ETF Analysis & Opinion

Electric vehicles are on track to disrupt the automobile industry in this new decade. The 'green' momentum is buoying shares in a broad range of EV and alternative-energy companies. As investors race...

Nearly every corner of global markets has rebounded sharply since the coronavirus crash pulled the rug out of asset prices in March.The US bond market is no exception, which has enjoyed a strong...

For all the myriad hazards that have occurred so far in 2020, astonishingly, it's turned out to be a blockbuster year for initial public offerings. So much so that some are comparing the current...

Amid the recent declines in broader markets, a blockbuster stock debut has been making headlines: cloud-based data-warehousing firm Snowflake (NYSE:SNOW).While the company priced its initial public...

Indices continued to decline yesterday, with measured move targets for the S&P 500 and NASDAQ still in play. However, the real damage was done in the Russell 2000 (via IWM). The index made a clean...

Refinitiv Lipper’s fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) had net outflows of $45.7 billion for the fund-flows trading week ended Wednesday, September 16. Money market funds...

Following the Fed's latest policy decision on Sept. 16, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Press discussed the "new normal," in which interest rates are likely to remain close to zero until the...

US equity markets mostly retreated, led by the NASDAQ 100 which was down -1.32% for the week. The major theme is that rotation is occurring across all asset classes with new leadership appearing....

The first half of September has seen market volatility return with a downward bias. In such times, investors want to know how they can protect or hedge their portfolios against a substantial...

A bright start Tuesday, with opening gap gains that ultimately were unable to follow through. The NASDAQ gain came off its 50-day MA with a higher volume (accumulation) bounce. The gains were...

While we put the first half of September behind us, many investors are wondering whether the recent sell-off is over.Tech-stocks, many of which now have extremely high price multiples, are in center...

On Friday the 11th the QQQs (Nasdaq) and IWM (Russell 2000) both closed under the 50-DMA. They were not followed by their friends the DIA (DowJones) and the SPY (S&P500).The temporary divergence...

The US property market has been surging again in many parts of the country following the temporary freeze in early spring brought on by coronavirus.With interest rates at record lows in the US and...

Investors had a tough time identifying a unified narrative for global markets last week, based on a set of ETFs. Performances ranged from a slight gain for equities in developed markets-ex US to a...