ETF Analysis & Opinion

Thursday had left bearish candlesticks across the indices but Friday's gain was an attempt at least to eat into this supply. Buyers weren't able to completely negate the bearish implications of these...

Risk Gauges backed off to neutral as U.S. equities put in a rather muted week, with the NASDAQ 100 down -.63% while Grandpa Russell (NYSE:IWM) picked up some lost ground by closing +.29%.Both the...

Market rally stalls at resistance, is the “bear market rally over?” That’s the question we have been discussing over the last few weeks. So far, most of it has played out exactly as...

It happens in every crisis: far too many people miss out on big gains (and dividends!) because they’re too focused on the last wipeout.You can see this tragic mistake throughout...

Every sector of the U.S. stock market has lost ground so far in 2020, but the dispersion of results is wide and health care shares have lost considerably less than the rest of the field, based on a...

Is the “Mother of all support tests in play currently?” It humbly looks like it to me friends! This 2-pack looks at the Banking Index and the Thomson Reuters Equal Weight Commodity Index...

The opening gaps lower could have evolved into something worse Monday, but indices did well to stay close to their open price, even managing an intraday rally, but not enough to make new highs.Again,...

For the first time since February, shares of U.S. companies rose for a second calendar week through the close of trading on Apr. 17. The rally echoed similar gains in foreign shares, based on a set of...

It has been a relatively easy climb for indices with March capitulation volume now in the 'green' (i.e. anyone who bought stock in March will now be sitting on profit). The question for these buyers...

S&P 500 Index (top pane) vs Bank Index to S&P 500 Ratio (lower pane) As most investors know, the banks play a big role in the overall economy. Healthy banks tend to mean a healthy economy and...

Far too many investors ignore dividends, especially in a bull market. It’s easy to see why: with stocks racking up yearly double-digit gains, it’s tough to get worked up about a sub-2%...

With jobless claims early Thursday morning, followed by the weak bank stocks earnings reports, the market is at a precipice.Does the Fed come in once again to buy whatever they can? Or, will reality...

A mixed bag of action yesterday for the Russell 2000 (via iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM)) as bears created a 'bull trap island reversal' on the break—and subsequent move below $118. It was...

Everything points to another hard smash down for stocks, with the main question being whether or not the following weeks will include a new low, or a higher one that is accompanied by momentum and/or...