ETF Analysis & Opinion

Committee members of the U.S. Federal Reserve forecast economic growth every year. Not surprisingly, investors place a great deal of faith in those projections. After all, Fed estimates may impact...

The year 2014 seems favorable for bond investing. Global shocks, high-beta pain, momentum sell-offs and meager economic growth have pushed investors to safe havens so far this year thereby raising the...

Well, it’s official. The old adage about selling in May didn’t apply this year. Instead, larger-cap, higher-quality, and value-oriented stocks continued to lead the market higher. The...

I’ve bought Market Vectors Gold Miners (ARCA:GDX) Friday morning. It’s not like it’s some amazing bullish setup, but it does look ripe for a modest bounce. To be clear, this is...

After a weak 2013, most of the commodities have seen a decent performance so far this year. Commodities ranging from US Coffee C, Natural Gas to Nickel, Gold and Palladium have easily...

A surprisingly bad Q1 GDP revision and weak pending home sales were no issue for yesterday's stock market. The S&P 500 (SPX) rose at the open and briefly retraced the gain with the 10 AM real...

Home Depot (NYSE:HD), Target (NYSE:TGT), Dick's Sporting Goods (NYSE:DKS), Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS), PetSmart  (NASDAQ:PETM), Sears (NASDAQ:SHLD), Lowe's (NYSE:LOW), Walmart (NYSE:WMT). What do all...

This channel on the chart of the SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY) shows traders and investors something amazing -- It gives precise insight as to when the markets will break down.Perfectly...

Investors’ anticipation of a continued bull run in 2014 has not borne fruit this year. After posting a robust 30% return in 2013, the S&P 500 has managed to log just about 3% return so...

Yesterday was day three of the current ride on the daily upper band. These rides are where there is a strong trend in either direction using either the daily upper or lower band as the anchor for the...

The Nasdaq 100 ETF, (PowerShares QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ)), has in many regards been the laggard index since the tech bubble and crash 14 years ago. Whereas the S&P 500 (SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY)),...

The Australian economy which has enjoyed steady growth over two decades has lately been witnessing a slump. Commodity abundance was the one of major driving forces of Australia – especially the...

*These are my thoughts on the SPY (SPDR S&P 500 (ARCA:SPY)) ETF in my Daily Trade Ideas which includes many, many more charts and setups**“In this business if you are good, you are right 6...