ETF Analysis & Opinion

In trading on Friday, shares of the iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $225.94, changing hands as low as $223.58 per share. iShares PHLX...

After devouring the bears this month (+13% on average), the bulls needed some Tums to digest overeating this week. What happens next seems to be a coin toss. However, two things are clear, first,...

In my April 31st presentation on Stockcharts, I begin by walking you through the Economic Modern Family: (Russell 2000, Retail ETF (NYSE:XRT), Biotechnology ETF (NASDAQ:IBB), Regional Banking ETF...

Biggest Rally Since 1974Could “Sell In May” be a good risk strategy this year? Maybe, considering we asked a simple question last week: “Is the bear market rally over?”...

Recently, the Transportation Index and the S&P SPDR ETF (NYSE:SPY)setup topping patterns near the end of April 2020. In terms of technical triggers, these patterns need to see additional downside...

Is it Hi-Yo silver miners Time for miners? We could find out soon, as Silver Miners ETF (NYSE:SIL) is testing a key breakout level. The sharp decline in March saw SIL test the 2015 lows, creating the...

For the first time during this crash, as of yesterday, Small Caps (via iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE:IWM)) have begun to swing into a position of leadership with a breakout. The April 'bull...

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...

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...

Stocks finished the day lower by a modest 1.8% on the S&P 500. In regular times, that would be a lot, but these days aren’t normal times by any stretch of the imagination. How could they be...

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,...