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Direxion, a leader in alternative investment solutions, announces changes to the benchmark indices of eight leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs), along with other changes. The modifications will take effect on or about June 29, 2012. Read more…
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Jared Cummans: Though the second quarter has gotten off to a rocky, investors are turning their eyes to earnings season to continue the bull run that has defined 2012. The past few days have seen markets all over the board, as Alcoa kicked off earnings season with a bang, leading many investors to muster up Read more…
Thomas Carreno: I am switching back to BOT short on the S&P 500 at 1266 for possibly a very long time (ie. most of the rest of this year). The barrage of whipsaw signals during the last several weeks has been somewhat frustrating, but if that was the price to finally get it right with today’s signal then Read more…
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Bear markets begin when something fundamental breaks. Usually the sector initially affected will roll over before the general market and tends to be a warning sign of what lies ahead. Read more…
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When leveraged and inverse ETFs were first launched, many investors weren’t aware of the negative effects that daily rebalancing would have on the long-term performance of those ETFs Read more…
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In recent years, few corners of the investing world have been the subject of as much controversy, misinformation, and confusion as the leveraged ETF space. Last summer these securities received Read more…
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“The Direxion Daily Large Cap Bull 3X Shares (NYSE:BGU) — This exchange-traded fund (ETF) seeks to equal 300% of the daily performance of the Russell 1000 Index. Since it tracks large-cap stocks Read more…
With all the criticism about leveraged ETF’s, not much has been said about how much of a great investment tool they are. Many day traders have relied on margin for decades Read more…
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“Isn’t it time regulators stopped issuing empty press releases about leveraged ETFs and started regulating? One would think so. If financial regulators really want to do something productive and meaningfully important for the investing public’s benefit, they should begin by forcing providers of short Read more…
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You do not here much about options trading in leveraged ETF’s. This trader is an active ETF options trader which shared some insight to the leveraged ETF options market. Read more…
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Most investors have a pretty good idea which ETFs will perform well in bull markets (generally any type of risky asset, including equities and commodities) and which will perform well in bear 
I hope you had a chance to read my article on Tuesday, titled “
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