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“Sell in May and go away” ranks near the top of Wall Street idioms. And though the idea that long-term investors are best-suited rotating into cash for the summer months and buying back into stocks in the fall has been debunked many times, there is some truth to the saying, depending on...

A new whitepaper from leveraged ETF provider Direxion sheds light on the characteristics of highly correlated market segments, and how strategically overweighting and underweighting specific market segments can magnify returns over a short-to-intermediate time horizon.  The strategy, known as...

Some of the big-name technology companies, including Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), have already delivered quarterly earnings, but the high-flying sector is set to experience an earnings avalanche during the week starting April 29. What Happened Next week, nearly 47 percent of the...

The PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index (XSOX), a widely followed gauge of semiconductor equities, is up nearly 33 percent this year and breaking out towards more record highs. While semiconductor stocks and the related exchange traded funds are exciting investors, adding leverage to the equation can...

The Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ) recently turned 20 years old and today is home to $71.82 billion in assets under management, making it one of the largest U.S.-listed exchange traded funds. One of the primary reasons advisors and investors have widely embraced QQQ is because the fund provides...

Flows into and out of exchange traded funds can be instructive, but not always predictive. There are frequently instances of ETFs experiencing significant departures while those funds climb. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSE: IWM) is a prime example of an ETF that's surging while enduring...

Until recently, Direxion was primarily known as the largest provider of leveraged and inverse ETFs. But over the last year that’s changed, beginning last February with the launch of five “Portfolio Plus” ETFs that only employed 25 percent leverage. Last month the company added to...

File regional banks and the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index (SPSIRBKT) under the category of "epic disappointments" for investors this year.  That index is down nearly 14 percent year-to-date, a loss that exceeds that of the broader Financial Select Sector Index by 200...

Seasoned investors often track purchases and sales of a company's stock by insiders. The Direxion All Cap Insider Sentiment Shares (NYSE: KNOW) is an exchange traded fund that puts everyday investors firmly in the insider sentiment arena. KNOW turns seven years old later this year and tracks...