ETF Analysis & Opinion

Today’s FOMC minutes crushed index ETFs after solid gains yesterdayIndex ETFs have reversed yesterdays gains and more after today’s FOMC minutes sparked fear in investors. The SPDR S&P...

Back on January 8, 2013 we wrote that SPDR Gold Trust Shares (GLD) had broken support on its daily chart.Since that article, share prices have continued to decline and today they have suffered a huge...

In what may be seen as a surprise to some traders, the iShares MSCI New Zealand Investable Market Index Fund (ENZL) is off about 2.7 percent Wednesday even after New Zealand's Reserve Bank Governor...

Gold miners have been the worst performing sector in the last six months. The charts on stocks like Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) (GOLD) and Yamana Gold Inc. (USA) (AUY) are truly scary as they have...

After a long weekend, the market got a decent start to the new week from favorable European economic reports this morning and our own political “calm before the storm.” Last week was...

The brand new CurrencyShares Singapore Dollar Trust (FXSG) is trading modestly higher today on heavy volume following news that the Monetary Authority of Singapore and some global banks are mulling a...

Technically SpeakingRSI: The RSI indicator remains well into the bullish territory with no sign of coming down yet. After giving an over bought signal, it has barely come down and is now teetering at...

As long as interest rates remain low, excess money eventually moves into riskier areas on the spectrum. Higher yielding bonds, convertibles, preferreds, stocks… they all benefit.Of course, if...

I could never live in Scandinavia. The long winters would drive me stark-raving mad. And for a guy who has driven all the way to Mexico because he needed a good street taco, the blandness of the food...

As Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index has surged 16 percent over the past 12 months, equity-based ETFs tracking the worlds 12th-largest economy have predictably benefited. The iShares MSCI Australia...

Volume has been lighter this week than any other week in the last few years. This is extremely rare for February, especially since it is options expiration. Where did it go and what does it mean?Shown...

Solar energy stocks have made a comeback over the past few months, with First Solar ($FSLR) leading the way. SolarCity (SCTY), MEMC Electronic Materials (WFR), and JinkoSolar Holding (JKS) have been...

The Guggenheim Insider Sentiment ETF (NFO) has been around long enough to demonstrate its chops. During one of the worst downturns in U.S. history (10/07-3/09), both NFO and the S&P 500 SPDR Trust...

U.S. ETFs and stock indexes continued drifting sideways on low volume below significant resistance. U.S. ETFs and major stock indexes were mixed on Wednesday as investors digested a tepid retail sales...