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By Justin Leverenz , CFA, Team Leader and Senior Portfolio Manager In a previous blog, " The coronavirus is proving to be a black swan event - unpredictable and with massive consequences ," we noted that black swan events create consequences, but opportunities for investors can arise ...

Ten of Direxion Shares leveraged funds will now seek  daily leveraged, or daily inverse leveraged, investment results, before fees and expenses, of 200% or -200%, instead of 300%/-300% previously. More news on: Direxion Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares ETF, Direxion Daily Natural Gas Rela...

NEW YORK , March 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent and near unprecedented volatility across global markets, driven by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and oil price war, has dramatically increased the explicit and implicit cost of trading in the energy and commodities markets. While...

The Bank of Russia keeps its key rate at 6.0% per year in February through March, in contrast to most central banks which are easing policy in an effort to mitigate the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic. More news on: VanEck Vectors Russia ETF, Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3x Sha...

Russia's Constitutional Court rules that President Vladimir Putin's move to change the country's constitution so that he could stay in power until 2036 is legal . More news on: VanEck Vectors Russia ETF, Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares ETF, iShares MSCI Russia Capped ETF, Global news...

OPEC+ The driving force behind the initial drop in oil prices was the spread of Covid-19 in China and, eventually, into other parts of the world. Lower energy demand cut the price of oil, placing the petro-economies of OPEC+ on high alert. Supply reductions were expected. This would suppor...

The European Central Bank did not reduce its policy rate of interest, something that many investors and analysts expected them to do. The expected reduction was not great, only 10 basis points, but a reduction was expected, nonetheless. Jack Ewing writes in the New York Times, “T...

The price of nickel rose to highs in 2019 as the world's leading producing nation, Indonesia, moved forward its mineral export ban of the metal to January 1, 2020. Source: Nickel production top countries 2019 - Statista While Indonesian output leads the world, the Philippines is the ...

In the first Russian response to the oil price war launched by Saudi Arabia, Rosneft ( OTCPK:RNFTF ) reportedly plans to lift oil production as soon as the current OPEC+ deal ends, which would suggest the state-run firm would start boosting output as soon as April 1. More news on: Public...

The most important part of President Vladimir Putin's message to the Federal Assembly on January 15 was not social and demographic, but constitutional. Putin said that Russia's constitution remains relevant, but proposed some important amendments. Political changes were not only limited to t...