Sector ETFs
Did You Miss The Bull Market?
Is it a good time to invest in stocks? That’s one of the questions I get asked the most. And during the last five years, it has been easy to say – Yes! But with stocks in a five year bull market and pushing to new highs again, I had begun to question whether it […]
3 Red Hot ETFs – XBI, PSCU, XTN
Stocks are moving higher in the wake of the midterm elections. As expected, the Republican Party took control of the Senate. Investors are clearly breathing a sigh of relief that the outcome didn’t create any additional uncertainty or volatility in the market. What’s more, the ADP employment report shows the US added 230,000 more jobs […]
Are Energy Stocks A Trick Or Treat?
It’s Halloween, but whatever scared investors a few weeks ago didn’t hang around for the spooky holiday. In fact, the fear index known as the VIX is right back in the range that indicates investors aren’t scared at all. Right now, neither the bears nor the bulls have much conviction right now. The bears are […]
Did You Give Into Fear Or Buy The Dip?
Last week the ‘fear index’, known as the VIX, spiked to its highest levels in 28 months… In short, the VIX measures the amount of volatility investors expect over the next 30 days. When the VIX is high – investors are fearful and expecting a lot of volatility in the next 30 days. And when […]
Retail ETF Showdown – XRT, RTH, PMR
Halloween is still a few weeks away… but we’re already seeing retailers prepping for the holiday season. Retailers are always anxious to get the holiday shopping season underway and they seem to get it started earlier every year. And after the disappointing September retail sales data, I’m sure they’re chomping at the bit to get […]
ETFs To ‘Buy The Dip’
It’s been a rough few weeks for stocks. The weakness that had been confined to small-cap and international stocks has spilled over into US large cap stocks. The S&P 500 is now 5% off its all-time high and threatening the 200-day moving average for the first time since 2012. Needless to say, the pullback has […]
Profit From The Fed’s Misguided Forecast – XLY, XLE, XLI
Over the last few weeks, the Fed and other central banks around the globe have taken center stage in the financial world. I’ve never seen more speculation about the Fed’s ‘dot plot’ about the committee member’s expectations for interest rates. In my opinion, it’s gotten a bit ridiculous. In short, the latest data indicates that […]
A Simple Way To Profit From A Steepening Yield Curve
After the latest Fed statement this week, it’s clear that the Fed will begin to normalize interest rates after years of ZIRP (zero interest rate policy). That has big implications for retirees that depend on fixed income investments to generate income. As we leave the unusual days of quantitative easing and ZIRP behind, it’s important […]
3 ETFs Holding Avago Technologies – SOXX, XSD, GURI
Avago Technologies (AVGO) is one of the top performing stocks in the S&P 500. Over the last month, AVGO is up 17.5%, over the last six months, it’s up 38.3%, and over the last year, it’s up a whopping 128.1%…. that’s an impressive performance any way you slice it. Needless to say, the Singapore-based technology […]
Contrarian Or Bandwagon?
The bull market for US stocks hasn’t missed a beat this year. Despite a host of issues that could have derailed the rally, the large cap index has continued to make one new high after another. It started the year at a new high of 1,850… it made a new high just shy of 1,900 […]
