BNKU News and Press, MicroSectors U.S. Big Banks Index 3X Lev From 06/28/21

The economic principle of replacing existing business processes and models with innovative and more efficient ones is nothing new. According to PYMNTS research, 86 percent of consumers have gone online or used a mobile app to pay bills at least once in the last 12 months, and 70 perce...

Gainers: Microsectors U.S. Big Oil Index 3X ETN (NRGU) +24.1%.S&P Oil & Gas Expl Bull 3X Direxion (GUSH) +20.4%.Retail Bull 3X Direxion (RETL) +20.3%.Microsectors 3X U.S. Big Banks ETN (BNKU) +20.1%.Regional Banks Bull 3X Direxion (DPST) +20.0%.Losers: Tr...

Gainers: Microsectors Gold Miners 3X Inverse ETN (GDXD) +37.5%.Microsectors 3X Inverse U.S. Big Banks ETN (BNKD) +26.6%.Gold Miners Bear 2X Direxion (DUST) +24.6%.Junior Gold Mine Bear 3X Direxion (JDST) +23.6%.Financial Bear 3X Direxion (FAZ) +20.0%.Losers: ...

The financials and banking stocks have been some of the best performing of the reflation trade since the second half of 2020. On the whole, we know banks like to make their profits by lending long term and borrowing short term. In summary, the risk-reward setup for banks and finan...

During the pandemic lockdown in the first half of 2020, only three S&P 500 sectors saw positive earnings and revenue growth for Q1 and Q2 ’20. In Q1 ’21, Technology has grown EPS and revenue 53% and 21%, respectively. Once Q2 ’21 earnings start in mid-July...

Photo by Kerkez/iStock via Getty Images Digging through the Fed's Beige Book, the U.S. economy expanded "moderately" and "somewhat" faster in the early April to late May vs. the prior six-week period. And part of that growth came from lending volumes starting to increase for both household an...

The best indicator of the trend in their relative performance, the yield curve, recently stopped running higher and has now reversed to the downside. In other words, the primary tailwind for the banks (and their net interest margins) is now potentially becoming a headwind. In all,...

While interest rates have stabilized in recent weeks, investors were unnerved when yields spiked 75 bps in barely 10 weeks. The potential for another surge in interest rates probably leads the list of investor anxieties. Different sectors respond very differently to rising rates. ...

Diversification remains key. Flexible strategies can also take advantage of a more uncertain yield and spread environment. We continue to find reasonable opportunity in both public and private credit markets. We find value in non-agency mortgages and prefer cyclicals to growth sto...

With greater clarity on the sustainability of the economic recovery, we also saw the opportunity set across markets broaden to include sectors beyond those seen as the primary beneficiaries of an economic reopening. As expected, the recovery hasn't been smooth sailing for all, with su...