ETF Analysis & Opinion

The focus in the equity world has been on the US dollar, eurod and yen. Will the dollar weaken? Will the ECB cut rates to weaken the euro? Will Japan finally be able to create some inflation by...

Monitoring purposes SPX: Sold SPX on 4/1/14 at 1885.52 = gain 1.78%; Long SPX on 3/26/14 at 1852.56. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Gold ETF GLD long at 173.59 on 9/21/11 Long Term Trend monitor purposes:...

By now we all know that the mainstream media looks for the most headline-grabbing story and then pumps it up some more. So if you have been following the financial markets this way then you are likely...

Since stocks bottomed in March 2009, I have periodically been publishing an SPX pullback table and occasionally a plot of all those pullbacks and their duration. The recent selloff in stocks, however,...

From a technical view, Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X Shares (ARCA:DRN) ETF is close to a key support area set around 32.70 (horizontal support + lower Bollinger Band+ 76.4% Fibonacci...

Last Friday I tweeted a chart that shows the ratio between the iShares Emerging Market ETF (ARCA:EEM) and the S&P 500. I noticed that the ratio was approaching previous support as shown by...

Do you believe in buying the dips? Do you believe in buying breakouts above resistance lines? Do you believe in buying when an asset breaks above a moving average? If the answer is yes to any of...

Before exchange-traded funds (ETFs) became widely accepted, the closed end fund, or CEF, offered investors the ability to trade a diversified investment throughout the day. CEFs have a fixed number of...

Normally, a rotation from high-flying momentum names into beaten-down value stocks is a sign that investors are shifting into “risk off” mode and getting defensive.But what if those...

Is that a neckline kiss of resistance taking place? The Bio Tech ETF (XBI) could be kissing the underside of neckline resistance and pushing lower. So is it an H&S top? The jury's still out,...

Surprisingly, the recent Chile earthquake that resulted in a tsunami did not leave a sustained impact on Copper ETFs. Chile accounts for nearly one-third of the world’s total copper output,...

Whatever happened to the “Great Rotation?” You remember the predictive theory that ultra-low yields would encourage investors to rotate out of bonds and into stocks. The notion picked up...

The global economy is on track for subpar growth. Consolidation is a symptom of investor indecisiveness. Small caps are expensive and investor demand has been falling. Recent strength in consumer...

This report focuses on my top picks and pans for all sector funds. I will follow this summary with a detailed report on each sector. My top ETFs and mutual funds have high-quality...