ETF Analysis & Opinion

When all was said and done last week, the S&P 500 finished a solid weekly gain of about 1.1 percent, helping stocks get off to a strong start in August. That is significant because August is not...

Short term technical indicators are losing upward momentum; we prefer to take profit right now and to close our long position (opened in July 26th) at last price.Trading strategy:Close our long...

The best performing exchange-traded stock funds over the last three months are essentially the same ones that outperformed over the last six months and over one year. The worst performers were...

After waiting in this range for the past couple weeks we broke out higher and wouldn’t you know it, our annual family golf tournament fell on that day, Thursday.Anyhow, Friday was a nice...

A downbeat non-farm payrolls report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics failed to prevent the stock market from closing at new record high levels. The sun used to rise and set on the stock market,...

Valid until the market close on August 30, 2013The S&P 500 closed July with a monthly gain of 4.95%. All three S&P 500 MAs and three of the five the Ivy Portfolio ETF MAs are signaling...

From a technical view, the ETF has struck against the upper boundary of a rising wedge pattern. Regarding technical indicators, the 20-week moving average is flattening meaning upward momentum is...

From a technical view, the ETF is reversing down from the 28.30 area highlighting a key declining trend line. Regarding technical indicators, the daily RSI has struck against the 70 area and the daily...

From a technical view, the ETF has struck against its 50% Fibonacci retracement set around 23.70. Regarding technical indicators, the daily RSI is capped by a key declining trend line and the daily...

The stop loss which was set at 65.00 has been activated closing our long position opened on July 26th.Trading strategy:Stop activated ($65.00).

From a technical view, the ETF has broken below a key rising trend line which has been in place since October 2011. Regarding technical indicators, the weekly MACD has pushed below a bullish trend...