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Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 1x Shares (TYBS) Shares Cross Above 200 DMA

Fri, 10 May 2013 11:09:05 -0400

In trading on Friday, shares of the Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 1x Shares ETF (TYBS) crossed above their 200 day moving average of $26.79, changing hands as high as $26.84 per share. Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bear 1x Shares shares are currently trading up about 1.1% on the day.

TYBS Makes Notable Cross Below Critical Moving Average

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:58:58 -0400

In trading on Thursday, shares of the Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 1x Shares ETF (TYBS) crossed below their 200 day moving average of $26.80, changing hands as low as $26.66 per share. Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 1x Shares shares are currently trading down about 1.2% on the day.

Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 1x Shares (TYBS) Enters Oversold Territory

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:50:00 -0400

In trading on Thursday, shares of the Daily 20 Year Plus Treasury Bear 1x Shares ETF (TYBS) entered into oversold territory, changing hands as low as $26.835 per share. We define oversold territory using the Relative Strength Index, or RSI, which is a technical analysis indicator used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100.

Short ETFs: Everything You Need To Know

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:00:25 -0400

As the ETF universe has expanded by leaps and bounds in recent years, investors now have tools at their disposal to accomplish almost objective. From plain vanilla stock and bond indexes to hyper-targeted regional and sector funds, there are ETFs to bet on just about every asset class. And there are also a number of ETFs that can be used to bet against certain asset asset classes, which can be powerful tools for turning a profit in the types of environments that generally bring a sea of red ink to portfolio statements. Inverse ETFs, also known as short ETFs, have become extremely popular for a wide variety of objectives, including as hedging tools and vehicles for speculating on declines in value [see Free Report: How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. Short ETFs 101 Short or inverse ETFs generally seek to deliver results that correspond to the inverse, or [...]

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Current Unusual Volumes of NYSE Are: TYBS, PTH, EWRI, USV, TYNS Reports Otcstockriot.com

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 03:00:00 -0400

Inverse Bond ETFs: Highlighting All The Options

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:00:39 -0400

Investors have been slowly embracing exchange-traded products as a tool for accessing fixed income exposure in recent years, gradually becoming more comfortable with the nuances of bond ETFs and the potential limitations involved when combining this product structure and asset class. As long-term buy-and-holders have increased usage of ETFs as a way to maintain fixed income exposure, those investors with more of a short-term focus have also turned towards ETFs as an efficient way to bet against bonds [see Are Bond ETFs Broken?]. In recent months investors have seemingly adopted an increasingly bearish outlook on fixed income in general, expressing concerns that a confluence of economic factors and developments are pointing towards a tough stretch for all types of bonds, from Treasuries to high yield debt. Contracting credit spreads on corporate debt has raised some red flags, while the recent warning from S&P on the outlook for the U.S. seemed [...]

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March ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings, and Closures

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:27:24 -0400

March marked the most active month yet in 2011 for the ETF industry. While both of the previous months saw a healthy boost in funds introduced and filed for, March brought 38 new funds to market, expanding the exchange traded world even further. With the total number of funds now nearing 1,200, investors have more options than ever to gain exposure to a wide variety of asset classes and investment strategies. This past month saw introduction of numerous innovative new products, such as the first ever senior loan ETF, Italian and German Treasury ETNs, and a “pure” gold miners ETF. The tail end of the month saw the entrance of a new issuer, FocusShares, who released 15 new ETFs with expense ratios lower than any competitor in the space. Below, we highlight all of the new additions to the ETF lineup over the last month, as well as some new [...]

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ProShares Launches Short Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGS)

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 02:00:26 -0400

ProShares, the largest issuer of inverse and leveraged ETFs, continues to build out the portion of its product lineup offering opportunities to gain short exposure to fixed income securities. The new Short Investment Grade (IGS) will seek to deliver daily results that correspond to the inverse of the iBoxx $ Liquid Investment Grade Index, a benchmark is a modified market-value weighted index designed to provide a balanced representation of U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade corporate bonds. That benchmark serves as the underlying to the iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (LQD), which has nearly $13 billion in assets. “There are signs that investment grade corporate bonds could possibly be richly valued relative to historical levels. Since the financial crisis, investment grade corporate bond indexes have reached record highs, and credit spreads have tightened significantly,” said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares’ investment advisor. “For [...]

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New Inverse Bond ETFs: A Sign Of The Times

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 14:00:46 -0400

New exchange traded funds (ETF) continue to flood the markets, and this week has no shortage of variety. Direxion has a new line up of single-exposure bond ETFs. Oliver Ludwig for Index Universe reports Direxion rolled out three single-exposure bond ETFs, the latest sign that ETF sponsors are...

Direxion Debuts Short Aggregate Bond, Treasury ETFs

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 06:00:37 -0400

Direxion, one of the largest issuers of 2x and 3x leveraged ETFs, announced the launch of three products offering daily inverse exposure to fixed income benchmarks. The new -1x Direxion ETFs include: Total Bond Market Bear 1x Shares (SAGG) This ETF seeks to deliver daily returns that correspond to -100% of the daily change in the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. That benchmark serves as the basis for many of the most popular total bond market ETFs, including AGG and BND, which have aggregate assets of about $20 billion. The underlying index is a broad measure of investment grade fixed income securities, offering exposure to Treasuries, corporate debt, and mortgage-backed securities over a variety of maturities. AGG recently had an effective duration of about 4.5 years [see SAGG fact sheet]. SAGG is the first ETF offering inverse exposure to a broad investment grade bond index; existing products offering inverse [...]

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