QLD News and Press, ProShares Ultra QQQ From 06/22/22

In a more fractured world, we believe governments and corporate decision-makers will increasingly focus on searching for safety and building resilience. Looking forward, rather than reaching for yield, we believe that investors will be reaching for resilience in their portfolio constr...

An update on inflation and the global energy situation. A look at how and why US recession indicators are picking up quickly. Why a recession is unlikely to be a permanent cure for inflation. For further details see: Demand Destruction

The decline in the stock market this year was primarily caused by step 1, the deflation of a number of asset bubbles. Recently, investors and executives have rather suddenly become concerned about a recession. A recession would be step 2, I have listed 17 reasons why it's likely i...

After months of fretting about soaring inflation, markets are now fully in recession-fear mode. Yield curves are flattening, credit spreads are widening, and equities are slumping - traditional recession alerts. Meanwhile, captains of industry and finance are warning of impending ...

After 6 months of relentless-selling, the bond market, stock market, and real estate are at an inflection point. There is technical confirmation in the sentiment charts that we have reached a pessimism rarely found in the markets, and from which a basis of demand could soon begin. ...

Benchmark exchange traded funds that track the three major averages have started off Thursday’s trading session well into the red. The slide has come as market participants look to unload positions a day after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced a 75-basis point rate hike, as well as ...

The Fed's move wasn't entirely surprising, after markets were tipped off by a Wall Street Journal story late Monday indicating that a 75 basis-point (bps) hike was likely. At the press conference, Chairman Powell commented that by the end of 2022, the central bank intends to raise its...

The latest move of the S&P 500 places three major indices fully in the bear’s forest - the Russell 2000, the Nasdaq and now, at last, and firmly, the S&P 500. Never before has the Nasdaq (now down more than 30% since the start of the year) had so many stocks that are do...

After months of hand-wringing, U.S. indexes are now in bear market territory across the board, down 20% from their most recent highs. Right now, markets are caught in a tug-of-war between what may happen in the future—as a result of what the Fed does to control inflation—...

The S&P 500 is now officially in a bear market. 73% of all stocks are now down 20% or more, with the median stock down by -29.4%. The causes of today's rout were an inflation hangover and recession fears. The next shoe to drop could be a 75 bp hike in the Fed Funds rate. T...