ETF Analysis & Opinion

Yesterday, the S&P did a good job reversing Wednesday's bearish cloud cover, clawing back all losses and remaining above breakout support. Technicals aren't all there yet; the ADX (+DI/-DI) joined...

There’s been no place to hide for US equity beta strategies this year, but the distribution of pain varies widely from a risk-factor perspective, based on a set of representative exchange-traded...

While Friday was a day for sellers, it didn't undercut the initial lows established by the breakdown gaps. While markets remain in a short period of stasis, given recent volatility, they are unlikely...

In market terms, what threatening factors have come out of hiding?A term I have not heard used commonly for 40 years is money supply. In fact, I have not even thought about M1 and M2 since the days of...

Following last night’s overall improvement in prices on a technical basis, our focus today will be on indices. Major indices in the US and Germany managed to bounce from the 38.2% Fibonacci...

At a time when many investors are taking a hard look at their portfolios, good information is more important than ever. Sadly, it is even harder to come by. There is no substitute for applying your...

After inside days in three of the four indices, Monday traded in an even tighter range. This made for some choppy trading conditions in the indices and many stocks. Again, we have a good technical...

There’s no doubt portfolios everywhere are whipsawing due to the selloff.But I’ve got good news for you: going by the historical record, this pullback will likely be shorter than most...

On Thursday, we saw the worst jobless claims number in history (and by far). Yet, the S&P 500 futures rallied over 200 points from their overnight lows. So, are we to believe that the...

S&P 500 (SPY)It is likely to be another hectic and volatile week for stocks. The implied volatility levels over the next seven days are around 70.9%, and that means the SPY ETF could rise or fall...

The market loves the stimulus by both the Banks and the Government. Or at least, we can thank both as to why the market stopped the bleed and rallied in some cases, over 20% off the lows. In the...

We came into yesterday with Transportation (NYSE:IYT), Retail (NYSE:XRT), Biotechnology (NASDAQ:IBB), and the Russell 2000 (IWM) all having inside weeks.Tuesday, considering the storm...

I expected a 5-10% rally off the lows.What I did not expect, was it to happen in one day. However, the bigger question now is, is there more? Fundamentally, the problems are still very much...

Let’s look at some potentially good news, plus focus particularly on the Regional Banks ETF (NYSE:KRE).On January 16th I wrote a blog about the Regional Banks ETF. At the time I observed,...