SDS News and Press, ProShares UltraShort S&P500 From 05/01/23

2023-05-01 12:07:00 ET Summary Last week’s GDP report was not some kind of near miss, something that could be interpreted as negative if you just squint and employ a little confirmation bias. Real estate had another up week and continues its recovery. There are certainly so...

2023-05-01 11:20:00 ET Summary After the gradual erosion in S&P 500 EPS and revenue “upside surprises” in 2022, Q1 ’23 is breaking the trend and EPS has come in much stronger than expected. If you simply watched “price action” you’d th...

2023-05-01 09:24:36 ET Summary We present the reason why leveraged ETFs drift. The worst decays are in biotechnology and semiconductors ETFs. Direxion Daily S&P 500® Bear 3X Shares ETF has a positive drift in one month, but SPXS stayed negative in the last 12 months. ...

2023-05-01 09:02:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 ended the week at 4169.48, rising 0.9% over its previous week's close. The CME Group's FedWatch Tool anticipates the Fed will hike the Federal Funds Rate by a quarter point to a target range of 5.00-5.25% at its upcoming meeting on 3 ...

2023-04-29 07:21:00 ET Summary The NBER is notoriously slow in identifying when the business cycle in the U.S. either peaks before going into recession or troughs when coming out of one. Analysts have built models to try to predict the timing of when the country's business cycle h...

2023-04-29 07:00:00 ET Summary The US economy expanded at a much slower rate than expected in the first quarter, a prelude to recession, according to some forecasters. But there are clues that suggest the economy is stabilizing at a sluggish pace rather than tumbling into recessio...

2023-04-29 04:00:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 EPS upside surprise rate is way strong in Q1 ’23. There is only one sector that isn’t beating the estimates and that’s Real Estate with a -0.9% downside surprise rate. No question the bearish expectations head...

2023-04-29 02:20:00 ET Summary The problem with “conviction” is that it leads to various behavioral biases that interfere with portfolio returns over longer-term time horizons. The problem with having a strong “conviction” about some economic, political...

2023-04-29 00:30:00 ET Stock Traders Daily has produced this trading report using a proprietary method.  This methodology seeks to optimize the entry and exit levels to maximize results and limit risk, and it is also applied to Index options, ETFs, and futures for our subscribers. This...

2023-04-27 03:11:54 ET Summary The historical record shows U.S. stock market performance following recessions hasn't always been bad. In fact, U.S. stocks have often done quite well soon after the onset of recessions. If the current time period ends up being classified as a re...