Direxion Funds

Like any financial instrument, leveraged ETFs only work for you if you use them appropriately. For example, if you use a buy-and-hold strategy for all the assets in your portfolio, leveraged ETFs might not be for you. But if you take a more active approach over your portfolio, they can be a good...

As one of Wall Street’s favorite buzzwords, the term “emerging market” gets thrown around quite a bit. Broadly defined, an emerging market is a country whose business and financial infrastructure is somewhere between being underdeveloped (like, say, Kenya) and highly complex (like...

With U.S. interest rates still low by historical standards and several other marquee developed markets sporting negative sovereign debt yields, fixed income investors are turning to other areas to find yield. The resurgence in emerging markets assets has led some bond investors to higher-yielding...

A weaker dollar and some precious metals has has the relevant exchange traded funds (ETFs) performing admirably this year. The major physically-backed gold ETFs are sporting double digit year-to-date gains while the comparable palladium fund is setting a torrid pace.   The major physically-...

The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is up more than 25 percent year-to-date, putting the widely-followed gauge of developing world equities on pace for its best annual performance since 2012. Investors are responding, making emerging markets exchange traded funds (ETFs) some of this year's top...

Emerging markets exchange traded funds are performing well this year, easily topping their US-focused counterparts along the way. Within the realm of emerging markets funds, the ETFs that are truly impressing usually share one trait in common: large exposure to Chinese Internet stocks.   There...

Because of their magnified exposure and use as a short-term vehicle, leveraged ETFs can be a popular trade around the release of relevant market-moving news, such as the release of economic data points. Using a 2-or-3x leveraged ETF trading strategy can prove an effective means of generating quick...