TVIXF News and Press, VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN From 04/05/22

The VIX ETPs have quite a few quirks and as a result of these quirks and their high volatility, there are considerable risks for both longs and shorts. From the 30,000-foot perspective, the big risk in being short volatility is that a big one-day VIX spike can theoretically destroy th...

Commodities and equities are both showing renewed strength on the heels of global interest rate increases. Inflation shows no sign of abating as energy, metals, food products, and housing continue their upward bias. The SPY has enjoyed a sharp rally back up after touching its Fibonacc...

In a recent backtest of adding a dedicated allocation to volatility (VIX) via a specialty ETF for enhancing risk management in a traditional 60/40 stock/bond strategy, the results were encouraging, or at least intriguing. The conventional approach is to simply hold bonds – 40% ...

Inverted curves are a necessary but not sufficient condition for a recession. The yield curve inverts when the market senses that the Fed is so tight that the economy is at risk of collapsing, and that collapse would then prompt the Fed to ease. Low spreads mean the market thinks ...

Based on volume alone, the SPX options clearly have utility. Over the past few years, options volume continues to move toward short-dated maturities and smaller average contract size. The inversion in VIX and the significant rise in energy prices reflect the ongoing concern of Rus...

I don't pretend to know how the Russia/Ukraine war will play out, but I can shed some light on how it has impacted the U.S. and Eurozone economies. Limiting Russia's ability to use the SWIFT payment system is a big factor reducing liquidity overseas. Whenever the market gets very ...

Financial markets are reacting as expected to the heightened uncertainty. In the first days of the invasion, global equities plunged while safe-haven assets rallied. In short, while we have anticipated a broader, cyclical turn against the dollar could be underway, this shift in favor ...

What if the Ukraine market meltdown was the bottom in stocks? The fact is that given the amount of short covering that we saw in the last few days, and the huge explosion in bearish sentiment, nothing would surprise me. The New York Stock Exchange Advance Decline line (NYAD) final...

The peak of central bank tightening expectations has likely passed. Major economies will continue to experience positive growth. Biggest sectoral impacts will likely be in commodity markets. For further details see: Russia's Invasion: 3 Implications For Fixed Income

The more markets move up and down, the harder it can be to hold firm in your investment strategy. Many investors have been underweight value in their portfolios while favoring the long-run winner: growth. After an exceptional 2021, investors are wise to brace for something more &#...