ETF Analysis & Opinion

As Russia took full control over Crimea over the weekend, the situation turned even worse with the U.S. and European Union imposing various tough sanctions against the country. This has raised the...

In the technology sector, innovation is routinely embraced. In the finance sector? Not so much.And for good reason, too. Whereas new technologies tend to improve our lives, new financial instruments...

Many fear that rising interest rates will crush income-oriented portfolios. Get over it — that was last year’s news. In fact, the vast majority of high-yielding assets have been the best...

The year 2014 so far has been mixed for the global market given uncertain growth in the emerging markets, slowdown in the Chinese economy, Fed tapering policy, and number of good and bad economic data...

The main market story of the last few years has been the meteoric rise in equity markets valuations since the global financial crisis came to a close.  The recovery in the SPDR S&P 500...

The iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (NASDAQ:IBB), is ready to reverse higher*. The chart below shows the ETF on a weekly basis going back to November 2011. From that time it has exhibited a clear trend...

The hot and the soaring biotechnology corner of the broad U.S. healthcare market suffered the steepest decline since October 2011 in Friday’s session. The worst sell-off came after U.S....

Last week, board members of the Federal Reserve signaled that they may begin hiking overnight lending rates as early as 2015.  A majority of analysts believe that the message is in line with an...

Well, I didn't see that coming.Some stop-outs, some triggers, some targets nearly but not quite achieved.  Brutal. SPY-  I mentioned yesterday that if price didn't break $188 tomorrow then...

Since the 2009 lows, tech has done very well, up over 190% in the past 5 years. This rally has pushed momentum to levels not seen in 14 years! We have to go back to the dot.com peak to find momentum...

After a strong 2013, the IPO market continues to be hot this year. High investor demand, low interest rates, rising stock market and improving economy are the main reasons driving the IPO boom....

From a technical view, the iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (NASDAQ:IBB)has posted a reversal candlestick pattern on a weekly chart while biotechnology sector is in a parabolic rise. Regarding technical...

Upcoming US Events for Today:Quadruple Witching Upcoming International Events for Today:Canadian CPI for February will be released at 8:30am EST. The market expects a year-over-year increase of 0.9%...

Many assume that a stock market’s direction depends on an economy’s well-being. It does not. In fact, a meaningful correlation between stocks and gross domestic product does not exist.Why,...