ETF Analysis & Opinion

Sellers had managed to push indices back to support levels where buyers are looking to make a stand.  The S&P is down at the June swing low which is also the 50-day MA. Technicals are a...

Amid news of rising coronavirus cases in the US and elsewhere last week, investors favored bonds at the expense of risk assets, based on a set of exchange-traded funds representing the major asset...

Just at a time when investors thought our market rally might be nearly invincible, we’ve seen a pretty important reversal in the uptrend in recent days along with a meaningful breakdown in...

The week ended for markets with sellers in control. The damage was sufficient to put markets on warning for a bearish reversal—but the last such attempt in early June was quickly reversed by...

This past week, the financial sector saw some fireworks. The Volcker rule was rolled back, while the Federal Reserve decreased dividends and ruled against corporate buybacks. Where does the name...

Three overriding catalysts were driving the market correction this past week:The market had gotten a good bit ahead of fundamentals. The surge in COVID cases is undermining the V-shaped recovery...

As a rebound in US coronavirus cases threatens to undermine the economic recovery, it’s lonely at the top for growth and momentum, the lone equity factor strategies posting year-to-date gains...

Yesterday we heard a discordant orchestra. Today, the crescendo that had built up in NASDAQ, turned into decrescendo. And while NASDAQ sold off hard, the rat-a-tat of the Russell 2000, Retail...

The NASDAQ had been the lead index as it posted new all-time (post COVID-19) highs, but Wednesday's selling followed Tuesday's bearish gravestone doji; collectively, it looks like a bearish evening...

SPX monitoring purposes; Long SPX on 6/18/20 at 3115.34. Gold monitoring purposes GOLD: Sold GDX on 6/11/20 at 32.83=gain; long GDX on 6/8/20 at 32.79. Long-Term Trend SPX monitoring purposes: Short...

I’ve written critically of well-established mega-ETFs that are all in on FANMAG — Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Apple...

S&P 500 Stocks had an okay day yesterday, rising by about 50 basis points on the S&P 500. It could have been much better, but the index can’t get out of its way. There is something that...

I hear a symphony... Only there are some discordant notes. On the one side of the orchestra, we have NASDAQ FAANG and Tech building to a crescendo. On the other side we have the Russell...

S&P 500 Stocks finished the day higher yesterday, coming back from a move lower in the S&P 500 futures. It was a strange day, because, for some reason, there remains a stiff level of...