ETF Analysis & Opinion

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the last week of the year there was a positive tone in the price action of equities. That said Gold (GLD) looked to...

European equity markets have been red hot with the Spanish Market (EWP) being one of the best since mid November. But there are signs that the run higher is at the end. The light blue band has been a...

High dividend stocks were all the rage in 2011 and 2012, as yield-starved investors hunted for income where they could find it. Yet two of the sectors best known as “high yield”...

Oil is nearing resistance as it moves towards its 200 ema and resistance from the broken support in October. This level was also capped by the 200 ema and the 91.47 level. A breakout of above the 200...

The CBOE’s VIX index gets mainstream exposure as the “fear index”, but there’s a lot more to volatility watching than the VIX. The VIX does a good job of measuring the current...

Volatility was back in the markets on Thursday as the Dow swung triple digits only to close the day near the flat line. The catalyst for the mid-day sell-off, after the major averages opened near...

The U.S. stock market fell sharply to end the week on Friday as hopes for a compromise on fiscal cliff negotiations waned late in the day. The final hour of trade saw particularly heavy selling,...

The S&P 500 traded in a 20-point range on Thursday, 12/27. And most of that activity was consistent with risk-off, “sell-it-all” fretfulness.What have investors been fretting? What...

The Nikkei 225, Japan's benchmark equity index, has surged almost nine percent in the past month as investors have bought into the notion that newly elected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could actually...

In simpler investing times, an investor purchased Treasury bonds for their reliable income stream. Today, the only reason to buy iShares 7-10 Year Treasury (IEF) is for the potential that worldwide...

Some of the Christmas cheer came out of the market on Wednesday as a pullback that began last week just below 1,450 in the S&P gained a little steam on the day. Investor anxiety appears to be...

ETFs and stocks drop for third straight day on Fiscal Cliff fears and poor Holiday retail sales.U.S. ETFs and stocks fell yesterday, the day after Christmas, in light Holiday trade as the Fiscal Cliff...

In general, most value investors like indexing. Buffett and many others agree on this. But why?1) Most value investors that I have known want ordinary people to have an option of doing pretty well,...

Two factors drive my overall rating of an ETF:Total annual costsQuality of holdingsMost investors are excellent at assessing the costs of funds. However, my study of ETF (and mutual funds) shows that...