Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending September 19, 2025 Markets continued their positive momentum last week with leadership once again coming from technology and growth-oriented ETFs, alongside select strength in emerging markets and AI-linked equities. Free Trial: Research on over 5,000 stocks and 700 ETFs HERE In the below table we use major ETF’s as a … Read more
Weekly Market Recap – Week Ending August 29, 2025 Markets ended the week on a mixed note, with sector ETFs largely stable but with notable strength in Energy, Financials, and Small Caps. On the stock side, technology and select growth names posted outsized gains over the past 30 days, highlighting continued investor appetite for innovation-driven … Read more
Our quick answer from a quantitative perspective is no. Of the 15 Sectors covered in reports by ValuEngine, the Technology sector ranks fourth in expected 12-month price return according to our forecast model. Our sector ratings are equally weighted indicating that this broad sector has strongly rated stocks throughout the market cap spectrum and beyond … Read more
The twist is that iShares ETFs are used throughout this analysis. This way we can analyze the first half of the year while also reviewing iShares unique history along with their strengths and weaknesses for investors in the context of today’s ETF marketplace. This article also relies heavily on the nomenclature system of ETFdb.com, a … Read more
The markets have soared in the past two weeks with word of tariff relief. It was accompanied by reduced concern about a potential recession and greater confidence in US corporate earnings engines. Adding to this optimism is that corporate administrative costs in dealing with regulatory red tape and fears of SEC fines have been relegated … Read more
Our last blog discussed safe harbors amidst the current storm of market volatility. The idea presented was to investigate the strong buy stocks with the lowest betas. This week we home in on a sector that is typically low volatility and low growth. Currently we find fairly competitive earnings growth in this sector. We look … Read more
Market volatility last week was the highest it has been in 2025. While it sent a portion of investors heading for the exits, many more looked to shift assets from large-cap technology stocks and cap-weighted ETFs into less volatile investments. For example, low beta stocks and low beta ETFs have seen increased interest as investors … Read more
I will often feature stocks rated buy or strong buy in highly rated sectors. This one is a departure. The healthcare sector is most commonly represented by the Select Sector SPDR Healthcare ETF, XLV. It faced a challenging year in 2024, underperforming the S&P 500 Index by a staggering 22.4%. This massive performance shortfall resulted … Read more
Conversations about Trump’s tariffs, despite two of them being placed on hold for now, continue to dominate market discussions. Although it could be different this time, historically these announcements cause volatility in the short run. But by about the time they become reality, if not before, their effects are absorbed by the market with barely … Read more
Following on last week’s top 10 list, this week’s blog focuses on ETFs related to the stocks in the list. We begin with lots and lots of data in the form of several tables, and end with our written analysis. Skip to the end if you prefer to jump to the conclusions we make on … Read more