SMLL News and Press, Direxion Daily Small Cap Bull 2X Shares From 09/22/20

A new wave of policy proposals is gaining steam, centered around the idea that the US can use unlimited amounts of debt (or money printing) without consequence. Currently, the US does not "print" spendable dollars. The increase in debt, however, has been having measurable consequences...

It has been a rough start to the fall season, with a 10% materializing in the S&P 500 over the last 20 days so far. Unfortunately, due to numerous detrimental fundamental factors surrounding the economy, it is still likely to get worse before things get better. Stocks are far ...

The recent pandemic actually created a new wave of the amount and use of alternative data. Compared to traditional economic data, alternative data is generally more timely. Some alternative data like credit card and transaction data tracking will likely stay post-COVID. For ...

Six of eight indexes on our world watch list posted losses through September 21, 2020. The top performer is China's Shanghai with a gain of 8.75%. Our own S&P 500 is in second with a gain of 1.24% and in third is Tokyo's Nikkei 225 with a loss of 1.25%. Coming in last is Londo...

Zombie companies have feasted on price-indiscriminate yield-seekers with a ravenous appetite to pay top dollar for credit that is not money-sound. The debt owed by Russell 3000 companies where profits have been insufficient to cover the interest paid on debts for at least three years,...

Throughout market history, investors repeatedly abandon the principles of value investing and maintaining a "margin of safety" during periods of exuberance. Ultimately, those investors paid a dear price for their speculation. In a market that is overvalued on many metrics, finding val...

Coming into COVID-19, a chunk of client bond money was in higher yielding money markets since credit spreads (in my opinion) offered little value prior to March 2020. After the 35% correction in the S&P 500, and upon the announcement of the Fed liquidity programs, all that money w...

The great part about the election is, it's a known unknown. Markets are preparing for volatility around the event, even if the event takes months to reconcile. Wall Street is actively hedging risk in that time frame. That itself is bringing down risk surrounding the event. If you ...

With fewer deaths, we face lower risk of business-throttling orders from the government. Currently, the economy lies in a middle ground - not locked down but not back to normal. In the near term, incomes are likely to fall because the $600 extra unemployment payments are over. ...

So far for most of the month of September, the large-cap value stock space has outperformed large-cap growth. Since the beginning of the month, the industrials and materials sectors are outperforming, and these are economically sensitive sectors. The sector laggards are growth-oriente...