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The Direxion Daily S&P Oil & Gas Exp. & Prod. Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: GUSH) closed Friday with an April gain of over 34 percent, making it the second-best performer among Direxion's leveraged bullish exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on a month-to-date basis.   These gains are...

This week, over 15 percent of the S&P 500 stepped into the earnings confessional. Next week, that number increases dramatically as over 40 percent of S&P 500 companies report quarterly results.   The primary reason why the number of earnings reports jumps next week is the onset of...

The markets hate uncertainty, and there is more than enough of that to go around right now. But while near-term prospects might look hazy, traders can always take the long view and look towards the industry that is literally building the future: semiconductors. One of the most reliable industries...

There was little question following the results of the 2016 election that government defense and aviation contractors would receive a boost under the bellicose Trump administration. During the campaign, then-nominee Trump made frequent overtures about rebuilding the military, revamping America...

Fear continues to grip traders and investors in a wrestling match between a market filled with fundamental promise and a global and domestic economic picture that is just this side of bedlam. Major U.S. indexes continue to rise and fall by full percentage points daily, moving in tune with downward...

The big banks have started off the first quarter earnings season by exceeding analyst expectations, but that hasn't stopped Wall Street from punishing them.   The Financial Select Sector Index fell 1.5 percent on Friday following earnings results from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (...

After a stellar 2017, the homebuilder sector is off to an inauspicious start in 2018. The major homebuilder ETFs are all down between 7 to 11 percent year-to-date, and two of the major homebuilder stocks—D.R. Horton Inc (NYSE: DHI) and NVR, Inc. (NYSE: NVR) are down about 10 percent; a third...

The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 has slipped about 10 percent in the last two weeks, and the carnage has not spared even the most hyped up industries within the sector.   The ISE Cyber Security Index is down 6 percent in that time, the ROBO Global Robotics and Automation Index ETF (NYSE:...

Among leveraged and inverse biotechnology exchange-traded funds, the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bull 3X Shares (NYSE: LABU) and the Direxion Daily S&P Biotech Bear 3X Shares (NYSE: LABD) are the dominant names. The fund flow data for these products can potentially prove instructive...

Commodities are receiving increased attention among market observers this year, but not all exchange traded products (ETPs) offering exposure to the asset class are similar. Standard exchange traded funds (ETFs) featuring commodities exposure are long a basket of commodities. That strategy is...