RWSL News and Press, Direxion Russell Small Over Large Cap ETF From 07/02/20

By Payal Lakhani AT A Glance The Russell US Indexes' annual reconstitution process is critical to maintaining accurate representation of U.S. equity markets. The reconstitution is a major event in the U.S. equity calendar, presenting risk management challenges for some and trade opp...

By Philip Lawlor, head of Global Markets Research The epic rally since late March has propelled forward PE multiples across the developed equity markets to some of the highest levels in years. Price/book value ratios have also rebounded, albeit less profoundly. In both cases, the Russell 1...

By Matt Wagner, CFA, Senior Research Analyst Small-cap valuations have a unique tendency to provoke debate. During highly uncertain and declining earnings backdrops, the divisiveness over this topic ramps up . Differences in valuation techniques and market benchmarks are amplified in sm...

By Philip Lawlor, managing director, head of Global Markets Research US stocks regained their dominance with the global risk rally of the past two months, and US small caps have led the way. The Russell 2000 is up almost 40% from its March 23 low, outstripping the gains of 38% the Russell ...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch decreased in size in April. Twenty exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 34 funds were removed. Twenty-five of those funds were removed due to increased health and nine were due to asset managers closing their funds. That so ma...

By Scott Bauer At a Glance Prior to COVID-19, lower rates from the Fed should have created an optimal opportunity for the Russell 2000 to outpace large-cap indices. The Russell 2000 flashed warning signs of an economic pullback throughout 2019. Since early 2019, the Russell 2000, t...

Finance students learn that small company investments that can provide excess returns versus less risky large cap, blue-chip stocks. The ‘size factor’ is one of the original components that Eugene Fama and Ken French used to develop their 3-factor model. It worked for quite s...

Right before I had to undergo a surgery at the end of the first week of February, I began to pen an article regarding the potential bearish set up in [[IWM]] as a follow up to the bearish analysis I posted about [[EEM]] earlier that week entitled “ Sentiment Speaks: Emerging Markets Loo...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch list decreased in size in December. Eleven exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list, and 21 funds were removed. Of the removals, 13 were removed due to increased health and eight were due to asset managers closing their funds. During Dec...

By Ansh Chaudhary The ETF Deathwatch list increased in September. Twenty-five exchange-traded products ("ETPs") were added to the list and 12 funds were removed. Of the removals, 10 were removed due to increased health and two were due to asset managers closing their funds. September was a...