ETF Analysis & Opinion

Crimea’s regional parliament voted unanimously last week to secede from Ukraine and become part of Russia—virtually guaranteeing a prolonged confrontation between Russia and the...

Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronic prices and weekly statistics with proprietary algorithms.GOLDWEEKLY MOVING AVERAGESThe contract closed at 129.09. The market closing above...

Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed last week as warning signs flashed The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) and the S&P500 (SPY) posted gains for the week as Friday’s employment...

The mutual fund/individual stock hybrid that is the closed-end fund (CEF) can be a lucrative investment for those able to identify assets trading at deep discounts. With the major stock benchmarks...

Who is the Leader of the stock market pack? One candidate would be the Biotech sector, as its been white hot! The iShares Nasdaq Biotech ETF (IBB) has gained 50% more than the S&P 500 over the...

The deflationary effects of the crashing Kress cycle Stocks came under selling pressure on Monday in the wake of renewed concerns over geopolitical instability in Eastern Europe. An escalation of...

The iPath Coffee ETN (JO) is an interesting exchange-traded product that provides investors with unleveraged exposure in the futures contracts on coffee.Last month we bought and sold JO in our Wagner...

The economic backdrop for the consumer staples sector remained more or less weak in 2013, due to a difficult consumer spending environment. Middle-class consumers struggled to cope with rising gas...

Over the past few weeks I have been watching the DOW and Transportation index closely because it looks and feels like the Dow Theory may play out this year and the stock market could take a 15%...

Now that the first leg off the bear market bottom has been completed the mining shares have been consolidating for the last three weeks in preparation for another leg up, and I expect the second leg...

Most sector ETFs have hit new year-to-date highs. Some sector investments like SPDR Select Sector Health Care (XLV) are not only blazing a trail in 2014, they’re crushing all-time records....

Just when investors though that smooth sailing was on the horizon once again for the stock markets, geopolitical risks in Europe quickly materialized, and pushed equities back lower. The clash between...

Russia spent a few years and a few Dollars building the Olympic village and getting ready to host the games. Did Putin blow all that goodwill in the few days following the closing ceremony? I'll leave...

Sometimes, market volatility caused by geopolitical events—like what we're seeing now because of the crisis in Crimea, Ukraine—can point to clear market direction and therefore offer money...