ETF Analysis & Opinion

If you thought the TVIX (VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN) story was behind us, you might want to think again. No, I am not talking about the recent news that FINRA is “looking at the...

Major indexes and ETFs continue in sideways channel, waiting for a breakoutMajor U.S. stock indexes and ETFs continue in a sideways channel as important economic reports are coming up in the week...

Indexes and Index ETFs ended First Quarter 2012 on a mixed note – can the bulls keep up the charge for Q2 2012? What a great first quarter! And for the bulls’ sake, at least the...

The S&P 500 closed March with a gain of 3.13% from the February close. All three index signals indicated an invested position. See the specifics here. The Ivy Portfolio The table below shows the...

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...

Further to my last weekly market update, here is a summary of where money flow ended for Week 5 of March 2012.The Weekly charts below of YM, ES, NQ & TF show that YM, ES & NQ made a...

Events in Europe spooked markets out today despite improved initial jobless claims numbers and a flat GDP report. Major markets and index ETFs were mixed today as the S&P 500 declined .16%...

Here is a preview of the monthly moving averages I track early on the last business day of the month. All three S&P 500 and all five Ivy Portfolio ETF monthly moving averages are signaling...

Looking at the history of the volume spikes in the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is a lot like looking at the history of market sentiment, contrarian thinking and psychology....

Current Bias: "Defensive To Bearish"Short-term, the risk remains high, given the myriad of overbought conditions and negative technical divergences present, of which the probabilities still favor a...

China sells off on reports of weakening profits and U.S. indexes drift lower on poor durable goods report.  After hovering near significant resistance levels, U.S. stocks and ETFs drifted lower...

A continuation of yesterday’s late afternoon slide has closed the Bernanke inspired gap and run. It appears price is finding support near that level at the SPY $140 level going into the...

Whether or not I find it useful to flog the wounded horse otherwise known as the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (TVIX), it seems as if investors and the media insist that the wild and...

The VIX closed at 15.59 yesterday, just 0.03 points lower than the close of 15.62 on April 26, 2011, some eleven months ago. From a long-term perspective, not much has happened with the VIX, but for...