ETF Analysis & Opinion

Shares of Market Vectors Gold Miners (NYSE: GDX)) continue to move lower, having already broken below an important support level. GDX has already moved into bear market territory after dropping from...

Bears are on the prowl and Apple (AAPL) could sink the world.   It was a bad week for global equities as troubling news jumped out like a bogeyman from a dark closet in the fun house of...

Talk about a reversal of fortune — last week we identified early overbought conditions, only to finish the first week of May broadly oversold on strong downward reversion momentum. In fact, the...

The 4/25 gap has been swallowed up on the poor jobs report and money coming off the table ahead of european elections. Volume is a bit higher than normal, but only just so. I expect SPY support...

Indexes and index ETFs continued their sell off Friday as Europe, oil, and US economic reports continued to burn .  Major markets and index ETFs continued the “sell in May and go...

This morning, the major stock indexes have been declining since the opening bell. Often, when the major stock indexes decline, the U.S. Dollar Index will come to the rescue by declining intra-day, but...

I think one of the largest areas for practical investigation in finance is reviewing dollar-weighted versus time weighted returns, especially for vehicles that are traded heavily. I am going to try to...

This is the institutional way to say, Sell in May and go away, and in looking at the handsome gains in some of the so-called bull market sectors in the context of reversing uptrends, it probably makes...

Asset allocation is tough, because the correlations are not stable. Here’s an example: in the '90s, at many conferences that I went to, I was told that one of the smartest moves you could make...

On Friday morning, the S&P 500 Index e-mini futures (ES-M2) traded higher by 4.00 points to 1401.50 per contract. The catalyst for the slightly higher futures market was a stronger European stock...

Weak economic reports and fears over Europe put U.S. stocks and ETFs on edge as they struggle for higher ground.Today started with good news as the Department of Labor reported a decline in weekly...

Remember this free ETF Prophet tool? It can be found under the menus above. Note, however, a significant supportive volume spike is registering here at key levels.Sour InternalsYesterday’s lows...

There are a number of studies which  have shown relative strength to be an important factor leading to portfolio outperformance.Portfolio Cafe embraces these studies and fact, utilizes this...