MOON News and Press, Direxion Moonshot Innovators From 12/07/21

Algorithms dominate short-term trading and use as inputs $WTI(oil prices), interest rates and the exchange rate of the US$ vs global currencies. Prices do reflect fundamentals over the long term simply because economic reality eventually is the basis of market psychology. Markets ...

MOON is an innovation growth index ETF - in theory at least. The fund is down by more than 34% since I last covered it in February. An overview of how the fund (does not) work follows. For further details see: MOON: Disastrous Performance, Better Innovation Growth Funds ...

The problem with market speculation is that it starts to tempt the prudent investor into reckless behavior. What has always been prudent - owning a low-cost index fund - has now become a more speculative investment because of the degree of speculation in the market. The S&P 500 ha...

Investors in 2022 should prepare themselves for lower rates of S&P 500 EPS and revenue growth. It’s a “return-to-normal” market. Financial sector EPS growth is negative since reserve releases are probably expected to be much lower in 2022. Energy and Basic...

Supply chain bottlenecks are hitting sectors including labor, microchips and housing. Some of these disruptions will be around for the longer term, and investors should think about what they mean for portfolios. ETFs can help provide diversified, low-cost access to targeted sector...

We see price pressures to persist in 2022, mostly driven by the unusual restart dynamics. Eventually, we see a higher inflation regime than pre-Covid. U.S. consumer price index (CPI) jumped more than expected in October, bringing annual inflation rate to 6.2%, the highest level in thr...

Are SA readers giving up on "moonshot" investments? Many have walked away from the Direxion Moonshot Innovators ETF (NYSEARCA:MOON) lately, at least according to an exclusive analysis of which tickers our readers added or removed from their Seeking Alpha online portfolios over the past w...

GTEK invests in tech stocks selected by the investment team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. The fund strategy excludes companies with a market cap above $100 billion, with a focus on emerging leaders. We are bullish on the fund which has a positive long-term outlook supported b...

Risk appetite lifts from one-year low amid expectations of improving near-term market. Sentiment remains subdued by uncertain policy outlooks and political climate. Financials see the strongest favor followed by energy stocks. Tech sees the biggest outlook downgrade. The broad...

Inflation is here, and it is going to stick around for a while. If interest rates are going up, tech/REITs are the losers, while energy/financials will be the winners. If interest rates are going lower, the opposite is true. For the broader market, a rise in interest rates will ha...