ETF Analysis & Opinion

The leading gold mining stocks have been declining lower since February 29, 2011. At that time, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) was trading as high as $57.91 a share. This afternoon,...

Shares of the ETF Powershares Nasdaq 100 QQQ Trust (NYSE: QQQ) seem to be in an unstoppable advance. But there are clouds ahead. Looking back to the rally highs reached on October 31, 2007 and the...

Below is chart for GLD that I have frequently updated.The weekly chart shows a long-term price channel which began in 2008. Key fibonacci price levels are also shown in blue.You will see below that we...

Dr. Bernanke hints at monetary easing and markets soarAs he has done so often since the onset of the financial crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke confirmed continued easy monetary policy...

The XLE’s Head and Shoulders pattern is confirmed for its target of $68.It will be interesting to see whether this pattern turns officially complex by closing the gap created last Thursday to...

The week ended on an encouraging note for bullion investors, but can we trust this rally? Only with caution. Our hunch is that it was a false start and that precious-metal futures and mining stocks...

Someone sent us this Bloomberg chart that shows the SPY ETF equity option "skew" (implied volatilities across different strike levels) for options with a 1-month maturity. Strike price is shown as a...

Shorting equity volatility has been an amazing trade in recent months. For example here is a chart of VXX, the VIX futures ETF, collapsing below the pre-2011-crisis levels. ETFs like VXX roll the...

Further to my last weekly market update, here is a summary of where money flow ended for Week 4 of March 2012. The Weekly charts below of YM, ES, NQ & TF show that YM & ES made a...

The VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short-term Exchange Traded Note (ETN), symbol TVIX, from Credit Suisse has been in the news this week due to its price collapse. The company halted share creations on...

Markets and ETFs appear to be limbo, as Friday’s miniscule gains tried to counter earlier losses.  Will the bulls find the strength to push on?Major indexes and index ETFs rose Friday, with...

The first quarter of 2012 has been nothing short of exciting, as Europe managed to take us to the edge of the cliff and back again with another wild ride of bailouts and financial manipulation. In...

This is a response to a post by ‘Gary L’ suggesting that my permabear bias may be clouding my judgment about trades and investmentsGary, you haven’t taken the Hidden Pivot course,...

One month and one day after Credit Suisse (CS) announced the suspension of new creation units in the VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (TVIX), the issuer announced Friday that it plans to...