ETF Analysis & Opinion

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

There's no probably no short idea for which I've received more flak over the prior year than the gold miners (GDX). Yes, my analog on them broke, but the fact is that, over time, my bearish...

Next week, the markets will put in a near-term top. Yes, it is that simple to see if you know how to read the charts. The proprietary PPT Strategies clearly show a top followed by a pull back in the...

Almost everyone is talking about the euphoric stock market. The big shots in Davos, Switzerland seem very bullish and optimistic about the economy every time they are interviewed on CNBC. The...

Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs, except for Nasdaq, shake off Apple’s crash.Apple Computer (Nasdaq:AAPL) tumbled 12.53% on negative reaction to yesterday’s earnings report, dragging the...

ETF enthusiasts can make profitable investing decisions based upon government/central bank currency manipulation. For example, a little more than a month ago, I wrote “A Foreign Stock ETF for a...

This past weekend in my Macro Week in Review/Preview for clients I noted that for the second week in a row the markets looked bullish but with the Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) lagging the S&P 500 (SPY), and...

Mexico, Latin America's second-largest economy behind Brazil, has a sovereign credit rating of BBB on the Standard & Poor's scale. That is barely investment grade, but with little chance that...

ETFs and major stock indexes rise for sixth day, but Apple suffers after hours smack down on earnings miss.The recent bull run in ETFs and U.S. stock indexes continued today with major markets up for...

U.S. stock indexes and ETFs move higher on earnings and bullish optimism U.S. stocks and ETFs climbed again on Tuesday to start the holiday shortened week in the green. Positive earnings, the...

In our January 10 commentary, we said Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL) could pull back to find near-term support in the area of both its rising 20-day exponential moving average and 200-day moving...

Many of you may know the old saying, "what goes up must come down." Well, the Nikkei 225 Index (Japanese stock index) has been soaring higher as of late. The catalyst for the recent rally in the...