March 12, 2021
Inflation fears took a step back this week, but the threat of rising Treasury yields has certainly not evaporated. If that’s the case, it could help to be a bear on benchmark Treasury notes using the
TMV seeks daily investment results before fees and expenses of 300% of the inverse of the daily performance of the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. TMV invests in swap agreements, futures contracts, short positions, or other financial instruments that provide inverse or short leveraged exposure to the index, which is a market value weighted index that includes publicly issued U.S. Treasury debt securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than 20 years.
3 Leveraged Direxion ETFs that Are Up 100% or More March 11, 2021
Traders looking for major market moves don’t have to look far. Direxion Investments has several ETFs that can appease traders’ appetite for leveraged-fueled gains.
When it comes to the three best-performing funds in Direxion’s roster, retail, oil & gas, and regional banks top the list.
With a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill ready to pass, the idea is that consumers will be ready to open their wallets again to help jump start the economy. This can help fuel the
RETL seeks daily investment results of 300% of the daily performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index. With its triple leverage, RETL gives investors the ability to:
Feeling Aggressive? This Leveraged Oil ETF May Be for You
The start of the week’s trading session saw major U.S. indexes rally with oil prices following the move higher. Taking a look under the hood of ERX, there are some familiar names in big oil, such as Exxon Mobil Corporation and Chevron Corporation, which help explain its over 90% year-to-date gain.
“Oil rallied toward $70 a barrel after OPEC+ chose not to relax supply curbs even as the global economy pulls out of its pandemic-driven slump, confounding widespread expectations the group would loosen the taps,” wrote Saket Sundria in World Oil. “The surprise decision spurred a wave of crude price forecast upgrades by major banks. The producer alliance agreed to hold output steady in April, while Saudi Arabia said that it will maintain its 1 million barrel-a-day voluntary production cut.”
March 8, 2021
After a strong performance to start the session Monday, stocks and index ETFs tumbled into the close, leaving on the Dow Jones Industrial Average positive on the day. Inverse ETFs shined.
Early in the session, stocks and index ETFs were mixed to higher, continuing their recovery on Monday, as investors were invigorated by Senate approval of a fresh coronavirus stimulus package, helping to boost companies set to benefit from an economic return.
The S&P 500 had climbed almost 1%, buoyed by financial stocks, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 460 points or 1.5% in morning and market afternoon trading. But by the close, the S&P 500 was down 0.54%, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 2.41% as tech volatility and a rotation out of big tech names like Google and Apple dragged the index lower.
March 9, 2021
With major U.S. indexes fluxing up and down with volatility, more ETF investors are moving into international markets. Short-term traders looking to capture upside in this recent market shift can double down in Russia with the
“Exchange-traded funds with exposure to Russian assets gained Friday (March 5) as investors looked for ways to play the boom in energy prices,” a MarketWatch article reported. “The VanEck Vectors Russia ETF gained 3% mid-morning, while the iShares MSCI Russia ETF was up 2.9%.”
RUSL seeks daily investment results that equal 200% of the daily performance of the MVIS Russia Index. The index is intended to represent the overall performance of publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Russia or that are not Russian companies, but nonetheless generate at least 50% of their revenues in Russia.