ETF Analysis & Opinion

Nearly four years ago Barclays introduced VXX, the first volatility Exchange Traded Product (ETP). Since that time 5 other companies in addition to Barclays have entered the volatility business. All...

Amid labor strife at South Africa's gold, diamond, palladium and platinum mines, the country's rand currency has been plunging. Standard & Poor's paring South Africa's credit rating by one notch...

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,737.50, EUR 1,337.36, and GBP 1,080.40 per ounce.Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,747.25, EUR 1,347.56 and GBP 1,086.87 per ounce. Gold dropped $18.00 or 1.03% in New...

Stocks and ETFs bounce higher to start the new weekMajor U.S. stock indexes and their related ETFs bounced higher on Monday to start the week on a positive note after last week’s sharp sell off....

Last week saw another rise in the amount of gold held through Exchange Traded Funds. It rose to a new record of 2,582 metric tonnes (MT) and has now increased by 165 MT since this current gold rally...

Given that the Nasdaq 100 Index (NDX) has been drifting lower for the past six days (including the flat closing price on October 12), the index may be becoming a bit “oversold” in the...

The Large Cap Blend style ranks first 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...

This report identifies the “best” ETFs and mutual funds based on the quality of their holdings and their costs. As detailed in “Low-Cost Funds Dupe Investors”, there are few...

Friday morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-Z2) traded higher by 3.25 points to $1431.75 per contract. Once again, the stock futures are catching a small bid as the U.S. Dollar Index...

U.S. stocks and ETFs start off strongly but fizzle into the closeU.S. stock markets and index ETFs got off to a strong start but fizzled in the last 30 minutes of trading to close mixed with some...

Dividend ETFs are very popular. After all, in a world where money-market funds earn nothing, a nice dividend yield sounds great. Dividend and mutual fund ETF portfolio managers are all over the...

We knew it was going to be fun, and it will continue to be so. As the world anticipates the big VP debate tonight and gears up for Obama's return to the podium and response to being pummeled in his...

It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 17 ETFs and 27 mutual funds in the Consumer Discretionary sector as of October 10, 2012. Figure 1 ranks from best to worst the...

The Materials sector ranks sixth out of the ten sectors as detailed in my sector rankings for ETFs and mutual funds. It gets my Neutral rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 10 ETFs and...