthcare has become clear....

Markets retreated last week correcting, almost 10% after setting new all-time highs on an intraday basis in two US Equity (SPY), QQQ) benchmarks. China announced that it was reducing holdings of US...

After 2 major sell-off days, the market bounced late Friday off the 50-day moving average.Coincidence? First, why do we care about the 50-day moving average? The most common inputs for the Moving...

Convertible Securities (CV) Funds, an often-ignored classification in the mixed-assets funds space, have been on a tear in 2020. Given the stingy bond yields in the market and the red-hot stock market...

It had to end eventually. Or is this just one more pause in an ongoing bull market? If only we knew.What is clear is the S&P 500 Index took a beating in the final two trading days of this week,...

Most of us hardly ever think about the processes involved in bringing even the simplest consumer goods to the market. The production of many products we buy requires manufacturers to access a range of...

NASDAQ 100 Stocks in the US are pulling back some today, especially in the NASDAQ 100. The QQQ are down about 80 basis points, which is nothing considering how much they are up just this week. But...

How has the US stock market performed so far this year? The answer, as always, depends on the definition of “the market.” If we’re slicing and dicing by factor buckets these days,...

As mentioned yesterday, The Big Banks ETF XLF and Regional Banks ETF KRE are two of the weaker sectors. However, yesterday we saw some money rotate into those sectors with XLF rising over 1%...

After weeks of small gains it was Large Caps in the form of the S&P and Dow Jones Industrials which both posted stronger gains. Large Caps posted gains on higher volume accumulation with strong...

One day Volatility will return to the financial markets. When that day arrives (and why) is anyone’s guess. Meantime, vol remains in remission across the major asset classes, based on a set of...

The 'new normal' in the days of COVID-19 means an increasing number of people are working-from-home, shopping online, learning virtually and even finding entertainment from the comfort of their own...

In early August I wrote about 3 major market themes that I expected would continue to emerge or completely reverse. First was the focus on the junk bonds (NYSE:JNK) and investment grade bonds...

Looking for exposure to the foreign exchange market?  Currency exchange-traded funds (CETF) are one avenue worth considering.CETFs act as vehicles for portfolio diversification, hedging and...