ETF Analysis & Opinion

As the XLF’s largest component at about 10%, Wells Fargo (WFC) is worth watching considering that this stock has corrected by just a little more than 10% at its worst YTD compared to some of the...

Friday’s light volume retrace on the equally ‘light’ jobs report erased gains for the week, leaving the S&P 500 (SPY) lower by -0.70% on the week. However, this move was also...

Goin’ down to the crossroadsI went down to the crossroads, fell down on my kneesDown to the crossroads, fell down on my kneesAsked the Lord above for mercy,‘Save me if you please’ --...

Looks can be deceiving. So can the performances of stocks and ETFs. Relying on the wrong performance time frame can lead investors to purchase the wrong ETF at the wrong time. Moreover, relying on the...

Stemming from a lack of cross-border diversification, country-specific ETFs expose investors to some level of political risk. This holds particularly true in emerging and frontier markets.   For...

Post summit euphoria is long forgotten as Europe’s crisis rolls onIt was an  ugly day in Europe as last week’s summit in Brussels is now a dim memory and old problems resurface.Here...

Global central banks jump into monetary easing in one frenzied hour on ThursdayGlobal economic data continues to be dismal and on Thursday, global central banks responded with what looked like a...

Whether this pattern is viewed in 60-minute or daily form, it shows clearly and there can be little doubt that it will produce a reversal of some sort as suggested strongly by the 60-minute version...

US markets finish flat yesterday as investors try to decide up or down US markets finished flat yesterday as investors continued to mull over Europe and bad economic data. Markets cannot seem to...

The McClellan Oscillator (Telechart T2106) is back to cautionary levels  for the immediate short term just like it was on 6/19/2012 right before a 3.2% correction in 4 days for the S&P 500....

June was a month of revival for most of the major asset classes. May's hefty and wide-ranging losses gave way to handsome gains in June. Alas, June's pop wasn't strong enough to erase May's red ink,...

The S&P Select Energy ETF (XLE) rallied sharply higher on Friday, helping to form a new main bottom on the weekly chart at $61.11 and putting the market in a position to breakout above seven weeks...