ETF Analysis & Opinion

Will U.S. politicians deliver the fiscal cliff for Christmas?With just eight days remaining in 2012 and the fiscal cliff arriving on December 31st, global financial markets begin to wonder if Santa...

The fiscal cliff steals the financial headlines on a daily basis. Yet in spite of increasing volatility and year-end uncertainty, the hot topic hasn’t moved the broader market’s needle....

The US stock market has taken a short-term breather before the market makes a final push to test all time highs, probably by the first week in January. I'm guessing we will get some kind of stopgap...

Add the MAXIS Nikkei 225 Index ETF (NKY) to the list of Japan ETFs that are seeing a noticeable uptick in assets under management. After the close of U.S. markets Friday, Precidian Funds, NKY's...

After another setback in negotiations over the looming fiscal cliff, the U.S. stock market incurred heavy losses on Friday to end the week. The market is starting to price in the very real possibility...

The U.S. stock market rose on Thursday ahead of the upcoming Christmas holiday. A stronger euro helped spur risk appetite as the market retraced some of Wednesday's losses. The Dow Jones Industrial...

Last week’s review of the macro market indicators suggested, heading into the last full week of the year, that there was still a bit of a cloud over the markets. Gold was biased lower within...

The country has a socialist president, one of the most overbearing state sectors of any developed country, some of the highest taxes in the world, and its concept of democratic government seems to...

Being a contrarian sucks most of the time, because, well, you're pretty much saying "black" when the rest of the world says "white", and they'll hate you for it. Of all the broad contrarian calls...

Fiscal cliff ticks one day closer with more hope than substance as debate continuesThe fiscal cliff debate took an unexpected turn today with two votes in the House of Representatives, one to cut...

Ten short weeks ago, financial journalists celebrated a growth stock renaissance in 2012, applauding the super-sized gains for growth funds and downplaying the performance of value-oriented...

For 30 to 90 days horizons SPX: Short the SPX on 11/26/12 at 1406.29.Monitoring purposes GOLD: Gold ETF GLD long at 173.59 on 9/21/11Long-Term Trend monitor purposes: Flat The blue arrows show when...

ETFs and stocks fall as fiscal cliff countdown continuesThe clock ticked closer to the fiscal cliff today as the White House and Congress couldn’t reach an agreement and the situation appeared...

It has been quite a year for VelocityShares' Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (TVIX). At the beginning of 2012, TVIX was trading about a million shares per day and was known to only a small group of...