There is a key technical event that may be close to occurring in some of the major banking and financial stocks. These have all used the 50-day moving average as a key…
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C), and The Charles Schwab Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHW) have all reported earnings. All came in above or in-line with estimates and there is…
These are this morning’s top day trader and active trader alert stocks. We have much more detailed analysis on most with links through to each stock over at VSInvestor.com: Active Power, Inc.…
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) has just posted very impressive earnings. The cleanest bank in America reported earnings of $0.82 EPS and revenues were $26.62 billion versus $0.52 EPS and…
This week is the week we have 6 DJIA components reporting earnings as the first real week of earnings season, but the big financial stocks reporting will set the tone for how…
Two months ago it was a carnal sin to suggest that certain exchange-traded funds or notes which track commodities would start trading more like a closed-end fund based upon supply and demand…
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities and Exchange Commission decided to issue an Investor Alert yesterday called “Leveraged and Inverse ETFs: Specialized Products with Extra Risks for Buy-and-Hold Investors”…. This…
What happens when a sector loses a key bull, even if it is temporary? Often nothing, but if it is a big enough market pundit then it can have an impact. That…
The movement against, or at least a move to better quantify, leveraged ETFs is still going. In fact, it is becoming more clear. While this is not against any single leveraged ETF…
There may be some misconceptions out in the market over an inquiry into the leveraged ETF universe. The Massachusetts Secretary of State has inquired into the sales, marketing, and disclosure practices of…
When we first floated the notion that Direxion may need to consider conducting a reverse stock split on its two Triple-Leverage cult ETFs for the financial sector, this was a notion that…
Direxion has issued its semi-annual report for its triple leverage ETF holders and there are some interesting revelations here. While there are many others covered, we wanted to demonstrate some of the…
ProShares already has double leverage ETFs for investors and traders alike. It now has launched two new Triple-Leverage ETFs. The UltraPro S&P500 (NYSE: UPRO) is meant to offer 300% of the daily…
We have been large fans of exchange-traded funds, exchange-traded notes, and other exchange-traded instruments which are open for trade throughout the day that are allowed to be invested in just like a…
Standard & Poor’s may still have at least some relevance in its debt ratings. This morning we saw a wave of downgrades at banks by the debt ratings agency on systematic-risk and…
