ETF Analysis & Opinion

Investors who have been trading the VIX futures, VIX options and VIX exchange-traded products in 2012 have no doubt observed that there has been a wide gulf between the volatility predicted by the VIX...

With last week’s dismal action in the Nasdaq index and tech sector, October could be another bad month for the Nasdaq.Much of the headline news last week was focused on the 25th anniversary of...

Hard to believe it after Friday’s big down move, but the S&P 500 (SPY) finished the week higher by just a fraction. The NASDAQ 100 and Russell 2000 were less fortunate, along with most...

The small-cap growth style ranks eighth 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...

The all-cap value style ranks seventh 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...

On our October 10 blog post, we explained how to increase your swing trading profits while also decreasing risk. Specifically, we discussed the power of trading a combination of both ETFs and...

The Large Cap Value style ranks fourth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my style rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of...

Earlier this week, in our ETF and stock swing trading newsletter, we posted a chart of CurrencyShares Euro Trust (FXE) that showed a bullish consolidation above long-term support of the 200-day moving...

Five years ago this month, the S&P 500 hit an all-time high of 1576. It closed yesterday, Wednesday, at 1461. Can the market make a run at that all-time high? Well, the biggest threat at the...

US stock indexes and ETFs hit the ceiling again today, unable to climb above recent highsU.S. stocks advanced slightly yesterday on strong economic news from the home builder sector but weak earnings...

Wednesday morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-Z2) traded higher by 3.25 points to $1452.50 per contract. The small rise in the stock futures come as the U.S. Dollar Index plunges lower....

Below are a Weekly chart and Daily chart of the Emerging Markets ETF (EEM). A very large Head and Shoulders pattern has been building on the Weekly timeframe since September 2009. Price is retesting...

The markets are trading at the highs of the day. This is the third straight up day on the indexes with the election looming in less than 3 weeks. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) is trading at...

The Energy Report: Bruno, since Global X Funds brought its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) to market in 2009, you have added another 30, the latest being the Global X MLP ETF (MLPA:NYSE). What is the...