ETF Analysis & Opinion

The ETF has reached our stop loss which was set at $77.60 closing our short position opened on May 8th. Performance: -6.04%.Trading strategy:Stop activated at $77.60.

It wasn’t quite the “Big Bazooka” that some had hoped for, but ECB President Mario Draghi took major steps this past week to breathe some life into Europe’s capital markets.For...

T2108 Status: 67.6%VIX Status: 11.7General (Short-term) Trading Call: Short ONLY on confirmed weakness (see below)Active T2108 periods: Day #230 over 20%, Day #82 over 40%, Day #9 over 60%...

The European Central Bank (ECB) did not really surprise anyone with its well-telegraphed rate cuts on 6/5/2014. Yet risk assets of all shapes, sizes and geographic origins rallied a bit more than most...

iShares – the biggest ETF sponsor in the world – is continually striving to boost its presence in the fixed income space. The issuer has of late launched a series of bond funds to widen...

I’ve got a full package to show you. Complete with surges higher followed by pullbacks, placed among rounded bottoms. Are you intrigued? Then take a look. My chart of the Junk Bond ETF, SPDR...

SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) - within $0.07 of primary target SPDR DJ Industrial Average (ARCA:DIA) - Lower high or base to break?PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) -  $0.05 from primary....

Let’s do a bit of a thought experiment, shall we?Let’s assume that, in some form or fashion, the general “conspiracy theory” (as it were) about the stock market is correct....

The ETF is challenging a key resistance area; we prefer to take profit right now and to close our long position opened on May 19th at last price ($71.83). Trading strategy:Close our long position at...

From a technical view, the ETF is above its 20 day simple moving average. Regarding technical indicators, the RSI broke above a declining trend line. A further upside is expected.On a relative basis...

Technology was the best performing sector in the five years prior to the 2000-2002 stock market bear. The acceleration of dot-com mania created a boom-to-bust scenario that few had ever seen. Yet...

The well-known trading adage, "sell in May and go away" didn’t work for the U.S. markets at least for the month of May. Though the U.S. markets looked clueless for the first half of May, they...

The list of warning signs for investors continues to grow longer and longer.The credit markets are acting as if the credit crisis never happened. And last week I discussed the concerning level of...

The S&P 500 (SPX) opened slightly higher and then sold off to a general trendline over the past few sessions. The 10 AM release of a disappointing ISM Manufacturing Report sent the index...