ETF Analysis & Opinion

Working-aged adults are leaving the workforce at a faster rate than those who are entering. For all the hoopla surrounding the 200,000 jobs created last month, investors paid very little attention to...

VIX ETFs declined on average this past week, with the VIX Index losing 2.86% to close at 12.90, while the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (VXX) lost 5.26% and the VelocityShares Inverse...

SolarCity (SCTY), one of the leading U.S. solar installers, has been shining bright since its IPO last December and was one of the three best performers of last month. The stock had skyrocketed nearly...

For the better part of 6 months, small company stocks have outperformed large company stocks. That’s not unusual for an unapologetic bull rally. Indeed, if investors are embracing risk, then...

From a technical view, the ETF is reversing down from a bearish trend line drawn from the top of May 2013. Regarding technical indicators, both the daily RSI and the daily MACD are capped by a key...

Picking from the multitude of style ETFs is a daunting task. There are as many as 45 in any given style and at least 230 ETFs across all styles. Why are there so many ETFs? The answer is: because ETF...

Stocks advanced as the earnings beat tally for the 423 S&P 500 companies, which have reported so far, is holding at 75 percent. Stocks made decent gains on Wednesday as the quarterly earnings...

Twitter is finally making its debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘TWTR’ on Thursday. The offering is the world’s largest in the technology space since Facebook...

It happens all the time. A new strategy emerges from the obscure recesses of the research caverns and morphs into an ETF, mutual fund, or a separate account program. Or perhaps it’s outlined on...

History tends to punish bull markets when speculative frenzies hover around a narrowing list of stand-outs (e.g., Netflix, First Solar, etc.), an increasing number of initial public offerings (e.g.,...

Emerging markets, which account for 20% of the World ex-US MSCI, have lost their earnings groove. The forward earnings for the EM MSCI rose to a new record high during 2009 through mid-2011. However,...

The precious metal space has been under pressure for much of 2013 as safe haven assets were shunned in favor of high growth products. Hopes of Fed tapering had further put pressure on precious metals...

Easily one of the top performing sectors so far in 2013 has been the solar space. The segment has roared higher thanks to a huge level of panel installations, a focus on high beta and small cap...