ETF Analysis & Opinion

In 2001, an economist coined an acronym that typified investing in the initial decade of this century. Indeed, “BRIC” became part and parcel of our vocabulary.BRIC regards four of the...

U.S. stocks and ETFs headed south on Tuesday as investors worried over the fiscal cliff negotiations and the most recent solution for Greece.With just 34 days left to reach the fiscal cliff and only...

The pullback in the U.S. stock market continued on Tuesday as some of last week's gains were wiped out. The move lower in stock prices came despite US consumer confidence hitting a 5-year high. Market...

There is no denying that investors have embraced emerging markets bond ETFs in a significant way this year. Soaring assets under management totals for these ETFs speak to their popularity with...

Utilities have been taking a beating lately, as the worst performer of the S&P sectors over the last six months, down 1.59% while the S&P 500 is up over 7%.Heavy SellingTat type of drop make...

The Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Index etf (IYR) is testing critical levels. If one is aggressive and believes in shorting, a decent risk-reward opportunity has presented itself. As you can see from the...

Shares of the widely traded ETF Powershares QQQ Trust (QQQ) have made a one week jump that is impressive. It would even be more impressive if some of the critical resistance levels, previously broken...

Last week, the important and highly followed retail sector surged sharply higher around the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The Market Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) has advanced higher by move than $2.00 since...

If investors are worried about the threat from the fiscal cliff, it's not obvious in the recent price trends for the major asset classes. Our ETF proxies for the primary slices of the world's capital...

The S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-Z2) were trading lower, this morning, as the U.S. markets opened to the downside and stayed there through early trading. Many traders and investors are now...

It was obviously positive that stocks continued building on their gains since bouncing off their mid-November lows, and did so on higher volume last Friday. However, it’s still too early to...

Technically SpeakingRSI- the RSI has continued to follow the movement of the SPY. The recent move up was expected after the stock hit an oversold level. A rebounded was expected. The recent move up is...