ETF

We asked traders for their opinion on the launch of bitcoin futures

Tamarah Webb

November 9, 2017

So, we asked traders, will there be listed bitcoin futures in 2017? Will it trade? Will one exchange win the liquidity battle for bitcoin futures or will it trade on multiple exchanges?

VESH: A different inverse ETF

Matt Litchfield

October 23, 2017

Eight years into arguably the second longest bull market ever, has made short selling seem less a “lonely” activity and more a “suicidal” one as tacking against the euphoria has been a career killer leaving only a handful of exchange-traded products (ETPs) to choose from.

Options on ETFs & ETFs on options

Daniel P. Collins

September 16, 2017

Options on ETFs are growing, and so are ETFs that offer exposure to options strategies.

Sector Showcase: Early signs that energy stocks could be turning up

Matt Weller

August 1, 2017

Since bottoming in early July, the energy sector ETF has rallied by about 5% to break meaningfully above its 50-day moving average for the first time since January. The ETF also was able to clear its eight-month descending trend line in the same area.

Russia collusion story: A big “nothing burger” or a case for gold?

Frank Holmes

July 18, 2017

Gold got a boost Friday on weaker-than-expected inflation and retail sales figures, casting doubt on the Federal Reserve’s ability to continue normalizing interest rates this year.

Trading ETF shadow prices

Paul D. Cretien

May 29, 2017

Finding a market’s shadow provides a great opportunity to create profitable spread trades.

Don't be gamed by the name

Matt Litchfield

May 25, 2017

Coal’s fall from grace is a well-known story and has had a predictable impact on the one-and-only coal ETF (a telling fact on its own); from its peak in April of 2011 to the inevitable trough in January of 2016.

SEC rejects application to list Bitcoin ETF, currency's price plunges

Trevor Hunnicutt and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss, Reuters

March 10, 2017

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday denied a request to list what would have been the first U.S. exchange-traded fund built to track bitcoin, the digital currency.

No surprise in recent moves in gold and silver markets

Michael J. Ballanger

March 8, 2017

Given the big down move this week in the precious metals, it would certainly follow that the activities of the Commercials would be no surprise.

Dow: Bubble or blow-off top?

Jeff Greenblatt

March 6, 2017

After Trump's speech, this pattern on the Dow chart built a skyscraper and I have to admit seeing a failed wedge followed by a parabolic spike had me thinking of the potential of a real bubble. Is it a bubble or is it a blow-off top?