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David Zeiler: The bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings (NYSE:MF) was a distressing signal to investors that it is possible for U.S. financial institutions to fall victim to the Eurozone debt crisis. Read more…
Stoyan Bojinov: Stocks climbed higher on Wednesday as uncertainty over the fate of the euro zone appears to have seemingly disappeared from the market this week. Domestic equity indexes extended gains into green territory for the 7th consecutive session yesterday, leading many to believe that the markets Read more…
David Zeiler: In lowering its growth forecast for the United States and Europe, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned of “severe repercussions” unless drastic measures are taken soon. Read more…
Jason Cimpl: The market took a pause, finally, and declined roughly a percent yesterday. At the open, the indices gapped down by more than 2%, but a last hour surge by buyers recouped a large portion of those loses. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: We’ve been hearing a lot of attention – as usual – on the Financial sector (particularly in Europe), so let’s take a brief moment to see the key chart/trading levels we’re watching on the popular Financial Sector ETF (NYSE:XLF) and then peek at the wild Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares Read more…
Shah Gilani: Fears of a banking crisis and rolling contagion are making global stock and bond markets extraordinarily volatile – and with good reason. Read more…
Stocks closed mixed on Friday after a seesaw day of trading on heavy trade. The intraday swings in the market were violent. The major indices were down between 2% to 4 % and some were up as much as 1.5% during the session. Small cap and technology issues were hit the hardest as the Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: Do you believe what government officials and experts are saying about the debt crisis? If so, you’re taking your financial life into your hands. Just consider how many times they’ve been wrong, issued deliberately misleading statements, or simply lied Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: Financial stocks have seen relative weakness with companies in other sectors, as evidenced by the lackluster performance and recent support breakdowns in the Read more…
Martin D. Weiss: The last time U.S. bank stocks started sinking, it spelled a lot more trouble than anyone dreamed possible; and now, it’s beginning to happen again. Read more…
Shah Gilani: U.S. banks are seeing positive trends in several measures of their health. That’s the good news. Read more…
Corey Rosenbloom: While scanning major ETFs, I found an interesting pattern/structure that I wanted to share on the SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF (NYSE:KRE). Read more…
Claus Vogt: Today looks eerily similar to what was going on in 2007 and early 2008. Then, as now, the vast majority of my macro-economic and stock market indicators issued massive warning Read more…
Stocks finished up on Friday but well off the session highs. Friday’s improvement broke a four day losing streak for stocks but the market still closed lower for the week. Stocks began the day on Read more…
When I think about inverse and leveraged ETFs and the controversy that surrounds these products I also find myself thinking about an episode of the “Family Guy” where Peter Griffin gets a segment 
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