ETF Analysis & Opinion

Index ETFs decline slightly in anticipation for earnings season tomorrowIndex ETFs declined slightly today, likely in correction after last week’s gains and in anticipation for the new earnings...

This morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-H3) are trading lower by 2.50 points to $1455.25 per contract. It seems that some profit taking is coming into the market before the opening...

Technically SpeakingRSI- The S&P 500 SPDR's (SPY) recent high is a very strong resistance point and it will be interesting to see if the stock can push through now. The recent low barely pushed...

Coal stocks continue to steadily emerge from a brutal bear market over the past 2 years. Last week Market Vectors' Coal ETF (KOL) broke above its 30-week moving average for the first time since early...

After the powerful New Year rally, U.S. stocks and ETFs now face a moment of truth.U.S. stocks and ETFs started 2013 with a bang as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIA) gained 331 points from its...

In early September, the European Bank (ECB) put its money where Mario Draghi’s mouth was. Specifically, the congregation of decision makers agreed to purchase unlimited amounts of short-term,...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, as the last day of 2012 approached Gold (GLD) continued to look lower while Crude Oil (USO) showed an upside trend continuing. The...

For anyone who pays attention to the VIX exchange-traded products space, 2012 was the year of the inverse (short) VIX futures ETP. The graphic below recaps the performance of the VIX ETPs that were...

Income investors who do not want, or who may not use, energy infrastructure securities that generate K-1 tax reports, can turn to energy infrastructure funds that generate 1099-DIV tax reports (or an...

There’s a tendency in the financial media to wrap-up calendar years with a focus on the “winners” and “losers.” Inevitably, a large number of unsophisticated investors...

Our nightly ETF screening on Thursday did not turn up many actionable swing trade setups at the moment, which is to be expected after such a big gap up in the market. Nevertheless, we were able to...

Index ETFs fell slightly today after the Fed released their “running out of bullets” FOMC MinuteIndex ETFs fell slightly today, likely in reaction to the disappointing Fed FOMC minutes,...

Blackstone (BX) Vice Chairman Byron Wien published his always highly anticipated list of yearly surprises on Wednesday, a tradition Wien started in 1986 when he was the Chief U.S. Investment...

Congress got its act together just enough to stave off the fiscal cliff. Unfortunately, they merely added a long “pirate plank” to the edge of the cliff, as spending was not addressed. So...