ETF Analysis & Opinion

Big data has become a serious strategic initiative for leading internet firms such as Baidu, Inc. (BIDU). "2013 through 2020, these technologies will drive around 90% of all the growth in the IT...

A surge in exchange traded fund trading this week signals that investors should buckle up for a volatile summer.News DrivenETF trading as a percentage of overall stock-trading volume tends to...

From a technical view, the ETF has broken below a key rising trend line which has been in place since July 2012. Regarding technical indicators, the daily RSI is entering into oversold area while the...

Retail investors react to the news of a quantitative easing phase-out on Thursday, as ETFs lead a savage stock selloff. ETFs were seen as the major cause of Thursday’s incredible stock market...

The production value of radio commercials can be nearly as comical as the quality of messages that your favorite Aunt posts to Facebook. I should know. I was a national talk radio personality during...

One of the better global leading indicators has created a bearish descending triangle over the past couple of years, and a breakdown of support looks to be taking place this morning.What To Do?Where...

In early May, we sold short spot gold through buying Gold Double Short (DZZ), an inversely correlated “short ETF.” The trade worked out well, as we sold short gold when it bounced into...

Early in 2007, a prospective client informed me that he would not be placing his $1,000,000 portfolio with my company, Pacific Park Financial. He explained that another Registered Investment Adviser...

I wrote last week that I was closely watching the behavior of emerging market bonds to see if we are experiencing just a minor market correction or if this is the start of something worse (see The...

One measure of the direction of risk in the marketplace used by technicians is the ratio of high yield debt to Treasury debt (SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF (JNK) vs. the iShares Barclays 20+ Year...

Going into today, the US Oil Fund (USO) is a new ETF swing trade setup on our watchlist for potential buy entry. In case you are not familiar with it, USO is a commodity ETF that approximately tracks...

In 2013, Mondays have been noticeably superb for U.S. stock investors. Tuesdays have been even more spectacular; in fact, until a few weeks ago, the Dow closed higher on 20 consecutive occasions....