ETF Analysis & Opinion

All of those Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) alarmists are eating crow for breakfast. They chastised Tim Cook for months. They declared the death of the tech manufacturing giant at every opportunity. And...

The iShares Silver Trust (ARCA:SLV) is putting in an outside day upside reversal, as is gold. Most importantly, as is evident from the 6-month SLV chart below, the slow stochastic has provided a...

Well the news of the morning is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s big upside move -- very impressive. From a big-picture perspective, I believe that the real "Leader of the Pack" that seems to continue to impact...

2014 has so far been pretty sluggish for stock markets. Apart from occasionally hitting multi-year highs, the broader market indexes like the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq were mostly flat or...

Since bouncing off their recent April 11 lows, stocks are now working on their sixth consecutive day of gains.To the casual observer without any knowledge of technical analysis, it may appear as...

The energy sector has been performing remarkably well this year, especially following the geopolitical tensions in Russia, and is clearly outpacing the broad market indices. Further, the current...

The sluggish trend of carbonated beverages in the wake of rising health consciousness has been a dampener for cola giants in recent times. Still, two cola as well as food bellwethers – Coca Cola...

I’m always on the prowl for rebalancing opportunities—in particular, those moments when the odds look unusually high for success in one or more ETFs. Instances of screaming buys or sells...

The S&P 500 index managed to close last week with a small gain as slightly better-than-expected earnings, dovish comments from the Fed Chairwoman and strong retail sales numbers provided some...

At the tail end of 2013, journalists asked money managers like myself about perceived threats to stock assets in 2014. My answer was simple: 'The possibility for policy missteps in the battle against...

A positive close on Thursday but the risk adverse were clearly hedging their bets into the long weekend. The Qs continue to underperform SPY as can be seen from the M3 reports below.XIV is ranked #1...

As I suspected it might, the stock market bounced strongly last week. Weakness the prior week was due in part to traders exiting positions for vacation during the holiday-shortened week, protecting...

It’s a dream for many retail investors to invest like some of the biggest and most influential institutional investors of the likes of George Soros, Carl Icahn and John Paulson, to find the next...