ETF Analysis & Opinion

2013 has been a good year for the alternative energy space, pretty much across the board. This has been especially true for solar companies which have seen their share prices edging up, while firms...

The Irish are fleeing Ireland at the fastest rate since the Potato Famine. Think I’m exaggerating? I assure you I’m not. Recent data had one person leaving the Emerald Isle every six...

PowerShares DB U.S. Dollar Bullish (UUP) traded near $22.25 per share at the beginning of September, 2012. One year later, UUP trades near the same share price. In other words, over the course of the...

The stop loss which was set at 64.35 has been activated closing our short position opened on August 27th.Trading strategy:Stop activated ($64.35).

Now that we have wrapped up August traders are beginning to prepare for the potential whipsaw that could be September. The market has a lot to digest this month between Middle Eastern conflicts, the...

I’m noticing an interesting divergence happening between the Dow Utilities and the equity markets in general. Utilities have been quite weak lately, and in the past, such spreads have resolved...

While many investors are focused in on the Microsoft-Nokia deal talk, another huge buyout was announced in the broader telecom space. This time, the parties involved were Verizon (VZ) and Vodafone...

The housing market has steadily made a comeback from the lows witnessed in mid 2006 owing to the industry’s severe and widespread downturn. However, the housing momentum seen in 2012 and in the...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, as the unofficial last week of wummer began, that Gold (GLD) looked to continue higher while Crude Oil (USO) rose in the...

After being stressed for a couple of years by sovereign debt issues, high unemployment and stagnant growth, the European economy is now on the verge of recovery. The economy consisting of 27 countries...

A couple of weeks ago the Nasdaq assumed the leadership position for the major market indexes. Indeed, I said as much in, Is There A New Index Leader?.Fast forward a couple of weeks, and we see that...

I am not exactly going out on a limb, but let me say this about the circumstances in Syria: Missile strikes will not be the stock market’s downfall. Granted, the short-term trend toward higher...

While the pain in emerging markets has been pretty widespread, the epicenter of the turmoil has arguably been in Indonesia. The huge island nation in Southeast Asia was long an emerging market gem,...

The year 2013 has been good for the equity markets so far even with high levels of volatility following the panic over the tapering talks. While most of the sectors have performed well this year, the...