ETF Analysis & Opinion

U.S. stocks and index ETFs grind higher on Tuesday in the face of heavy resistance In another quiet day of trading yesterday, U.S. stocks and index ETFs posted small gains to close in on significant,...

IYR which is the Ishares Dow Jones Real Estate Index Fund, broke out today breaking above highs at 68.31 which capped this ETF since September. This is a classic break out/ascending triangle, the high...

We continue to monitor iShares FTSE China 25 Index Fund (FXI) for a low-risk pullback trade swing trade entry point. On the weekly chart of FXI below, notice the price has just clipped...

Since November 15, 2013, the Market Vectors-Agribusiness ETF (MOO) has been steadily rising with the major stock indexes. It looks as if MOO made a short term high on January 25, 2013 at $56.55 a...

In my early January Emerging Markets update, I pointed out a few reasons why the Emerging Markets (EEM) may begin to lag. And more precisely, why bulls needed to see an EEM consolidation pattern...

Action in gold and the gold shares continues to be brutal. But one thing that has really piqued my interest from a trading perspective was the high volume flushout in the Gold Miners ETF (GDX) back on...

Technically SpeakingRSI- having recently signaled an over bought position and the combination of a short term negative divergence gives us some signs. This one is longer than the MACD so I would...

U.S. stock and ETF indexes move sideways for the week.U.S. stock and ETF indexes closed mostly higher on Friday and mixed for the week as they digested recent gains and continued trading below...

Investing in stock assets when the S&P 500 is hitting fresh highs can be as dangerous as driving on a yet-to-be-plowed stretch of highway. You may get to your destination without a hitch. Then...

What is with all the crazy extremism? The markets are not crashing and they are not going to the moon either. Yet analysts, media people, newpapers and bloggers are all picking an extreme view and...

After announcing a 3.3 percent increase in January inflation earlier today, the Venezuelan government has announced it will devalue the bolivar to 6.3 per U.S. dollar from 4.3. Venezuela, a member of...

The comments flew somewhat under the radar, but on Wednesday, Maria Fernanda Suarez, Colombia's director of the public credit office, said her country expects "good news" from ratings agencies at the...