ETF Analysis & Opinion

Last week’s news was filled with stories about how the FANG stocks and particularly Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) were the main driving forces behind the new highs in the indexes and their ETFs (i.e. SPY...

Things tick along in markets with little fanfare; the NASDAQ and S&P both registered gains on the final day of trade last week, but the Russell 2000 took a small loss—though not enough to...

I was recently asked how I could explain the record outflows seen in domestic equity funds in July and the beginning of August given the meteoric rise of a few U.S. broad-based indices. With the...

This week the headlines declared the bear market over as the S&P 500 joined the NASDAQ in making new all-time highs.A new bull market has begun according to the celebratory narratives. It is true...

Oil prices have been on a wild ride in 2020. After reaching historic lows in April, the commodity attracted widespread attention from investors.Most recently, United States Oil Fund (NYSE:USO) has...

The emerging markets had a solid July 2020, up roughly 7% depending on the proxy you use. The rapid slide in the US dollar has also helped.At present, the emerging market asset class represents a...

Yesterday was the first time that the SPY opened lower than the prior day’s low since July 24th. The same is true for the QQQ. Grandpa Russell did it just last week, but not since July 7th prior...

The coronavirus blowback and the crowd’s ongoing preference for high-flying growth investments aren’t doing any favors for value investing strategies. Perhaps the chaos of 2020 is laying...

With so much attention being paid to Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) reaching a valuation of $2 trillion, I decided to see if AAPL’s market cap would make it into the IMF’s list of the...

Yesterday was a day of small losses but no real damage to the rallies. With the S&P 500 joining the NASDAQ in erasing COVID losses, everyone is waiting for sellers to sweep in and kill this rally...

The U.S. stock market wiped out the last of its coronavirus losses on Tuesday (Aug. 18), delivering a rapid rebound from a devastating drawdown. As Reuters notes, this year’s slide is the...

Leveraged ETFs offer the potential for amplified gains, albeit at an increased risk.Still, for short-term investors, leveraged ETFs (LETF) can be appealing. The Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas...

Robinhood has gained widespread attention amid the coronavirus pandemic. Its popularity has soared with its target audience: millennials. The app aims to make trading more accessible with its...

The market continues to be range-bound, with the proxy for the NASDAQ ETF, the QQQ, rising by 1.2%. Still, it remained around that $275 level, which it has been stuck since early August.From the...