ETF Analysis & Opinion

From a technical view, the ETF is still capped by a declining trend line but it is shaping now a tentative double bottom pattern. Furthermore, the ETF is close to a key Fibonacci retracement providing...

DIA made a lower low. Friday's open should determine whether the daily is diverging from the momentum indicator. The hourly is showing a small inverted H&S, so a breakout from the neckline could...

A year end series taking a longer perspective in many market indexes, macro related commodities, currency and bonds. Over the next three weeks these reviews are intended to help create a high level...

Emerging market ETFs are pulling back sharply from gains that they had achieved in recent months. The countries with the largest drops in the past few days are those that are most dependent on foreign...

The Solar ETF space has had a pretty rocky—and for the most part—unfavorable history. However, 2013 was a banner year for the space with a number of solar power stocks accelerating and...

In the model swing trading portfolio of The Wagner Daily, seven of our eight ETF swing trades are presently showing unrealized price gains (no complaints there).   However, most of our current...

There has been constant talk about the overall market being in a bubble. Is it a bubble? To some extent yes, however there is one particular sector that is in the stratosphere. The biotechnology...

It’s the gift that keeps on giving: US stocks. Equities in these United States are up 30% year-to-date, based on our ETF proxy (Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI)). It’s debatable if this...

How good were the employment reports of October and November? It depends who you ask. Those who believe the job market is dramatically improving want you to look at the raw number of new jobs created...

Direxion is strong name in the leveraged and inverse ETFs world. While many of its most popular bull-and bear leveraged funds target domestic indexes, the issuer has some offerings in the foreign...

'Tis the Season for the most powerful seasonality trade of the year! With the stock market up big in 2013, most participants are speculating on a pullback in the next week or two. I have to say I am...

Headline unemployment has fallen to a 5-year low of 7%. The perception that job growth is strengthening may pressure the Federal Reserve to curb its program of electronically printing money ($85...

The KBW Banking index is nearing a price zone that has been key to it as support and resistance for over a decade. The Financial ETF (XLF) finds itself at the 50% Fibonacci recovery price of the...