UBT News and Press, ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury From 04/16/24

2024-04-16 10:30:00 ET Summary The rise in rates last week pushed the 10-year to its highest level since the peak at 5% in October of last year. Gold has been setting new highs, trading above $2400 at one point on Friday before succumbing to some profit taking. Year-to-date, t...

2024-04-16 05:20:00 ET Summary In the wake of last week’s hotter-than-expected consumer inflation data for March, the implied forecast via Fed funds futures indicates that interest rate cuts are unlikely in the months ahead. The policy-sensitive US 2-year Treasury yield has...

2024-04-16 03:39:00 ET Summary Remarkably strong retail sales numbers for March contradict somewhat weaker survey and credit card spending evidence. But with jobs, inflation, and activity all beating expectations, the Federal Reserve is in no position to carry through with interes...

2024-04-16 02:35:00 ET Summary The repercussions of delayed rate cuts continued to shake out in the U.S. stock market in the past week. The S&P 500 (Index: SPX) dropped a little over 1.5% from where it ended the previous week to close at 5,123.41 on Friday, 12 April 2024. ...

2024-04-15 12:40:00 ET Summary As Q1 earnings season starts, we eye signs of earnings growth broadening beyond tech stocks to industrials and others. We stay overweight U.S. equities. Crude oil prices rose, partly on heightened tensions in the Middle East. We are monitoring the ri...

2024-04-13 14:40:00 ET Summary The US is growing strongly; it’s adding jobs in significant numbers while inflation continues to run too hot for comfort. We will need to see a rapid change of fortune to trigger a rate cut in the next month or two. We still think a slowdo...

2024-04-12 20:50:00 ET Summary Stubbornly strong economic data has led to significant shifts in market expectations for when, and how quickly, the Federal Reserve will begin cutting policy rates. Our own forecast is now for the first rate reduction to come in September, but the co...

2024-04-12 08:05:00 ET Summary U.S. growth is downshifting somewhat as lower income households pull back, and corporates face higher refinancing costs. However, with most other global economies still struggling, the U.S. will remain the strongest global performer. After having mad...

2024-04-12 06:25:00 ET Summary On a monthly basis, US headline and core Consumer Price Index topped expectations - both rising 0.4%. Although shelter inflation ticked marginally lower, the pace of disinflation remains painfully slow. While energy services have slowed since the...

2024-04-12 05:00:00 ET Summary The Producer Price Index data got a lot of attention today because it didn’t increase as sharply as a month ago. The seasonal adjustments in March were far larger than in the Marches during the years before the pandemic. The PPI, not seaso...