ETF Analysis & Opinion

In uptrending markets, a vast majority of our ETF trading entries are Breakouts to new highs and Pullbacks to near-term support levels of strongly trending ETFs. However, we sometimes take advantage...

Here's a trade idea using the Materials Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLB): The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance...

Stocks and ETFs opened the week lower as market participants waited for the German Constitutional Court ruling on Wednesday and Dr. Bernanke’s announcement and press conference coming on...

Two thirds of 2012 passed before we saw the first new VIX-based exchange-traded product and it turned out to be an interesting one -- the First Trust CBOE S&P 500 Tail Hedge Fund ETF (VIXH), which...

Canada has seen its equity markets power higher recently, possibly on the Chinese stimulus announcement as well as the "risk on" period we've been experiencing in the U.S. The Canadian iShares ETF...

The holiday shortened week left the S&P 500 (SPY) near annual highs up +2.2%. Heading into next week’s heavy economic calendar and FOMC meeting, major index and sector ETFs are broadly...

The following notes are from comments I recently gave on the pitfalls of investing in nontraditional ETFs.Regulators would be wise to keep an eye on non-traditional ETFs. The original ETF structure is...

When gold ETFs broke out on August 31, we bought DB Gold Double Long (DGP), a leveraged version of the popular SPDR Gold Trust (GLD). In the following day’s commentary, we briefly pointed out...

This morning, many of the leading oil service stocks are struggling to catch a bid higher. Today, the important Market Vectors Oil Services EFT (NYSEARCA:OIH) is trading lower by 0.01 cent to $39.92 a...

The Tech sector is the new king of the mountain when it comes to dividend payouts. The latest data shows that the high flying growth sector of the past several decades has matured and now edges...

Gold and silver have been en fuego, with gold breaking over 1700 again to start September. Whenever these precious metals run, the equity trader immediately turns their thoughts towards the...

The Weekly percentage comparison chart below shows that there has been a divergence in market movement, so far, this year between the SPX and EEM. This year, the SPX made a higher closing swing high...

Throughout the latter half of last week, we were stalking DB Gold Double Long (DGP), a gold ETF that is a leveraged version of the popular SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), for potential buy entry (review our...