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“Retail investors tried to play George Soros last month, flocking to the CurrencyShares Euro Trust (NYSE:FXE) in an effort to call a bottom in the still unfolding global crisis that has taken the Read more…
“ETFs stood for extremely troublesome funds last month, after the flash crash in equities exposed their unexpected vulnerability to a steep drop in liquidity. Part of the appeal of exchange-traded Read more…
Let me begin by stating that I am not a huge fan of short selling. Short selling is the act of betting against a stock in hopes that it goes down in value, versus going up. I am however a fan of Read more…
The markets are struggling to hold the flat line today. The huge rally yesterday has put the markets in a better mood. President Obama and Vice President Biden each came out touting the jobs Read more…
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ETF BASIC NEWS, NYSE:BNO, NYSE:UNG, NYSE:UNL, NYSE:USL, NYSE:USO
The number of exchange-traded products (ETPs) on ETF Deathwatch fell again this month. The count now stands at just 86 (56 ETFs and 30 ETNs), the lowest level since the November 2008 ETF Read more…
“Financial stocks may face more volatility in coming weeks as a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. financial industry looks set to pass in early July. Options strategists say there are several strategies Read more…
Below are the 20 hottest ETFs at the close on May 28th, based on the 6 month performance. These are not ’buy’ recommendations or aggregate portfolios for investment. My favorite way to use this Read more…
“ProShares Ultra S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: SSO) — Since the purpose of this exchange-traded fund (ETF) is to mimic twice the performance of the S&P 500 (SPX), its chart looks very similar to the parent Read more…
In our previous essay we’ve commented on the precious metals stocks, and since that time we’ve received many questions about the yellow metal itself, we would like to provide you with a more Read more…
Here’s an update on the short term trend of the stock market. When this recent rally kicked off on May 27th, we took a shot at a short-term price target for the S&P 500 Read more…
The jobless numbers came in worse than analyst expectations this morning adding 431K new jobs short of the 536K that the Street was looking for. In the wake of this news the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) up 6.76% to $30.36. Down in mid day trading is the SPDR S&P Retail Read more…
NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced trading volumes for its global derivatives and cash equities exchanges for May 20101. NYSE Euronext set an all-time record of 13.3 million global derivatives contracts traded per day in May 2010. European derivatives average daily volume (“ADV”) increased Read more…
In trading on Friday, the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX) is outperforming other ETFs, up about 10.2% on the day. Also up on the day is the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT) up 
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