ETF Analysis & Opinion

In early July, shares of many China-based companies hit their highest levels in recent weeks. The run-up in price followed a front-page editorial July 6th in the state-owned China Securities Journal,...

Stocks rose yesterday, aided by a $2.8 billion buy imbalance in the final 10 minutes of trading. The market, for the most part, struggled all day. The S&P 500 pretty much traded within the range...

The S&P didn't break resistance with any great fanfare yesterday, and the move lacked volume, but a breakout is a breakout. Technicals are in good shape with bullish momentum particularly strong,...

The upswing in the S&P 500 extended gains, yet retreated before yesterday's closing bell. To a certain degree, the accompanying bullish signals lost their luster too. The air is getting thinner as...

Stocks are drifting lower on July 22 as tensions between the US and China are on the front page over the closure of a Chinese consulate in Houston. The SPDR S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) ETF is trading down...

One of the most reliable safeguards against stomach-churning market volatility is diversification. By including a wide variety of investments in one's overall portfolio as well as stock portfolio,...

Following the rapid decline this past March of US benchmark indexes such as the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, many Americans returned to the broader markets afterward, assisted by unprecedented stimulus,...

S&P 500 Stocks are rising again, with the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY) trading around $326.85, and is likely to push higher to 329.40. Where there is has a resistance level, and then a gap fill...

Stocks rose yesterday, in what was one the strangest rallies I have seen in some time. The market had a sense of panic to it, just as much in the way stocks fall. It could be there was some...

The S&P made a small gain yesterday, but it may have been enough to register it as a breakout. Volume was light but the sentiment was not. The gain was enough to return a relative performance...

Three doji days in a row, and yet the S&P 500 action is telling. After breaking above the mid-June highs, Friday's close is within spitting distance of the June 8 top. And stocks are primed to...

It will be another big week for earnings with results coming from companies such as Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC). There won’t be much in the way of...

The name of the bond market game since COVID-19 hit, if it can be summarized in one sentence, is that “credit spread assets continue to make sense.” This graph from PIMCO was in their...

Friday offered a low key finish to the week with both the S&P and Russell 2000 left much as they were on Thursday—ready to break out. Technicals are net bullish, with the Russell 2000 (via...