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U.S. Steel, Genomic Health and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:54:32 -0400

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but conventional wisdom is that insiders really only buy shares of a company for one reason -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it.

Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors

Starbucks, Huntington Bancshares and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:25:23 -0400

Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors

Apache, Windstream and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:26:19 -0400

Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors

Icahn Enterprises, Sears Holdings and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 14:55:07 -0500

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it.

Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith

Akamai, Murphy Oil and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:57:59 -0500

Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith

Adobe, Darden and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:17:22 -0500

Trade Like An Insider With The KNOW ETF

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:00:23 -0500

Ed Egilinsky is the Head of Alternative Investments at Direxion, a Boston-based ETF issuer best known providing inverse and leveraged products. He recently took time out of his busy schedule to discuss Direxion’s All Cap Insider Sentiment Shares, KNOW, as well as his take on the evolution of the ETF industry over the last several years [see Free Report: How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. ETF Database (ETFdb): What was the inspiration behind creating the All Cap Insider Sentiment ETF (KNOW)? Ed Egilinsky (EE): Direxion’s expertise has always been in providing exposure to index based strategies – to both the retail and institutional investor. Our strategies include both tradable vehicles for those who have a short term opinion of the market as well as “buy and hold” strategies for those advisors who are asset allocators. Investors are always looking for ways to try and generate alpha relative to the broader equity benchmarks with an eye [...]

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Direxion Shutting Down Three ETFs – ETF News And Commentary

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:30:01 -0500

Direxion announces the latest round of ETF closures, shuttering three of its low AUM funds.

One Year Check: GREK, KNOW, INSD, TNDQ

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:00:48 -0500

From the most basic portfolio building blocks to specialized funds that give investors access to niche markets, ETFs cover them all, and with the constant launches and filings of new ETFs it is easy to forget about some “older” funds on the market. Although there are numerous new funds already in the pipeline, taking a step back and looking at the performance of ETFs that have been on the market for a while paints a vivid picture of just how far the industry has come [see also 5 Worst ETF Strategies Of The Last 5 Years]. This month marks the one-year anniversary of three offerings from issuers Global X, Direxion and RBS. Since December 2011, these ETPs have weathered poor market conditions and proved that their strategies are here to stay. Combined, these four funds have accumulated over $38 million and counting in total assets over the last year [see The 5 Most Important [...]

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J.C. Penney, Navistar and Other Stocks Insiders Are Buying

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:34:08 -0500

If You Don’t Know This You Are Doomed

Sun, 20 May 2012 13:08:58 -0400

theelevationgroup.net It’s pretty obvious that the big-shot bankers on Wall Street have been getting richer and richer during this economic crisis, while your friends and family members haven’t. Well if you’re interested in cracking open the “black-box investing strategies” of the rich, so you can see how they’re doing it, you’ve gotta check out this [...]

Three New Risk Control ETFs from Direxion

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:16:00 -0500

Direxion Launches Three Volatility Response ETFs

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:46:30 -0500

Direxion, the firm that recently rolled out a pair of Insider Sentiment ETFs, got the ball rolling on the product development front in 2012 with the launch of three volatility response ETFs this week. The new ETFs offer dynamic exposure to U.S. and Latin American equity markets, shifting allocations between stocks and cash based on market volatility: Direxion S&P 500 RC Volatility Response Shares (VSPY): Linked to the S&P 500 Dynamic Rebalancing Risk Control Index, this ETF will consist of exposure to T-Bills and large cap U.S. stocks through the S&P 500. Direxion S&P 1500 RC Volatility Response Shares (VSPR): S&P Composite 1500 Dynamic Rebalancing Risk Control Index, this ETF includes exposure to small, mid, and large cap stocks. Direxion S&P Latin America 40 RC Volatility Response Shares (VLAT): S&P Latin America 40 Dynamic Rebalancing Risk Control Index, this ETF consists of exposure to an index that includes 40 of the largest Latin [...]

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Direxion to Roll Out 3 New Volatility ETFs on Wednesday (VSPR, VSPY, VLAT, ILF, INSD, KNOW)

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:47:14 -0500

The ETF Professor: Direxion, the second-largest U.S. issuer of inverse and leveraged ETFs, will add to its non-leveraged lineup on Wednesday January 11, 2012 when the firm rolls out three new volatility ETFs. The new funds are as follows: The S&P 1...

December ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:00:16 -0500

The coming of the new year hasn’t slowed down the rapid pace of the ETF industry, with December showing high levels of activity on the product development front. December saw the debut of a number of first-to-market products as well several new and intriguing investment strategies. ETF issuers did not slow down the pace as a slew of new filings continued to pile in up until the end 2011 [for updates on all new ETFs, sign up for the free ETFdb newsletter]: New ETFs New exchange-traded products that began trading in December include: State Street released its new SPDR Barclays Capital Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (FLRN) earlier this month. This ETF offers exposure to the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment grade floating rate notes. PowerShares and Deutsche Bank launched two new funds focusing on future expectations of the price level, including the DB US Inflation ETN (INFL) and the DB US Deflation ETN [...]

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Quant-Based ETFs In Focus

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:00:24 -0500

ETFs initially became popular with advisors and individual investors as tools for harnessing beta, allowing low cost ownership of broad equity markets through a vehicle that provided transparency, intraday liquidity, and potential tax efficiency to boot. The “first generation” of exchange-traded products were exclusively plain vanilla funds that targeted well known stock and bond benchmarks, such as the S&P 500 or Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index. To the great delight of the pioneers of the ETF space, the last several years have seen ETF asset surge and adoption rates among all degrees of investors rise steadily; assets now top $1 trillion, and ETFs often account for about a third of total trading activity. But to the great dismay of some of those pioneers, recent years have also seen ETFs become increasingly sophisticated and increasingly targeted; many of the new products debuting focus on narrow asset sub-classes of implement advanced screening [...]

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Direxion Launches Insider Sentiment ETFs

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:21:21 -0500

Direxion, one of the largest issuers of leveraged and inverse ETFs, announced the launch today of a pair of non-leveraged funds that will utilize insider sentiment indicators to achieve exposure to domestic equities. The new ETFs will seek to replicate indexes that filter the universe of U.S. equities using quant-based strategies to eliminate stocks with aggressive accounting. The methodology behind the new ETFs will analyze public company filings related to frequency of trades, purchases of stock and increases in holdings by “insiders,” as well as positive earnings analysis. The companies with the highest “insider sentiment” scores are included in the funds. The two new ETFs are: Direxion All Cap Insider Sentiment Shares (KNOW): This ETF is linked to the Sabrient Multi-Cap Insider/Analyst Quant-Weighted Index, which consists of 100 stocks that are included in the S&P 1500. The underlying index is “quant-weighted,” meaning the top 50 stocks are weighted exponentially (the [...]

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How Do I Know I Am In A Forex Trend

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:09:06 -0400

forexprofitclassroom.org || When trading forex how do you know when you are in a trend? Jed Norwood takes just a minute to share with you his simple strategy to answer this great Forex Trading question. Video Rating: 5 / 5 www.forexstrategysecrets.com To find the big trends you need to look at the larger time frames. [...]

Finance: What Managers Need to Know

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:09:02 -0400

Joe Knight, coauthor of the Financial Intelligence series, gives you a crash course in reading the numbers. Video Rating: 4 / 5 Related Posts:Successful Futures Trading Video Part 1 of 71. Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and SocietyUnderstanding Stock Trading Technical Analysis Tutorial w/ the Zecco ZirensTrading Plans Explained: The 3MsTrading [...]