FAS News and Press, Direxion Financial Bull 3X Shares From 01/20/21

In a typical quarter, year-over-year (YoY) growth expectations decline by an average of 3.6 percentage points (ppts) from the start of the quarter to the start of earnings season. However, 20Q4 YoY earnings have increased by 1.5 ppts over this period to -10.3% by Jan. 1, 2021. Con...

Part 2 of Cracking the Hedge Fund Code contains the latest data for 2021. Discovering purchase parameters and characteristics of hedge fund selections put you ahead of strong capital flows for large gains. This article reveals trading ideas from published research showing that "si...

After years as an index fund evangelist at top ETF firms like BlackRock and SSgA, Dodd Kittsley did a 180 of sorts, becoming Director of active manager Davis Advisors. Still opposed to the “closet indexing” that marks many active managers, he was drawn to Davis’ u...

This Bespoke Asset Class Performance Matrix (ACPM) shows that as of 1/8/21, Emerging Markets have started the year with decent returns. Oakmark International is particularly appealing given it's 3-year return (just barely positive) and its percentile rank in the high 90s for the 3-yea...

SPDR Financial Select Sector ETF (XLF) jumped nearly 5% amid optimism of another massive stimulus package after Democrats seized control of the U.S. Senate. XLF looks set to continue catching up to S&P 500 (SPY) on rising inflation expectations and bond yields. Earnings and di...

After years as an index fund evangelist at top ETF firms like BlackRock and SSgA, Dodd Kittsley did a 180 of sorts, becoming Director of active manager Davis Advisors. Still opposed to the “closet indexing” that marks many active managers, he was drawn to Davis’ u...

The ETF Bull/Bear Trading model involves 33 member-selected funds traded on the Momentum Gauge® signals. Top results in 2020 resulted from pairing bull fund FNGU +213.6% with bear fund UVXY +181.2% for +394.8% annual returns. Fund selection ranges from 1x no-leverage funds li...

The U.S. economy is set for a vaccine-fueled recovery in H2 2021, and if more fiscal support from Congress is available to bridge H1 pandemic weakness, financial stocks are well-poised for outperformance, write KBW analysts Frederick Cannon and Brian Kleinhanzl in a note to clients.However, i...

As 2020 ends, Citi Private Bank comes out with its outlook for 2021, saying the year will be marked by multi-year "unstoppable tends" for client portfolios.Sees a confluence of four important factors — a quicker-than-usual recovery, accelerating innovation, the mispricing of many secur...

With plenty of positive news about potential COVID-19 vaccines in November, financial stocks in general have outpaced the S&P 500 in the past month, with consumer finance (red line in chart below), in particular turning in the best performance.Nasdaq U.S. Small Cap Banks Index (green), th...