ETF Analysis & Opinion

While there was a lot going on in the sector space during the rally from October to April and the pullback earlier in the month, I have yet to see any sort of detailed explanation of what happened...

Let me be one of a few thousand commenting on Apple’s (AAPL) earnings as they affect primary technology ETFs where the weighting in the company is extraordinarily high. Depending on any given...

April brought the first real bump in volatility for the year. However, last week equities put in a steady incline, closing up nicely on the week for roughly a breakeven monthly performance. In fact,...

Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs climbed back to the ceiling this past week but failed to break higher.  Shrugging off weak economic reports and focusing on overall strong U.S earnings reports,...

This listing includes the municipal bond ETFs that have proliferated over the past few years as issuers have discovered a reasonable way to price related indexes. After all, since bonds are a...

ETFs in the real estate investment trust (REIT) sector have been steadily higher over the past few months. And, even as equity markets overall have seen uneven performance REIT-based ETFs have been...

There's a ton of market news this morning. Last night, Standard & Poors downgraded Spain's debt to BBB+ from A, with a negative outlook. Then this morning, Spain announced unemployment had climbed...

Per usual, Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) dazzled when it delivered second-quarter earnings after the bell on Tuesday, but there's no rest for the weary in tech-land as e-commerce giant Amazon.com (Nasdaq:...

At the moment investment grade bonds with their low yields and risky exposure to interest rates are unattractive places to put your money.  Broad equity indexes like the S&P 500 have higher...

The best opportunities arise when there is a "divergence from the consensus." This phrase often refers to analysts' profit forecasts, and the wide range of estimates spells opportunity if you know on...

For some investors a “one size fits all” approach can be more compelling. After all, it’s easier to deal with just one ETF in a sector than trying to deal with many different...

Biotech sectors have seen recent outperformance primarily due to recent M&A activity particularly with Human Genome Sciences (HGSI). Perhaps more importantly there exists the prevailing belief...

Europe is in big trouble, and the trouble is getting worse, much worse listening to all the news lately. Why it is getting worse is that it is now apparent that neither the left nor the right has a...

What Is The VIX and How Can You Trade Stock Market Volatility?The VIX, as defined by Investopedia.com, is “the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index, which shows the...