ETF Analysis & Opinion

From Shanghai to Jakarta, emerging markets and the ETFs that track them have experienced difficulties in recent months. One issue plaguing developing markets, particularly the BRICS quintet, has been...

If you are the adventurous sort and happen to find yourself strolling the streets of Tripoli, Libya, you may smell the familiar aroma of cinnamon buns baking. U.S. bakery chain Cinnabon opened a new...

The U.S. Sector and Basic ETF Portfolios have been updated for August.Key Points Follow:U.S. Sector Momentum – The U.S. Sector Momentum Portfolio rotated from Technology (XLK) into Consumer...

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...

Bulls have refused to let the market break down. Last week, the ECB’s Mario Draghi came to the rescue by pledging to do “whatever it takes” to support the euro, which launched a big...

A recent article from Schwab included the text below—after some ETN bashing:Why would anyone buy an ETN? Given that ETNs carry credit risk, you might wonder why anyone uses them at all. But...

This morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-U2) are trading higher by 4.50 points to 1379.00 per contract. The market moving institutions are all waiting to hear what the Federal Reserve...

India, the world's second-largest country by population, is in the midst of a power outage that has left as many 600 million citizens without electricity. Some Indians are now into a second day...

The buy/sell strategy for the portfolio is simple: purchase the top ETFs based on a combination of their 6 month returns, 3 month returns, and 3 month volatility (lower volatility receives a higher...

A few solid days of broader market action has been good for more than just investor sentiment. The bang with which stocks finished last week has helped the technical fortunes of plenty of ETFs. Add to...

Here is the ETF Professor's ETF Watch for Monday July 30, 2012:Keep an eye on the iShares Dow Jones US Telecom Fund (NYSE: IYZ) and the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology Index Fund (NASDAQ: IBB). The...

When I was a new stock trader many years ago, one of the most psychologically challenging aspects of swing trading was continually maintaining the discipline and patience to wait for stocks and ETFs...