ETF Analysis & Opinion

For a security doomed to decrease in value over time, iPath's S&P 500 VIX ST Futures ETN (VXX) does amazingly well. Its volume averages over 40 million shares per day and its assets under...

Value Stocks Shine over Long PeriodsResearchers have come up with different explanations for the “value premium”, ever since Fama and French published their famous research paper in 1992,...

Coal investors finally heaved a sigh of relief following an improved outlook by Moody's for the sector. This comes as the space has been grappling with stringent environmental legislation aiming to...

The iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF (EIDO) and the Market Vectors Indonesia ETF (IDX) have $453.8 million and $294.8 million in assets under management, respectively. These are not tiny ETFs hurting for...

One of the main reasons we trade both individual stocks and ETFs is that trading the right combination of the two equity types increases our odds of being able to outperform the stock market at any...

Last week the Dow Jones Industrial Average rolled over on worst week of 2013 The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) took the largest declines year to date last week, dropping more than 340 points or...

The flagship SPDR Gold Shares ETF (GLD) has suffered a radically unprecedented mass exodus this year. The capital fleeing this single vehicle was the primary reason gold plunged so dramatically in...

Is it possible to invest exactly like the best hedge funds in the world? It may be easier than you think: by utilizing Exchange Traded Funds you can play the same positions that those successful hedge...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators (abbreviated) suggested, as we headed into the dog days of August, that the market trend was firmly higher but consolidation was reigning. We...

From a technical view, the ETF is supported by a key bullish trend line.Regarding technical indicators, the daily RSI lacks downward momentum and the 50 day simple moving average is rising and...

Among the plethora of problems plaguing Brazil ETFs this year has been the sagging real. Brazil's currency is one of the emerging world's worst performers against the U.S. dollar this year. At the end...

Gold miners have been pretty terrible investments for much of 2013. These miners often trade as leveraged plays on their underlying metals, and with gold floundering for much of the year, losses began...

Europe appears to be turning around with modest growth expected in the second half of the year. This is particularly due to calm trading regarding the region's debt woes, as well as hopes over the...

Despite an incredible amount of turmoil this year, Egypt investments haven’t really panned out that badly. In fact, the main ETF tracking the nation, the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (EGPT) is...