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Elections, Economy, and Ever-Expanding Leverage

This week we've seen an excellent example of a common saying in financial market: "Buy the rumor, sell the news." I'm referring, of course, to the senate election of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts on Tuesday.

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Direxion ETFs Add New Horses to Stable

Looking to capitalize on the appeal of these nuclear-tipped trading weapons, Direxion added six new triple ETFs last month. While interest in the new round of ETFs has so far been limited, I predict at least one of the triple ETF pairs has a bright future. My candidates for stardom are the pair of emerging markets ETFs: the 3x bull (EDC) and the -3x bear (EDZ).

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Direxion Introduces More Triple-Leveraged (3X) Index ETFs

DirexionShares has already expanded its nascent stable of 3X ETF stallions. The initial crop of triple-levered trading vehicles tied to indices of financials, energy, and large and small cap stocks, have proven to be widely popular, as evidenced by daily trading volumes in the millions.

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ETF vs. ETN: Choosing the Right Leveraged Play on Gold and Oil

There was an excellent article by Ron DeLegge of ETFguide.com a few weeks ago about the pros and cons of ETFs vs. ETNs. The comparison is topical because if you want to make a leveraged play on gold or crude oil, you now have a choice between Powershares ETNs and ProShares ETFs. Until a few weeks ago, the ETNs were the only way to go.

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Leveraged ETFs & Large Late Day Trading Moves

There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding the surge in volatile late-day trading that has occurred since the summer sell-off and fall credit-crisis began to unfold. In November alone, an average of 26.2 percent of trading volume in S&P 500 stocks took place in the final hour of trading, with 17.1 percent of the trading occurring in the final 30 minutes (see WSJ article).

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What is leverage?

Leverage is using borrowed money to increase your potential return on investment. It is relying on debt in order to speculate.

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Will Wall Street Learn From Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy?

After the US government put out a forest fire with the takeover of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae last week, Wall Street’s troubles were far from over. As they say, when you see a rat in the house, you can bet there are hundred more rats lurking in the dark corners. Slowly but surely, they are being flushed out now.

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Total Leveraged Loss On Subprime Mortgages - $2 Trillion

A new joint Wall Street-Academic report titled 'Leveraged Losses Lessons from the Mortgage Market Meltdown' lays out the complete devastation of the subprime mortgage crisis ($400 billion), and it's ripple affect on the financial sector ($2 trillion) and on the economy (GDP loss of 1 to 1.5 perecent).

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