ETF Analysis & Opinion

On a relative basis against the IVV S&P500, the iShares U.S. Home Construction Index Fund is oversold, we prefer to take profit and to close our short position opened on July 31st at last...

The technology sector has been broadly mixed so far this year due to uncertainty surrounding some of its top players, weak overseas demand and overall reduction in global information technology...

The first: Paris Hilton will be taking over as the resident DJ at Amnesia Ibiza’s Foam and Diamonds Party. And if that is not enough, take a look at the Spanish IBEX 35 chart below. What at...

Well - that was brief. What looked to be a decent swing low for the Semiconductor Index was undone with yesterday's opening gap down. Luckily, losses didn't build beyond the opening gap down and the...

Market Vectors, the ETF brand from investment company Van Eck, may be looking to add a new member to its fund family in the emerging market space. While this might come as a shock since emerging...

Exchange traded funds holding emerging markets bonds, both the dollar-denominated and local currency varieties, were among 2012's most popular bond funds. A spate of interest rate reductions by...

It has been pretty clear cut that the Russell 2000 has been leading this market higher since the November 2012 bottom. If you need any evidence, take a look at the performance chart below comparing...

With the summer months drawing to a close, it has been a somewhat warm few months for the stock market with the S&P 500 and Dow recently at record highs. Yet we are now seeing a pause, which may...

Near the start of the present bull market for U.S. stocks, an ultra-accommodating Federal Reserve pushed interest rates lower. In fact, 10-year yields tied to mortgages had journeyed to unbelievably...

Trading has been downright brutal for the mining sector in 2013. Commodity prices have fallen sharply on the year, leading the miners, who are often leveraged to the price changes of their underlying...

This earnings season has been pretty solid with most companies reporting earnings above expectations. In fact, to date, total profits this earnings season are up 1.6% year-over-year while revenues...

iShares, the world’s largest provider of ETFs, is fast approaching 300 total funds in the U.S. market. This is largely thanks to the firm’s solid product development pace in the second and...