S&P 500 SPDRs SPY

  Market View Last Week – Closing with a VIX Level we haven't seen in years SPY (NYSEARCA: SPY) finished higher by about 0.8% last week, another fairly quiet move inside what options were pricing (+/- 1.6%). The VIX was lower on the week and it's closing low Friday...

The fear of rising interest rates as the FOMC continues to taper the monthly asset-purchasing program has kept a large number of investors away from bond ETFs. That has been the incorrect strategy as a high number of bond ETFs have been able to outperform the U.S. stock market. The SPDR S&P...

Jack Bogle, known as the father of the index fund and founder of the Vanguard Group, cautions investors not to get too complacent when they think of mutual funds. While they’re more investor friendly than actively managed mutual funds, there should be just as many warning labels on ETFs as any...

The rally sparked by the better than expected PMI numbers is continuing into the afternoon session. So far the historically bearish month of September has started off on a good foot. The S&P500 (NYSE: SPY) is up 2.3% on slightly higher volume than we have seen the last few green days we have...

The last session produced a Harami Doji in the Daily Chart of the S&P 500 Index (NYSE:$SPX) . The Futures at this momenet suggest that the Open will be flat but there may be more upside before the Index reverses and continues the retracement. A break of either 1084.97 or 1066.5 will provide...