QMJ News and Press, Direxion S&P 500 High minus Low Quality ETF From 08/25/21

A softening of sentiment indicators comes as rates already sit close to the bottom of their recent range. Positioning might push them lower still, but EUR rates, in particular, are already consistent with more central bank support next year. The belly of the US curve trades cheap,...

Factors driving inflation higher in the last few months eased in July. Orlando: It takes a long time for the supply, demand mismatch to even out. Orlando: Economic recovery the most important factor for overall inflation. For further details see: Has The U.S. Inflation W...

This is the third and final snapshot in time we're presenting for the S&P 500 (SPX) in the summer of 2021, this time focusing on the expectations for future quarterly dividends. Sharp eyed readers will note that dividend futures do not follow calendar quarters, which makes them di...

The 10-year Treasury yield declined a bit during the Afghanistan crisis, so all eyes are now on the Fed to see how new realities will impact monetary policy. The Fed released its latest FOMC minutes, which revealed a disagreement within the FOMC about when QE tapering will begin. On T...

Weak PMIs mean expectations of strong taper warnings at Jackson Hole are being pared back. This could be a mistake, but pessimism means even a hawkish Fed would be greeted with a modest market reaction. In the meantime, supply skews rates moderately higher this week. For fur...

The S&P 500 closed at a new record high of 4,472.94 on Monday, 16 August 2021, retreated on Tuesday and Wednesday, then rebounded somewhat to close at 4,441.67 on Friday, 20 August 2021. Looking ahead, the Federal Reserve's annual summer Jackson Hole meetings will take place (virt...

The media wants you to believe that the tapering of Quantitative Easing is a big deal with a potential bad outcome (“if it bleeds, it leads”). The exact opposite is the case. Covid Delta as a weapon of mass economic destruction - another media obsession. Is this round tw...

Falling growth does not mean the economy is contracting. It merely means that the rate of increase is slowing. How much it slows is something we can't know yet, but it is exactly what we've been expecting for months as we watched bond yields drop. One reason I think the current enviro...

Every single S&P 500 sector’s expected 2021 growth rate is higher since July 2, 2021. The S&P 500 – as of today – is expected to see 45% EPS growth this year, and that could easily be up over 50% when Q4 ’21 earnings start rolling in. Q3 and Q4 ...

Direxion Closing Four ETFs Closures Due to Limited Interest Since Launch PR Newswire NEW YORK , Aug. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to the their inability to attract sufficient investment assets, the Board of Trustees of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust has d...