ETF Analysis & Opinion

Yesterday was another day for sellers to pressure weak-hand longs into dumping their positions. Despite the sizable losses, most of the indices have yet to reach an oversold condition. However, there...

Betting on top oil stocks has always been risky. The biggest challenge investors face when evaluating energy equities is correctly predicting the direction of oil markets.Even if you’re a...

Unlike investing in general commodities ETFs that cover assets like gold, silver and oil, niche exchange-traded products focus on specific parts of the market that may seem obscure to most retail...

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...

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,...

Investing in the Canadian and Russian markets may not only be appealing for citizens of those countries. Bets on those regional assets could be beneficial for market participants beyond each country's...

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...