ETF Analysis & Opinion

Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs close January with a down dayU.S. stocks and ETFs posted a big January with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) gaining 5.8% for the month, along with the S&P...

When swing trading with the trend of the major indices, we firmly believe it is absolutely necessary to focus on reacting to market action, rather than attempting to predict it. As such, if we change...

Yesterday, SPY actually was negative and sold off breaking below its first support level since early January. The 150.25 level was the first short-term support level that was broken, it was the...

Here is a preview of the monthly moving averages I track on the last business day of the month. All three S&P 500 strategies are now signaling "invested" -- unchanged from last month. One of the...

Buoyed by the flight to riskier assets, the euro is off to a solid start against the U.S. dollar this year. That much is proven by the CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE), which was up 2.2 percent...

Dow Jones Industrial Average approaches 14,000 on earnings and economic hopes.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) approaches the 14,000 level, a psychologically and technically important level,...

As Adam, my firm’s portfolio manager, can attest to – I like pair trades. I like the ability to find pairs that work in a mean-reversion type way that allows a short and long to work...

If you look hard enough, you can find a whole lot of things that are wrong with the “B” in BRIC. The country’s GDP growth is virtually non-existent. Government regulatory...

ETFs and stocks move higher and S&P 500 closes above 1500US ETFs and stocks put in another powerful week to overcome the continuing sell off in Apple (AAPL) and close above the psychologically and...

There is a preliminary head and shoulders pattern on the PowerShares DB US Dollar Index Bullish (UUP). This is the Dollar tracking ETF and I use it because most average investors can view this chart...

I believe the answer to the question posed will most likely be: “Both.” No one has a functioning crystal ball, but my best guess — among the thousands of predictions being offered by...

The S&P 500 is above 1500. CBOE S&P 500 Volatility (VIX) is sitting near 15-year lows. And 88% of iShares S&P 100 (OEF) component stocks are above respective 200-day moving...

Technically SpeakingRSI: The RSI has been bullish since early November and recently just reached the over bought level at 75.40 but it doesn't look like it will love down from that level just yet....

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the shortened holiday week that the markets continued to look bullish. Gold (GLD) looked set to continue higher within...