ETF Analysis & Opinion

I saw a headline this week that really caught my eye: “Saudis Cut Oil Output to Lowest in a Year.” Generally, Saudi Arabia cuts its oil output for one and only reason: demand has slackened...

The U.S. stock market closed lower a day after the Federal Reserve announced additional quantitative easing and said that interest rates would remain low until either the unemployment rate fell below...

Index ETFs continued to slide after fiscal cliff negotiations stalled once moreIndex ETFs declined further today, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) losing .61%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Thursday morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-Z2) traded unchanged at $1427.25 per contract. The markets moving institutions seem to be on the fence before the opening bell as there is...

The U.S. stock market added to a string of losses on Friday in the wake of the announcement of more quantitative easing by the Federal Reserve earlier in the week. Worries about the fiscal cliff and...

Why is the budget battle as monumental an issue as it is? Over the last 50 years, the U.S. federal government has spent an average of 20% of its economic output (GDP). It has only averaged 18% of GDP...

Finding the best ETFs is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many ETFs to choose from. You Cannot Trust ETF Labels There are at least 38 different large cap value ETFs and at least 216...

One month ago the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was trading at $134.75. Panic was rampant in the media as stocks like Apple Inc. (AAPL) collapsed lower. The media and analysts on CNBC advised...

Physically backed industrial metal ETFs, and specifically the copper ETF, is back in the conversation — namely as it relates to LME stocks and copper prices.A topic covered by MetalMiner...

The price action on Wall Street was disheartening for the bulls on Wednesday. Despite extremely dovish commentary from the Federal Reserve in its FOMC statement from the Decemeber meeting, equity...

While the market seemed generally unimpressed by the Federal Reserve's pledge to hold interest rates down until the U.S. unemployment rate drops below 6.5 percent, the usual suspects among ETFs...

Index ETFs finish mixed and flat after way too much QE4 and Congressional bickering Where do we start with the debacle of our Index ETFs and United States as a whole? The SPDR S&P 500 ETF gained...

The Fed's new monetary stimulus program announced yesterday (Wednesday) is geared towards shoring up the housing/mortgage market which, they hope, will, in turn, stimulate consumer/corporate/investor...

Thursday morning, many of the leading energy stocks came under early selling pressure. The important and highly followed Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE) traded lower by 0.28 cents to $71.88 a share....