Leveraged ETFs

As seasoned investors and traders know, there are some sectors that benefit from higher interest rates and others that do not. Now that the Federal Reserve has put off raising interest rates until at least December, let's look at how a pair of leveraged ETFs have behaved in rate-...

July was an excellent month for select leveraged exchange-traded funds, including some popular leveraged sector ETFs such as the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3x Shares (NYSE: LABU) and the Direxion Daily Junior Gold Miners Index Bull 3x Shares (Direxion Shares Exchange Traded Fund Trust (...

In what has been a rough year for European financial services stocks and a banner year for gold miners shares, some traders might be looking to make contrarian bets. Direxion, the second-largest issuer of inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds, is there to oblige with two new ETFs targeting...

Yields on 10-year Treasurys are tumbling this year, but over the five trading sessions concluding Monday, that same yield is higher by nearly 7.7 percent. Five days does not undo more than six months of good work by fixed income exchange-traded funds, one of this year's hottest asset classes...

Among sector and industry leveraged exchange-traded funds this year, leveraged gold miners ETFs are grabbing most of the headlines, but with earnings season here, this could be an ideal time for risk-tolerant traders to revisit leveraged fare from other sectors. Leveraged Tech ETFs Other...

Leveraged or geared exchange-traded funds are undeniably one of the most criticized asset classes around by those who don't understand how to use them. But once you learn what they should be used for, these criticisms--that leveraged ETFs are expensive, they are not buy-and-hold instruments,...

The S&P 500 is up just 1.35 percent this year. However, things have been much worse for bearish leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking the benchmark U.S. equity index. One such fund is heading for a reverse split while the Direxion Daily Large Cap Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: SPXS) is down nearly 13...

Direxion, the second-largest issuer of inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds, might be known for more adventurous fare such as the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: LABU), Direxion Daily Gold Miners Index Bull 3X Shares (Direxion Shares Exchange Traded Fund Trust (NYSE:...

It is often said that investors are born with a bullish bias and that bias must be unlearned through experience. No medical doctors or psychologists are behind the writing of this piece, but if they were, they would probably say there is a part of the human brain that enjoys rooting for good...

Every year when May rolls around, investors hear plenty about selling in May and going away, but what about hedging in May? After all, there are scores of inverse and leveraged exchange-traded funds risk-tolerant traders can use to capture upside, assuming markets swoon in the second half of the...

First-quarter earnings season starts in earnest this week, and while expectations for multiple sectors, including energy, are not so great, opportunities with leveraged sector exchange-traded funds are bound to present themselves in the coming weeks. That includes the Direxion Daily Energy 3X Bear...

After a third-quarter swoon that saw the iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (ETF) (NASDAQ: IBB) and the SPDR S&P Biotech (ETF) (NYSE: XBI), two of the largest biotech exchange-traded funds by assets, tumble 18.1 percent and 24.4 percent, respectively, traders have displayed caution regarding...

No genre of exchange-traded fund comes with caveats, warning labels and controversy that accompany inverse and leveraged ETFs, but that is not stopping traders from pouring capital into these products. In fact, the recent dose of volatility digested by market participants during the third quarter...

A frequent criticism of leveraged exchange-traded funds is that these ETFs can, in volatile market environments, deviate wildly from their stated objectives. The scenario, one that has been brought up countless times since leveraged ETFs garnered increased attention during the global financial...