ETF Analysis & Opinion

Equity-based ETFs can be described as baskets of various stocks. Whether it is a broader market domestic fund, a sector ETF or an emerging markets equities play, the basket approach is used over and...

Last weekend, Barron's unveiled its 2013 roundtable issue. The panel includes such financial luminaries as Mario Gabelli, Bill Gross and Swiss hedge fund manager Felix Zulauf. Investors will find...

Tuesday morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-H3) traded lower by 1.75 points to 1477.25 per contract. Earnings season is underway and a couple of market moving stocks such as Google Inc...

Recent media reports have noted the strong equity fund flows that have occurred during the first few weeks of January. Thomson Reuters' Lipper Fund Flow report cautions investors not to read too much...

One year ago, I wrote ZIV Undeservedly Neglected when the VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX MT ETN (ZIV) was trading about 5,000 shares per day and was not even on the radar of many investors who...

ETFs and stocks put in a good week and look ahead to all time highs, earnings reports and Congressional action on the deficit.For the week, ETFs and stocks put in a mostly positive performance as the...

Technically SpeakingRSI-since its last move down at the turn of the year, the RSI indicator has been very bullish and I believe it will remain that way. The move is very strong and it is just below...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the week that the broad markets continued to look good but with some caution creeping in. Gold (GLD) might be bottoming...

Lately, I’ve been fielding a great many questions related to automobile companies. Had I seen the 5-year highs on car purchases? Am I aware that autos were the strongest segment in 2012 retail?...

The Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) is currently forming a tight-ranged base (similar to a cup and handle chart pattern) on its longer-term weekly chart below. After rallying 30% off its 2012 low, RSX...

Market OutlookFor the week ending January 18, 2013, the SPX was up 0.9%, the Russell small caps were up 1.4% and the COMP was up 0.3%. Tech is starting to underperform large caps. There were also a...

After nearly 4 years, retail investors have begun to exit low-yielding investment grade bonds for the perceived potential of stocks. This “rotation” of money flow into equity funds is...

Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs closed at five year highs on Thursday in response to good economic reports and potential settlement in the debt ceiling debateDecember housing starts came in at...