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Chris Ciovacco: We noted extreme levels of optimism earlier today. What could possibly trigger a correction in stocks and commodities? If the Fed fails to signal and/or announce another round of quantitative easing (QE), it would undoubtedly leave the markets disappointed. Read more…
The Daily Capitalist: On the morning of this past Friday the 13th, I was greeted on my home page, Bloomberg.com, by the lead story– which was of investors cheering and captioned by the statement that good news is at hand, CEOs are now in a hiring mood. I had an uh-oh moment in my usual Read more…
Sy Harding: First let’s make sure we understand the basics of bonds. Bonds are a form of debt. When a company or a government needs to borrow money it can borrow from banks and pay interest on the loan, or it can borrow from investors by issuing bonds and paying interest on the bonds. Read more…
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment solutions to sophisticated investors, will execute a 1-for-5 reverse split of the shares of the Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: DRV), Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares (NYSEARCA: EDC), Read more…
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment solutions to sophisticated investors, will execute a 1-for-5 reverse split of the shares of the Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (NYSE:DRV), Direxion Daily Emerging Markets Bull 3x Shares Read more…
Direxion, a pioneer in providing alternative investment solutions to sophisticated investors, announced today it will execute reverse splits for six of its leveraged ETFs. The total market value of the shares outstanding will not be affected as a result of this reverse split, except with respect to the redemption Read more…
John Townsend: Trying to make complete sense of what is going on in the markets right now is nearly impossible, at least for me. But I do envision ‘things on the horizon’ that could well become reality and I dare say they are quite contrary to what appears to be true at the moment. Read more…
Steve Reitmeister: Weekends provide a valuable time for investors to pause and reflect. That’s because during the week there is such information overload that it’s often hard to bring the full Read more…
Since the strong gap up on November 4th, the major averages have been consolidating in a narrow trading range. In today’s action, the markets opened with mild selling pressure, caught a bid at the Read more…
Investors have taken up an increasingly bearish outlook towards fixed income in recent month, as inflationary pressures continue to build and an ongoing economic recovery has increased the 
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 
ProShares, the Maryland-based firm known for a suite of leveraged and inverse ETFs, has launched the first ETF offering daily inverse exposure to junk bonds. The ProShares Short High Yield 
Market action this week was very much driven by the “framework” announced by Obama which was met with surprising resistance from within his own party – especially surrounding the estate 
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