A Look Ahead: This Week’s ETFs to Watch

The good times continued for the bulls last week. When the closing bell sounded on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was found resting above 14,000 for the first time since 2007 and the S&P 500 capped its best January performance since 1997. The S&P 500 is now up 6.1 percent year-...

Good news is plentiful in the market these days. The S&P 500 is in the middle of an eight-day winning streak, it's longest since 2004. With last week's gains, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are now residing at their best levels since 2007. A fairly docile market...

Coming off a week that was heavy on economic data points, earnings reports and light on dangerous political headlines, U.S. stocks are found hovering at their best levels since 2007. In fact, the S&P 500 is now residing just 5.1 percent away from its all-time high set in 2007 while the Dow...

The S&P 500 touched a five-year high last week only to back a way from that lofty area as stocks meandered through most of last week without much conviction. At the end of the week, it was accurate to call broader market price action "fair" as the S&P 500 added 0.38 percent while the Dow...

What a relief! U.S. lawmakers finally reached a compromise to avert the fiscal cliff last week and the result for stocks in a holiday-shortened week was palpable. In just 3.5 trading days, the S&P 500 notched its best weekly performance in 13 months. On the week, the S&P 500 surged 4.6...

Perhaps mercifully the week ahead will be a short one, reduced to four trading days because of New Year's Day holiday. Again, that might be a good thing given the performance of stocks and riskier assets last week. Stocks tumbled for a fifth consecutive day on Friday with the S&P 500 and the...

Welcome back to Wall Street run by Capitol Hill. For traders and investors that are often frustrated by the intersection of Capitol Hill and Wall Street, the last two weeks of 2012 could offer up frustration in heaping doses. Traditionally, this is a sluggish time of the year, but with the fiscal...

Despite significant headline risk, stocks started December on a decent note last week as the S&P 500 posted a small gain. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gain one percent while the Nasdaq finished the week lower due to the nine percent plunge endured by shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The...

Stocks finished a wild November in benign fashion on Friday as the the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched higher while the Nasdaq took a small loss. Those looking at the world through rose-colored glasses might be apt to note that the last trading day of November is...

Coming off a holiday-shortened week in which U.S. equities turned in their best weekly performance since June, investors are suddenly feeling a bit more cheery heading into the holiday season. During Friday's half session, all three major U.S. indexes notched light-volume gains of at least 1.3...

The S&P 500 is down more than five percent since Election Day. Investors are petrified about the consequences of the fiscal cliff. Riskier assets have been shellacked, but some conservative hideouts, namely the telecommunications and utilities sectors, have failed investors as well. This year'...

With the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each falling more than two percent last week, U.S. equities slid to their worst weekly performances since June. The culprits were easy to spot. Reaction, over-exaggerated as it may have been, to the results of the presidential election gave...

Last week was not a pleasurable one for traders and investors as U.S. equities endured week-long selling pressure. By the time the closing bell rang on Friday, the S&P 500 was off 1.5 percent for the week while the Dow Jones Industrial Average had slid 1.8 percent. Amid a spate of disappointing...

Coming off what was the worst for equities since June, stocks will be looking to rebound this week. There will be no shortage of catalysts as the earnings parade that started with a trickle last week kicks into high gear this week. With the three major U.S. indexes each shedding more than two...

Stocks fell last Friday as traders' enthusiasm for the September jobs report quickly waned. A four-day winning streak for the S&P 500 was snapped in the process, but the three major U.S. indexes still notched decent performances for the week. That week is over and now traders and investors...