ETF Analysis & Opinion

Real estate is hot – sizzling, in fact, based on last week’s trading activity. In relative and absolute terms, REITs in the US delivered a spectacular run for the trading week ended Friday...

I recently discussed putting market corrections into perspective, in which we looked at the financial impact of a 10-60% correction. But what happens afterward?During strongly advancing, and very long...

Doug McMillon has done a great job focusing on Walmart (NYSE:WMT) on the e-commerce threat and opportunity, but over the long run—regardless of how fiscal 2020 or the next few years turn...

Britain's two largest banks, HSBC (NYSE:HSBC) and Lloyds (NYSE:LYG) reveal their full-year results this week. Here’s what to expect:HSBC Results Restructuring & Outlook in FocusWhen -...

There wasn't a whole lot to Friday's action, but the one thing which was important was the successful defense of the Russell 2000 channel breakout. As a bonus, the NASDAQ is running alongside channel...

US indices fell Friday amid caution about the spread of the CoVid-19 ahead of the long weekend in the US. Today is President’s Day, so liquidity and volumes could be limited. China, Hong Kong...

Market Indexes: The market is reacting first and foremost to news about the coronavirus, even more than to earnings releases and economic reports. This week was an up week, as fears about the...

After taking a few days off, I saw that the Russell 2000 IWM closed at 164.88 a week ago, marginally hanging onto its 50-Daily Moving Average. Then, Monday the 10th, IWM had an inside day. Tuesday, it...

Going Long Into the Weekend? Stocks had an uneventful day on Friday, with the S&P 500 rising by about 20 bps to finish at 3,380. I’m modestly surprised we didn’t see stocks move lower...

One of our top large-cap ideas here is Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), which is currently trading at $214.18. Facebook made a new all-time high a few weeks ago, on Jan. 29, at $224.20, corrected 10.3% after...

It appears there's nothing that can stop the upward momentum of the U.S. stock market. The S&P 500, for example, is up eight of the last 10 days and 15 of the past 19 weeks.Despite the coronavirus...

The S&P 500 earnings yield has retreated again, down to close to 5%—at 5.20% to be exact. This level is always worrisome.Here is the article from last December ’19 on the low S&P...

Pre-Open Market AnalysisThe Emini formed an outside up day and another new all-time high. However, it sold off to close in the middle of the day’s range.The bulls hope that the 2-week rally is a...

The blue-chip corporations that make up the Dividend Aristocrats are a tribute to the power of dividends. They have raised their payouts for 25 straight years or more and, most importantly, made many...