ETF Analysis & Opinion

Is the current chairman of the Federal Reserve a genius, a knucklehead or a mere mortal? In late May, Ben Bernanke appeared to communicate that our central bank would soon be slowing down its bond...

The yen is the world's worst-performing developed market currency this year and that has been excellent news for those equity-based ETFs that also offer a hedge against fluctuations in the dollar/yen...

This report focuses on my top picks and pans for all sector funds. I will follow this summary with a detailed report on each sector.My top ETFs and mutual funds have high-quality holdings and low...

The International Organization of Securities Commissions issued a document last month on the principles that apply to the regulation of ETFs. This has been in the works for a long time. In the period...

The market giveth and the market taketh away.The intelligent investor does not allow themselves to be swept along with the rabble of the street (Wall Street, that is) when the market clearly gets...

The U.S. economy’s modest growth is attributable to the real estate market, corporate debt restructuring and big ticket consumption like auto. All of these areas are extremely rate sensitive. It...

Yields on 10-year U.S. Treasurys are trading lower Tuesday, but a one-day pullback does not entirely erase the 52-basis point increase that occurred from June 3 through July 8. Ten-year yields reside...

An overwhelming majority of commentators seem convinced that interest rates will remain elevated. Some have suggested that 2.72% on a 10-year yield is merely a pit stop on the way to a year-end close...

The equal weighted S&P 500 Index ETF, (RSP), continues to outperform the capitalization weighted S&P 500 Index on a year to date basis. The equal weighted index maintains a higher weighting in...

The bad news is you’re falling through the air, nothing to hang on to, no parachute. The good news is, there’s no ground.” -- Chogyam Trungpa It’s earnings season again,...

This morning, leading semiconductor stock Sandisk Corp (NSNDK) is trading lower by 0.83 cents to $61.02 a share. Short term day traders should watch for intra-day support around the $60.10 level. This...

Last Friday’s (July 5) rally pushed each of the main stock market indexes back above their respective 50-day moving averages. The reclamation of this key, intermediate-term trend indicator is...

From a technical view, the ETF is close to a key support area set around 11.30. This support is the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement of the entire bullish run started in November 2011. Regarding technical...

T2108 Status: 36.1%VIX Status: 14.9General (Short-term) Trading Call: Hold (aggressive traders who were short, should be stopped out. Bullish aggressive traders can buy on this breakout with a stop...