ETF Analysis & Opinion

Global markets turn green on Greece bailout hopesApparently Greece was able to successfully pull off the largest sovereign debt restructuring event in financial history today as somewhere between...

The two-day bounce in equities after Tuesday’s trouncing has been a nice respite from the pullback that many are expecting, but in looking at the charts of the equity indices in the context of...

It’s clear that the volatility ETN/ETFs have begun to dominate the VIX Futures market.  What isn’t clear is whether it matters. Volatility isn’t  a commodity like gold or...

Major stock indexes and ETF rally on the prospect of more “free money” from the Federal Reserve and more consumer debt.In a relatively quiet day on Wall Street yesterday, major stock...

Yesterday's gap-down "shock drop" in foreign ETFs was accompanied by a big volatility spike in each one at levels seen in September/October 2011 during large declines in these markets, as shown on the...

The markets are taking a beating today on the back of major worries out of Greece and the rest of the European Union. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) is trading at $134.64, -2.11 (-1.54%)....

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard recently wrote an article entitled Plateau Oil meets 125 Chinese cars, in which he discusses why oil prices haven't fallen despite the anemic nature of global economic growth...

Major global stocks and ETFs flash fundamental and technical warningsIn a relatively slow day of trading yesterday, major U.S. and global stocks and ETFs flash warning signals on both technical and...

Further to my last weekly market update, here is a summary of where money flow ended for Week 1 of March, 2012.The Weekly charts below of YM, ES, NQ & TF show that the YM, ES and NQ made a higher...

It is difficult to gauge sentiment at the moment.  Market sentiment is counter-intuitive but actually very logical.  If there are too many bulls, the market can tilt in the other direction...

“Change must always be balanced with some degree of consistency.” - Ron D. BurtonI think its always important for investors to pay attention to the news, but to do so with an eye towards...

The holiday-shortened week offered a mixed performance among the major indices. While the S&P 500 (SPY) eked out a slight +0.1% gain with the Apple-driven NASDAQ 100 (QQQ) better still, the...

Bulls struggle and fail in face of heavy resistanceMajor Indexes and ETFs recouped yesterday’s loses today, however markets still face massive headwinds to break.  The S&P 500 gained...