ETF Analysis & Opinion

As the market awaits the Federal Reserve FOMC Rate Decision, Apple Inc. (AAPL) has faded from an opening gap up to the negative side. This continued weakness ahead of earnings is something to note....

Wednesday morning, the important Dow Jones Transportation Index traded lower by 1.09 percent. The transportation sector is followed closely by many traders and investors as a leading indicator. Often,...

Index ETFs continue to decline alongside equity marketsIndex ETFs declined further yesterday, as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) dropped an additional .28%, the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF...

Shares of the ETF Powershares Nasdaq 100 Index Trust (QQQ) have fallen to an important support level.QQQ is right at $65.35, the 200-day moving average line. This is used by many as the measure of a...

Markup comparison of the October versus September Federal Open Market Committee/ FOMC statements below:For immediate releaseInformation received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in...

Shares of the ETF SPDR S&P 500 Trust (SPY) fell decisively below a critical support level on Tuesday, October 23rd.Back on May 19th, 2008 SPY closed at a bear market rally high. That high has been...

TrimTabs President & CEO Charles Biderman joined thestreet.com to discuss the TrimTabs Float Shrink ETF (TTFS), which has outperformed the market -- specifically, dividend ETFs -- since its...

The mid-cap value style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of...

Fund holdings affect fund performance more than fees or past performance. A cheap fund is not necessarily a good fund. A fund that has done well in the past is not likely to do well in the future...

ETF investors followed futures traders in reducing their holdings in gold last week. The reduction of just 3.2 percent was the first reduction in 12 weeks and occurred as gold increasingly fell victim...

Over the past week, we have been noticing an interesting and notable divergence between the performance of U.S. broad-based ETFs and select emerging markets ETFs. The PowerShares QQQ Trust (QQQ),...

Many traders and investors are focusing on the corporate earnings that have been released over the past couple of weeks. While earnings have been somewhat on the weak side so far, it is the action in...

This morning, many of the leading agriculture stocks are trading higher despite the flat market action in the major stock indexes. This tells us that the agriculture sector has some early relative...

This morning, many of the leading retail stocks are struggling to catch a bid higher on the session. The popular and highly followed Market Vectors Retail ETF (RTH) is trading trading lower by 0.10...