ETF Analysis & Opinion

In early August I wrote about 3 major market themes that I expected would continue to emerge or completely reverse. First was the focus on the junk bonds (NYSE:JNK) and investment grade bonds...

Looking for exposure to the foreign exchange market?  Currency exchange-traded funds (CETF) are one avenue worth considering.CETFs act as vehicles for portfolio diversification, hedging and...

Higher stock prices every day – or so it seems. And understandably so, given Fed's inflation tolerance, and regardless of consumer confidence taking an earlier hit. With the stimulus bill still...

Given the recent volatility in broader markets, many investors are seeking stability. Utilities are considered a strong defensive play given the consistent demand for water, gas and electricity...

Since the 1993 publication by Eugene Fama and Kenneth French of their landmark paper “Common risk Factors in the returns on stock and bonds,” the small-cap effect has been seen as one of...

There will be a lot of market-moving data this week, with the manufacturing PMI, non-manufacturing PMI and job reports. These will have significant impacts on rates, and the movement of the dollar,...

The weekend is the time to step back and look at the Modern Family’s weekly trends and inflection points. This week there are several interesting mulit-time frame patterns developing on the...

Another week, another risk-on rally. US stocks continued to be a leader this past week in global markets. The SPDR S&P 500 Fund (NYSE:SPY) surged 3.3% at the close of the trading week (Aug. 28),...

September typically means its back-to-school time. For hundreds of millions of young minds, returning to school after the coronavirus lockdown will likely be exciting. For others it might require some...

This article was written exclusively for Investing.comTechnology stocks have seen massive gains in 2020, with the NASDAQ 100 rising by almost 35%. Indeed, shares in the sector are nearly 80% higher...

When Warren Buffett—one of the most successful market investors of all time and CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway—buys or sells shares, the investment community sits up and pays...

Hard to know what to make of Wednesday's action. For Large Cap and Tech Indices there was a pick up in the rate of buying, but the volume to go with the buying was below average—even allowing...

While broader equity markets continue their run higher, many may be wondering how they can grab downside profits when the next leg lower or even a bear market arrives.The ever-expanding universe of...

As indices but not the entire market, keep crawling higher on the unprecedented market expansion in select stocks, imbalances are building that suggest reversion risk is increasing.Market Cap...