ETF Analysis & Opinion

Shock and Awe is probably what a lot of people are feeling the last week, as the supports under the market keep crumbling away. What is surprising is that people are surprised, but I guess that is a...

After an amazing 2013, markets are experiencing a bit of a hangover to start the New Year. Worries about the taper along with sluggish economic data—including weakness in both the manufacturing...

If you followed my contrarian investing lead several weeks ago, then you’ve already made a number of profitable shifts to take advantage of falling bond yields. (See Against the Herd: Lower...

Energy sector ETFs and mutual funds are in the Danger Zone this week. Despite the quality of stocks in the sector, ETF providers and fund managers are not offering quality funds. Even worse, they are...

Many think that the stimulus provided by the Federal Reserve over the last 5 years is like giving drugs to a junkie. I suppose that the jury will be out on the end result of quantitative easing for...

The following three charts pretty much sum up what happened in January for the stock market.  Stocks were sold.  Notice all the distribution days piling up on the major indexes. Investors...

Though 2013 was a banner year for the U.S. equity markets, 2014 has seen a weak start signaling a reversal of the bullish trend. Most of the stocks have tumbled due to weak job numbers and stubbornly...

The online e-commerce behemoth Amazon (AMZN) reported lackluster Q4 results after the market closed yesterday. The company missed our estimates on both the top and the bottom line, dampening investor...

Here is a preview of the monthly moving averages I track after the close of the last business day of the month. All three S&P 500 strategies are now signaling "invested" -- unchanged from last...

One of the most commonly cited facts about the U.S. economy is that consumers represent two-thirds or more of GDP growth. Put another way, if Americans are spending, the economy expands. If we rein in...

This report identifies the “best” ETFs and mutual funds based on the quality of their holdings and their costs. As detailed in Low-Cost Funds Dupe Investors, there are few funds that have...

Last week, Procter & Gamble (PG) reported a mixed bag second quarter 2014 with earnings surpassing the estimate by a penny and the top line missing by a whisker. In addition, the retention of full...

Investors who allocated a portion of their capital abroad have been experiencing a whole lot of performance envy lately. For instance, those who concentrated their dollars in the S&P 500 last year...