UBT News and Press, ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury From 01/17/24

2024-01-17 00:31:00 ET Summary Market expectations for 2024. Is a March rate cut by the Fed too optimistic? Potential earnings headwinds for Canadian companies. Equity markets posted strong returns at the end of last year on expectations of potential rate cuts as e...

2024-01-16 22:45:00 ET Summary The unprecedented shrinkage in M2 money supply continues, and with it we have seen generally falling inflation numbers. The M2 shrinkage process began in December 2022 and, as of this writing, it is still ongoing. In theory, if this shrinkage con...

2024-01-16 07:26:00 ET Summary The downward trend that began in June of 2022 is intact and we expect that the 2023 low will be breached during the first quarter of this year. After the supply issue is resolved, the price falls back to near where it was prior to the disruption. ...

2024-01-15 21:13:00 ET Summary The highest-rated core government bonds are called “risk free” not because their prices don’t go up and down, sometimes wildly, and not because they are insensitive to shifting economic forces. The overwhelming probability is tha...

2024-01-15 20:07:00 ET Summary Underpinning the Fed’s policies will be the basic data on the economy regarding the risk of recession and the movement of inflation. Consumer Price Index rose just 3.4% over the past 12 months, down from a peak of 9.1% in mid-2022. Long-te...

2024-01-15 06:44:12 ET Summary Disconnect between Fed policy and risk asset prices will worsen from 2024. Growth of debt issuance has a significant impact on bond yields and stock market performance. Debt issuance is becoming a primary determinant of risk asset prices. There i...

2024-01-15 05:25:00 ET Summary The first price index release of the year brings some less-than-welcome news: Inflation has ticked up once again. The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced the Consumer Price Index increased 0.3 percent in December. We need to compare the current ...

2024-01-15 02:14:00 ET Summary Options trading boomed while hedging in-the-money call options provided a key source of marketplace liquidity generation. Yields jumped, CDS prices rose, spreads widened, and risk premiums generally increased. With no end in sight for the Ukraine...

2024-01-14 04:26:00 ET Summary The SEC finally approved a Bitcoin ETF. The Winklevoss twins filed for the initial Bitcoin ETF in July of 2013 so it’s been 10 years coming. Thursday’s CPI came in a little hotter than expected. And this got the usual suspects talking a...

2024-01-14 00:20:00 ET Summary Looking back at last year, the best investment decision would have been to ignore diversification. Throughout history, we’ve seen numerous instances where capital heavily concentrates on a single company or a small cluster of stocks. We ar...