Jared Woodard Analysis: What's Working Now
at The Street - Thu Apr 17, 12:29PM CDT
This year, one of the best sources of returns has been the passage of time.
Watch for VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN to Potentially Pullback After Gaining 3.42% Yesterday
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Wed Apr 16, 5:25PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $30.25 to a high of $31.22. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.4%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $30.54 on volume of 8.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Falls 6.10% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Rebound
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Apr 10, 3:59PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $30.35 to a high of $32.45. Yesterday, the shares fell 6.1%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $30.61 on volume of 17.4 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Rises 3.10% on Heavy Volume: Watch For Potential Pullback
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Mon Mar 31, 4:08PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $30.93 to a high of $31.66. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.1%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $30.85 on volume of 8.2 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Set to Possibly Rebound After Yesterday's Selloff of 3.94%
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Thu Mar 13, 3:53PM CDT
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $28.77 to a high of $30.94. Yesterday, the shares fell 3.9%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $29.61 on volume of 24.9 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
As the Dow Keeps Falling, Why Are Investors so Complacent?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Mar 13, 11:30AM CDT
Throughout this week, the Dow Jones Industrials have performed in a much different way than they have throughout most of the past five years, with a 125-point drop as of 12:30 p.m. EDT pointing to the very real possibility of a fourth straight day...
SmarTrend Watching for Potential Rebound in Shares of VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN After 2.35% Loss
Comtex SmarTrend(R) - Fri Mar 07, 3:53PM CST
VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN (NYSE:XIV) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $30.43 to a high of $31.70. Yesterday, the shares fell 2.4%, which took the trading range below the 3-day low of $30.77 on volume of 13.6 million shares. Often times after large one-day declines, short-term traders may play for some degree of mean reversion.
Investors Have Declared the Dow Pullback Over
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Feb 11, 11:30AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The Dow Jones Industrials are celebrating Tuesday, rising...
Is Market Volatility Back for 2014?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Jan 26, 10:30AM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The S&P 500 fell 2.6%, with a 38-point plunge in the...
Will Stock-Market Volatility Come Back in 2014?
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Dec 26, 10:15PM CST
The year 2013 has been an exceptionally strong one for stock market investors, who scored big gains on their portfolios in a broad-based advance in the fifth year of the current bull market. One of the most surprising things about 2013 was that those...
The Best ETFs of 2013
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Fri Dec 20, 4:55PM CST
Exchange-traded funds have maintained their immense popularity throughout the bull market as an increasing number of investors look at ETFs as a flexible, low-cost alternative to actively managed mutual funds. With thousands of different ETFs to...
2013: The Year Volatility Died
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sun Dec 08, 5:55PM CST
The stock market in 2013 gave investors almost exactly what they wanted: sizable returns without any major correction along the way. But what drove such strong results, and can 2014 give investors another chance at such favorable conditions? In the...
What Correction? 1 Key Sign Investors Remain Complacent
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Thu Dec 05, 1:06PM CST
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. The losing streak for the U.S. stock market could reach five...
Is the Sleeping Giant (volatility) Ready to Awaken?
Ron DeLegge - ETFG - Fri Aug 30, 11:18PM CDT
Will the beast (stock market volatility) awaken and trample the city? How can investors profit from a higher VIX?
Why Investors Are Too Complacent
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Aug 28, 10:45AM CDT
You'd think that after the stock market crashed more than 50% in the span of just 18 months from 2007 to 2009, investors would remember what risk looks like. Yet investors increasingly appear to have forgotten just how cruel stocks can be in the...
Why So Many Investors Want These Big Losers to Recover
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Sat Aug 17, 10:31AM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. After having set new records throughout much of the past few...
VelocityShares Launches Two Hedged ETFs - ETF News And Commentary
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Jul 03, 5:45AM CDT
Investors now have two new large cap risk-hedged options from VelocityShares.
Why I Hate Volatility ETFs (And Why You Should Too) - ETF News And Commentary
Eric Dutram - Zacks Investment Research - Thu May 02, 3:04PM CDT
Why investors would be better served by avoiding volatility ETFs like VXX over long time periods.
Contango: 1 Key Reason Not to Buy These ETFs
Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Mon Mar 04, 9:11AM CST
Exchange-traded funds are some of the most useful investments ever created. But they can also be more complicated than you realize, and if you don't understand all the intricacies involved in a particular ETF, you can inadvertently walk into a...