ETF Analysis & Opinion

Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs hit the ceiling (again) unable to break through significant resistanceMajor U.S. stock indexes and related exchange traded funds added slight gains for the week as...

Friday the market stalled heading into the close, but at this point I think it’s going to take some sort of blow off top to put an ending to this upward grind. It feels like every day is some...

The fundamental “something” that is coming started to show up in DXY and EURUSD today but in reverse form than what the intraday and daily charts were suggesting with DXY nearing the...

ETFs and Indexes bounce back today on positive economic reportsMajor indexes and ETFs rebounded today after yesterday’s losses.  The S&P 500 added .43%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

Of the many risks facing the US economy, the one I find most immediately concerning is the rapidly increasing rise in gas prices. My latest weekly gasoline update showed a 36-cent rise in gas prices,...

Yesterday afternoon, the major stock indexes were trading slightly lower on the trading day. Earlier, the Dow Jones Industrial Average pierced the psychological 13,000 level. After that high was made...

The financial stocks have now led the major stock indexes higher since late November 2011. Traders and investors that have followed the financial sector very closely know that every crisis over the...

Tuesday the XLB nearly took over its all-important third Bull Fan Line in its daily chart and something that would have put the materials sector in-line with the other S&P sectors and that means a...

Major markets and index ETFs continued to dislike Greece Major markets and index ETFs fell yesterday after Greece and Europe continued their drama and the tech sector bubble started to...

Putting aside the fact the copper should probably be leading the risk rally train, it seems worth noting that this economic bellwether has failed to reverse the downtrend created out of last...

Periodically on Scott’s Investments I analyze the technical picture for Gold and its corresponding ETF, GLD (SPDR Gold Shares ETF). Before I get to the technical picture, let’s...

Monday comes and goes with no agreement on Greece until a late night settlement on Greece.European finance ministers met in Brussels Monday deep into the night and finally, in the wee hours,...

Major U.S. stock indexes and ETFs vastly overbought on global optimism.Stocks and ETFs shook off European gloom and doom amid positive economic reports last week to climb higher into resistance and...

SPDR’s DIA  Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF went ex-dividend February 17th with a dividend of $0.3315—about 0.25% of its current price of $129.  The dividend will be...