ETF Analysis & Opinion

The Nikkei fell about 6.5% last week. There was speculation that foreign investors, who had bought tens of billions of dollar worth of Japanese shares since Abe was elected prime minister, had begun...

Anyone who has been active in the financial markets during the past five years knows that there are many types of risk, many ways to think about and measure risk, and invariably some risks lurking...

The Japanese economy is a prime example of what happens when central bank–infused “economic growth” crumbles.Quantitative easing may have been needed in the U.S. economy when the...

At our ATP trading service, we look for combinations of sentiment, fundamentals, and crowd behavioral patterns to enter and exit swing trades for profit. Just reviewing our last 10 weeks of trading...

We are now at levels not seen since October 2011 (if you think way back, that’s the last time the S&P had a serious big selloff, when the U.S. government still considered the debt something...

“Good” news but not “too good” set off a Friday stock market rally as major U.S. indexes posted weekly gains Major U.S. stock market indexes rallied on Friday after the monthly...

At our ATP trading service, we use a combination of our understanding of Elliott Wave Theory, Fibonacci Pivot Analysis, and other indicators to time 3x ETF bull or bear entries. Over a week ago we...

Stocks are soaring on Friday on the back of a "just right" jobs report. The addition of 175,000 new jobs last month beat estimates, but was not so good that the Federal Reserve needs to consider...

The month of May brutalized nearly every asset tethered to rising interest rates. Many of the ugliest returns could be found in REIT ETFs like SPDR DJ Global REIT (RWO), emerging market sovereign ETFs...

It may seem like an odd pick on a day when consumer discretionary, high-beta and emerging markets stocks were all taken to the woodshed, but a buying opportunity could be nearing in the Market Vectors...

An unexpected change of heart happened in May that you might not have heard about. After years of resisting any path other than its rigorous course, Germany announced it is backing off from pure...

In recent weeks, stock market volatility has been rising due to uncertainty surrounding whether or not the Federal Reserve would curb its money-printing-for-bond-buying program. Yet this week’s...