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

2023-05-23 01:00:00 ET Summary Macroeconomic uncertainty presents new challenges for investors who are saving for long-term goals like retirement. Inflation can diminish the ability to save today and the value of those savings tomorrow. Investors may benefit from solutions that se...

2023-05-23 01:00:00 ET Summary The Fed funds rate is currently set in a target range of 5.0 to 5.25 percent, following the most recent rate hike announced earlier this month. Meanwhile, conditions in the equity market have been unusually placid. A report from Bloomberg News on May...

2023-05-22 21:15:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 Index made a new high for 2023 last week while its cousin – the S&P 500 Equal Weighted Index – was actually down for the year at the lows of last week. With Republicans walking out of debt ceiling negotiations last F...

2023-05-22 12:12:00 ET Summary The S&P 500 (SPX) rose 1.65% over its previous week's closing value to end the third week of May 2023 at 4191.98. The biggest market-moving news of the week came on Wednesday, 17 May 2023, after news Western Alliance (WAL) had seen its ...

2023-05-22 10:30:00 ET Summary We’ve seen this movie before... gold did ok, but what about stocks? The last time we saw this preference for gold was 10 years ago. Why? Waiting for the last shoe to drop is not a recipe for market success. Markets are forward-loo...

2023-05-22 02:10:00 ET Summary With mega-cap tech / growth up 25.95% this year), the semiconductor group is being pulled higher with it, despite the memory-related names still being in a tough downcycle. Inflation data has heated up (or at least not cooled down enough to the Fed&#...

2023-05-21 08:54:00 ET Summary While the Fed is able to obscure its capital losses by valuing its assets at cost, there’s one item the Fed isn’t able to completely bury in its balance sheet accounting. Regardless of the level of valuations, an improvement in the unif...

2023-05-20 07:00:00 ET Summary In the US, recent growth has been positive, the labor market has been resilient, and inflation appears to have peaked. Despite current rosy macro data, many forecasters see two clouds on the horizon: recession and inflation. Acknowledging the goo...

2023-05-20 04:30:00 ET Summary So far, the world of investing in 2023 is proving to be very different from 2022. In early May, the Fed raised interest rates above 5% for the first time since 2007. Investors are asking questions about whether rates will stop rising and if infla...

2023-05-20 01:00:00 ET Summary Could massive monetary support have softened the deep bear market many expected? It is an interesting question. Particularly given the Fed has hiked rates at one of the most aggressive paces in history. Combined with inverted yield curves, surgin...