ETF Analysis & Opinion

As a technician, I like to see what stocks are moving. Uptrends, breakouts, bullish chart patterns are all tools in the toolbox. Utilities stocks, as measured by the Utilities Select Sector SPDR®...

The battle for the S&P 500 to break above the early June highs is on, and the bulls are likely to win it more lastingly this time around, thanks to tech earnings. The runup to their aftermarket...

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Refinitiv Lipper’s fund asset groups (including both mutual funds and ETFs) experienced net outflows of $10.0 billion for the fund-flows trading week ended Wednesday, July 29. The net negative...

The good-bye kiss of the line connecting the early June highs indeed meant no farewell at all. The S&P rose in the run-up to the Fed, and extended gains in its aftermath. Are the signs that made...

During the bull run of the past decade, technology stocks have led Wall Street higher. Although they were among those shares that initially dropped during the COVID-19 triggered selloff in February...

Large-cap stocks offer long-term investors fundamentally sound companies that make their money work for them over the long haul without the hassle of constantly monitoring SEC filings, earnings...

SPX Monitoring purposes; Sold 7/21/20 at 3257.30= gain 1.01%; Long SPX on 7/17/20 at 3224.73. Monitoring purposes GOLD: Long GDX (NYSE:GDX) on 7/8/20 at 38.62. Long Term Trend SPX monitor...

Aside from the NASDAQ which broke through rising channel support yesterday, other indices remain caught along breakout support. The NASDAQ is on a 'sell' trigger in the MACD and a relative...

Even after yesterday's rebound, the S&P 500 keeps trading merely at the early June highs. Is this just a reflexive rebound before the stock upswing rolls over to the downside? I don't think so,...

As gold and silver prices charge higher, the US dollar index dropped to a two-year low on Monday, slipping beneath 94.00.  The Index measures the value of the greenback relative to a basket of...

Stocks rose on Monday. It was rather dull, as not much changed from last week. The significant level that matters most in the QQQ is the $262 level. That is likely to act as strong resistance, and...

Going into Friday, I was still sticking to the bullish S&P 500 outlook. As the index declined, are the prospects of higher prices gone?Not at all, and today's analysis will examine the signs that...

This week’s technical chart of the week is a look at the Utilities sector relative to the S&P 500. Technicians like to use ‘ratio charts’ or ‘relative charts’ to...