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ProShares is set to begin trading the “ProShares Ultra MSCI Brazil ETF” (UBR) tomorrow April 29. The Fund seeks investment results for a single day only, not for longer periods. This means that the return of the Fund for a period longer than a single trading day will be the result of each day’s returns Read more…
“The Chicago Board Options Exchange’s volatility index soared 31% after the credit-rating provider Standard & Poor’s downgraded the debt of both Portugal and Greece, assigning “junk” status to the Read more…
“The insurance sector has been red hot. The insurance sector ETF, the SPDR KBW Insurance (NYSE: KIE), has the highest percentage of its component companies reporting earnings this week (56%) Read more…
“The gold price Tuesday was reversing earlier losses and was retaking the $1,160-an-ounce area. Standard & Poor’s slashed Greece’s sovereign credit rating to junk and lowered Portugal’s long term Read more…
“(NYSE: FAZ) options saw interesting call activity today. A total of 4,573 put and 24,055 call contracts were traded raising a low Put/Call volume alert. Today’s traded Put/Call ratio is 0.19 Read more…
“In a recent analysis, it has emerged that more and more investors are reading about the investment options on websites and they take decisions on investments after considering expert Read more…
It appears that traders, in the majority, are not expecting very positive results from next month’s sales and unemployment reports. Businessweek is reporting that, “The ratio of puts to sell the SPDR S&P Retail exchange- traded fund (NYSE: XRT) versus calls to buy it has jumped to Read more…
WisdomTree (Pink Sheets: WSDT), an exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager, announced today that nine WisdomTree ETFs will be listed on the Mexican stock exchange, Bolsa Read more…
iShares has filed paperwork with the SEC for an “iSHARES MSCI EMERGING MARKETS SMALL CAP INDEX FUND.” No symbol was listed in the filing. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund (the “Fund”) will seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield Read more…
Jefferies has filed paperwork with the SEC for a “Jefferies S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETF.” The Shares will be listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol VIXX. The Volatility Index is a benchmark index designed to estimate expected volatility in large cap U.S. stocks over 30 days in the future by Read more…
On the 8th of December 2009, we wrote an article exposing what we thought was an excellent opportunity for option traders. Gold was correcting from its end of year rally to $1225 and many Read more…
Shares of the Financial Select Sector SPDR exchange-traded fund (NYSE: XLF) , which tracks the financial stocks of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, closed down 1.56%. The announcement of the Read more…
“For investors expecting the gold miners to report strong first quarter earnings this week, now is the appropriate time to gain exposure to gold through the miners. Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) Read more…
In trading on Tuesday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) was up 8.7%, the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) was up 1.1%, and the Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Bond ETF (UBD) is up about 
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