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ETF Base: Every few months, I’ve been repeating the same pattern of shorting out of the money leveraged ETFs on US Treasuries and keeping the premiums when the options expire. It’s been a nice way to supplement largely flat market returns with recurring income, and in my view, without taking on Read more…
Jeff Harding: The CPI for September came out showing year over year price inflation at 3.9%, up from last month’s 3.8%. Prices increase 0.3% over August. Core price inflation (less energy and food costs) increased only 0.1% over August and is up 2.0% for the year. The BLS said: Read more…
Keith Fitz-Gerald: To hear the “bond bubbleistas” tell it, the bond market is poised to collapse the second interest rates start to rise. Read more…
You may have never thought it possible, but right now, more than any time in the past few years, it is not unthinkable to be bullish in the morning, bearish after lunch, and neutral into the close, all in the same day. It is not right Read more…
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While there are numerous ways to short Treasuries, there are several different approaches investors choose to take, each suited to a particular strategy and risk tolerance. What I’m outlining today is both high-risk and highly likely to succeed – IF I can outlast the Fed. See, I entered into the Read more…
Sy Harding: According to popular opinion the Fed’s QE2 decision last summer, in which it would become a major buyer of new bonds being issued by the U.S. Treasury, would be a big positive for Read more…
After an explosive breakout day on November 4th, Friday’s trading action was subdued. The major indices were stuck in a choppy trading range for most of the day. However, stocks did manage a late Read more…
An Observing Mind notes that we live in the age of global and federal governance. The Sovereigns, that is the Congresspeople, passed the Dodd Frank legislation that created the authority of Read more…
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“It appears federal regulators aren’t the only ones keeping a close watch on leveraged and inverse ETFs. Some state securities officials view the funds as “investment traps” and are watching ETF Read more…
Direxion, one of the largest issuers of 2x and 3x leveraged ETFs, announced the launch of three products offering daily inverse exposure to fixed income benchmarks. The new -1x Direxion ETFs 
In trading on Monday, the Regional Bank HOLDRS ETF (AMEX:RKH) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 3.22% on the day. Also down on the day are the 
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