Trend Analysis

There’s been a lot of talk lately about Facebook, since its embarassing IPO happened a year ago. I just wanted to spend a moment reflecting on fame and entrepreneurship. First, let’s take a quick look at Facebook and, in the corner, Time Magazine’s Man of the Year from 2011: If making the cover of Time [...]

I long-ago abandoned trying to make sense of Priceline’s popularity as a company. I’ve tried to use the service many times, and I wasn’t impressed, but that’s just one person’s experience. This stock lurches to lifetime highs on a near-constant basis. Based on the latest break, I’d say it’s going to keep churning higher until [...]

I do the “ETF of the Week” for MarketWatch every Thursday on Chuck Jaffe’s MoneyLife Show where I highlight big movers and disappointments within the exchange traded fund market. Last Thursday, I focused on the Guggenheim S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF (NYSEArca: RSP). Instead of tracking a...

Silver hit the strong support area between 19.5 and 21 with a 10 % crash to 20.25 right after the open on Sunday: Since then, we've seen a huge rally and silver is now up 12 % since last night. This could very well be an important low. The last time we saw such a big reversal was in September 2011. Back then, silver rallied 15 % over the next few weeks. If we get a 15 % rally again this time, we could see 26ish.

S&P Capital IQ is expanding its ETF analysis with reports and rankings on 240 more funds covering fixed-income, commodities and currencies. “The ETF growth story is one that crosses asset classes, and as fixed income, commodity and currency-focused ETFs continue to attract significant investor...

As U.S. stocks have notched new highs after new highs this year, much attention has been paid to what sectors have been doing the leading. For much of this year, the leadership groups have been low-beta sectors such as consumer staples, health care and utilities. In fact, that trend is not new....

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Low-volatility ETFs were outperforming in 2013 until mid-April when cyclical sectors took over the leadership from stable, dividend-paying sectors. Recently, so-called high-beta ETFs are beating low-volatility strategies. For example, PowerShares S&P 500 High Beta (NYSEArca: SPHB) is up 15.3%...

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