FAS News and Press, Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares From 06/03/19

“In summer, the song sings itself” --The Botticellian Trees, William Carlos Williams, 1931 The summer is getting off to a disharmonious start in 2019. Following a relentless +26% rally from Christmas Eve through the end of April, the S&P 500 Index turned cold in May...

While declining interest rates are likely to dent banks' net interest margins, other factors are likely hurting their stocks, analysts say. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares ETF, Financial st...

Total household debt increased 0.9% to $13.67T in Q1 2019, and is now $993B higher than the previous peak of $12.68T in Q3 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Dai...

The Federal Reserve observes risky debt issuance has picked up recently, though refinancing activity has decreased because of "somewhat elevated spreads," according to the central bank's semi-annual Financial Stability Report. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Dail...

The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF ( FAS ) has had an incredible run from the December 2018 lows with a gain of nearly 90%. Is it overdone? What are the risks? This article looks at the fund and its alternatives and identifies a trade with 1:4 risk vs. reward. Know What You're ...

The new head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  plans to continue her predecessor's review of its public complaints database, Reuters reports. More news on: Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Share...

Four of the six largest American banks delivered a mixed bag of first-quarter financial results this past week - but that's probably the sector's best this year, especially if the Fed does not increase interest rates, according to Citigroup . More news on: Rex Shares MicroSectors U.S. Big...

This article provides an impact assessment of the FOMC April/May30-1 2019 meeting and a possible rise in the Federal Funds Rate ((FFR)) to 2.75%. The Federal Reserve held the target range for FFR at 2.25-2.5 percent during its policy meeting of March 2019 and reaffirmed its position to be pa...

This blog post addressing Financial sector earnings came out Thursday night, which didn't help readers, so I wanted to do one more dissection of expected S&P 500 2019 earnings and make the case for Financials from a different perspective. The above I/B/E/S by Refinitiv table from This ...

Corporate high yield, as symbolized by the iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG), outperformed the S&P 500 this week, returning +0.61% vs. the SPY's +0.51%. I would think that would bode well for forward returns for the S&P 500, as the key benchmark is now just 35 point...