ETF Analysis & Opinion

While writing about the attractive price of Pan American Silver (PAAS) and the seemingly imminent breakout for silver (SLV), I neglected to note that SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) has already broken out from...

With several red letter days just ahead in September, the month will be one to remember for global stock markets and ETFs.Summer drew to a close this week on light volume and market hopes for more...

While the Gulf Coast is dealing with far too much rain, food prices are reflecting the effects of the worst drought in 50 years in the corn-, soybean-, and wheat-raising areas of the US, to which are...

Towards the end of last year we felt there was an interesting opportunity to be long equities hedged with a short position in the euro. Our thinking was that equities were attractively priced as long...

The problem with taking a vacation is that, alas, you eventually have to come home. And given the ubiquity of smart phones and wifi access, you’re never really “away” to begin with. ...

I've been posting a monthly moving average update for the five ETFs in featured in Mebane Faber and Eric Richardson's Ivy Portfolio since the spring of 2009, when I featured my review of the book. In...

As we head into the homestretch of summer and the Labor Day holiday weekend, investors are anxious to see if next week brings elevated volume and the reinforcements to help the bulls break out....

The WisdomTree Europe Hedged Equity Fund (NYSE: HEDJ) will commence trading today, but this is not a new ETF. Rather, HEDJ's Europe-only focus is a new twist on an ETF that debuted nearly three years...

So far this year investors have poured billions into high dividend strategy ETFs. Yet almost all the big dividend ETFs have underperformed the market, even after including reinvested dividends. On the...

After bouncing off five-year lows, VIX stalls at its 50-day moving average.VIX, the CBOE S&P 500 Volatility Index, also known as the “fear index,” recently hit five-year lows, bounced...

Shares of Ishares Silver Trust (NYSE: SLV) have rallied from correction lows near $25.00 a share. There could be higher highs ahead.Those lows were reached back in January 2011, again in December 2011...

This morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-U2) are trading higher by 1.50 points to 1409.25 per contract. Many traders and investors are waiting to hear the Ben Bernanke speech on Friday...

“Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.” -- Brian TracyMuch of my posts, here on Investing.com of late, have focused on Silver...

One potential ETF trade entry on our radar screen this week is SPDR Gold Trust (GLD), a commodity ETF that tracks the price of spot gold futures. We have not discussed trading this Gold ETF for a long...