ETF Analysis & Opinion

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...

As noted last week, the spread of the coronavirus has had little impact on the markets so far. “The market bounced firmly off the 50-dma and rallied back to new highs on Thursday. While Friday...

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...

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...

S&P 500 (SPY (NYSE:SPY))Stocks finished the day mostly flat after that sharp lower opening to start the day. It was pretty much as I called it this morning, a day to fill the gap. Again, this is a...

Today, the Modern Family’s Grand Dad (NYSE:IWM) broke out of the 6-day range I’ve been highlighting. It was also the only index to close over yesterday’s high. This is bullish...

Wall Street Retreats As Methodology Shift Boosts Virus Cases U.S. indices recovered some ground after an early sell-off yesterday, but still finished in the red, as China changed the methodology for...

There has been a multi-day consolidation in ES recently, which obviously went in favor of bulls. Maybe another consolidation is the best that bears can hope for. Honestly, I don’t advise picking...

More than any other time during the past two years, investors who've been watching closely to see how industrial giant General Electric's (NYSE:GE) turnaround takes shape finally have some reasons to...

(Thursday Market Open) Anyone who went to bed last night thinking the market’s coronavirus fears had faded got a rude awakening this morning. Stocks fell sharply overseas and U.S. futures...