ETF Analysis & Opinion

Stocks continued their advance on Friday as investors remained hopeful that a deal could be arranged in Washington. Stocks headed higher on Friday, as negotiations continued toward the goals of...

Per ThomsonReuters, the “forward 4-quarter” estimate this week fell to $118.94, from last week’s $119.04, however the year-over-year growth rate rose to 6.34% this week from last...

September was a pretty rough month for commodities across the board. A partial government shutdown as well as concerns over raising the debt ceiling continued to put pressure on this corner of...

For an ETF dedicated to companies with sustainable competitive advantages—or “wide moats” to borrow a term from Warren Buffett—you might expect relatively low turnover. After...

After the plan to install Larry Summers as the next Fed Chairman fell through, many gravitated around the next obvious choice—and the frontrunner for some all along—Janet Yellen. As the...

Southeast Asia, which was worst hit this summer on tapering worries, is now regaining investor confidence as global economic conditions revive and geopolitical tensions ease. Additionally, nomination...

Stocks rebounded on Thursday as hopes increased that Congress would “kick the can down the road” once again. Stocks skyrocketed on Thursday as a result of a proposal by House Republicans...

From a technical view, the iShares Dow Jones US Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Index Fund ETF (IEO) is bouncing off the rising 50-day moving average and a key horizontal support area at 77...

The hottest ETFs have taken the biggest hit over the past five trading days. Global X Social Media (SOCL), Market Vectors Biotech (BBH) and iShares Russell 2000 Small Cap Growth (IWO) have shed 7.0%,...

Holiday season is around the corner, but the U.S. economy does not seem to be fully in the festive mood. The government shutdown and the ongoing political tussle, uncertain economic recovery, and soft...

Though uncertainty over the Fed’s policy as well as the partial government shutdown are keeping the markets volatile, U.S. equites are still near their all-time highs. This is primarily thanks...

Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios have been rising over the course of the four-and-a-half year bull market. It follows that there are fewer and fewer bargains. Indeed, a quick screen at Morningstar...

“I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.” -- Pablo PicassoSo now the fun really begins. That is, if you consider fun the sort of thing that...