ETF Analysis & Opinion

Everyone wants to be a contrarian. To be a superstar and pick a bottom. Become famous for calling the top. None of this is easy to do and in my view it's a fool's game, unless you are not really...

The iShares MSCI Mexico (ARCA:EWW) is challenging an intermediate resistance area; we prefer to take profit right now and to close our long position (opened in June 5th) at last price of...

The appeal for investing in emerging markets has returned this year thanks to elections hopes across a number of countries. Funds like Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (ARCA:VWO) and iShares MSCI...

The Russell 2000 (iShares Russell 2000 Index (ARCA:IWM) has everyone’s attention. Many follow it as the ‘leader’ of the market, pulling the other indexes along with it. Some...

The 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrials collectively failed to increase sales in 2013. Yet the price of the Dow surged more than 25%. And while that price appreciation for the...

The emerging markets have regained their sheen and are once again the big contributor to global recovery after the U.S. After a dreadful 2013, emerging market stocks rebounded strongly on cheap...

Market results for the month of June has me regretting our decision to seek preservation ahead of The Crowd. (Now that we have the certainty of hindsight, that is!) Of course, if we hew to our...

During the month of June the capitalization weighted S&P 500 Index was up 2.07%. The equal weight Guggenheim Index (NYSE:RSP) returned 2.86%. This equal weight outperformance was also...

Cigarette giant Philip Morris (NYSE:PM) is seeing tumbling volumes as anti-tobacco campaigns have led to a sizable decline in demand.   Pressed by a weak tobacco business, the company has...

Despite broad retail investor disdain for the market, U.S. stocks had another solid start to the year. In fact, the S&P 500 is up over 7% YTD through the first six month months of 2014,...

After being hit hard by a harsh winter in the first quarter, the U.S. economy, undoubtedly, regained momentum in the second quarter on improving global economic conditions. This resulted in...

Are investors cautiously optimistic? Probably. A little bit greedy? Maybe. Yet I would be hard-pressed to describe the current psychology in terms of 'euphoria'. The most apt descriptor is...

SPX: Neutral Gold: Gold ETF (ARCA:GLD) long at 173.59 on 9/21/11 Long-Term Trend: Flat We have shown this chart in the past which is the VXZ/VIX ratio. The S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN...

Just about the only major equity ETF that I’ve been comfortable shorting has been Brazil (iShares Brazil Index (ARCA:EWZ)). All eyes are on Brazil now, obviously (sort of like all eyes were on...