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Last week looked and felt like a pivotal week for both stocks and commodities. The past two weeks have had investors and traders in a panic as they try to find safe investments for their money Read more…
“The heat came early this year, and even the thermometers in the normally cool Berkshires were spiking to 100 degrees in May. Stock markets heated up as well, as Greece brought European Read more…
The US Dollar Index is a weighted index of the value of the US Dollar versus a basket of other currencies, mostly weighted against the Euro, British Pound and Japanese Yen. This one of my Read more…
May has been quite a wild ride and in times of uncertainty, it is very important to take a step back and get a proper perspective on the bigger picture. I recently covered what I consider to be a Read more…
Back on January 31 of this year, we published a piece on using market cap oriented S&P index ETFs alongside revenue weighted as well as equal weighted ETFs that are based on the same S&P indexes Read more…
Shorting the market and/or being bearish on it isn’t for everyone. Something about our collective psychology makes us prefer optimism over reality. If you are in that camp, you probably don’t Read more…
“The currency markets have been at the forefront of the recent volatility, and today’s unusual option volume in one currency fund is looking for new highs in the yen. The Rydex CurrencyShares Read more…
Dr. Marc Faber told investors to buy stocks on March 9, 2009 when S&P reached its low since 1996, and predicted a 20% decline if the index broke a new high. Now with the S&P down about 13% Read more…
“Natural gas futures gained 3% Thursday despite inventory levels that rose beyond expectations last week. In its standard weekly appraisal released Thursday, the Energy Information Read more…
All the news coming out of Europe for the last two weeks has roiled global currency and equities markets and in many ways it’s starting to feel like 2008 all over again Read more…
“I’ve been teasing a full write up on why I think the United States Natural Gas ETF (NYSE: UNG) may have been designed to lose money. If you’ve had the misfortune of owning this ETF, you are Read more…
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NYSE Euronext announced today that for the third consecutive year Structured Products Magazine has selected it as the “Exchange of the Year.” Presented at the 2010 Structured Products Americas Read more…
“The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: FAS) — The fund seeks daily investment results of the price performance of the Russell 1000 Financial Services Index. This highly leveraged ETF Read more…
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