Trend Analysis

IndexIQ recently cleared the $1 billion in assets milestone as the firm’s alternative ETFs focused on hedge fund strategies and commodities gain traction. The company’s chief executive in a recent interview said some investors are using its hedge fund, inflation hedged and real estate ETFs as fixed...

Exchange traded fund providers have focused in on alternative index weighting methods as existing products have been on a winning streak. Non-market cap-weighted ETFs have accounted for about $31.4 billion assets year-to-date, according to BlackRock data. “ETFs are not just about passive...

Is it possible for a stock to have a market value north of $301 billion, a year-to-date gain of 25.6% and still not find significant representation among ETFs? Yes, it is. Such is life for Internet search giant Google (NasdaqGS: GOOG). Despite those lofty accolades, Google is arguably...

I was saying last week that punches well above the weekly upper bollinger band were a rare event, and I’ve been looking more at those this morning to see what happened after previous instances. Since the start of 2006 I have only found two instances of this and these were as follows: - Q2 Start [...]

The exchange traded fund industry is growing at a faster pace than the mutual fund business. However, experts say the new phase of ETF growth will be dependent on sales and distribution as it becomes more difficult for funds to stand out in an increasingly crowded field. “We’re close to...

I will keep this post as brief as possible. We are still in an uptrend and no significant news reports are on the schedule today. Support: 1660.00-1661.25, also keep in my that this zone puts into play the Value Area low at 1662.50 Midpoint: 1665.50-1666.50 Resistance: 1669.75-1670.75 Here is the chart: Very well defined range [...]

With global equities up more than 25% since their bottom last June, many investors are wondering: “Is it too late to move cash from the sidelines? Should I wait for a pullback?” My answer to both questions: no, with a caveat. As I write in my latest Market Perspectives piece, while stock prices...

PowerShares S&P 500 Low Volatility (NYSEArca: SPLV) has seen its outperformance versus the overall market erased the past month as the junkiest stocks lead the way in the rally’s latest leg. The ETF, which is designed to invest in stodgier companies with the lowest share-price fluctuations, had...

The last eight Tuesdays have been up. Let's see if we get nine in a row. The next supports are at 1650 and 1660ish. As long as these two levels hold, the short-term trend is still up.