leverage – Investment Watch

Direxion Cuts Leverage on 10 Funds to 200%, Closes Eight Others

March 24, 2020

Effective May 19 2020, Direxion is updating the objectives of 10 leveraged ETF, some of them Gold based. Originally found the article on Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-03-23/ten-leveraged-direxion-funds-cut-exposure-amid-global-turmoil?utm_medium=deeplink Here’s also the statement from Direxion: www.direxion.com/press-release/direxion-changes-objectives-of-ten-leveraged-funds-to-address-extreme-market-conditions-while-also-closing-eight-funds-due-to-limited-interest-since-launch

I’m a Leverage Finance banker, this is how I see the markets playing out.

March 21, 2020

by smerff First of all, I’ve lost $12k since yesterday mornings open. LYV, NCLH, and SIX puts that I bought yesterday. I’m not worried, I know I’ll be cashing before … Read more

A detailed discussion of using futures contracts to obtain leverage; holding a long position of the S+P 500 index

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

by devdevdev51 In another post, I reviewed some of the ways to obtain leverage in your portfolio. Here, I discuss futures specifically. Futures may be the most cost-effective way of obtaining leverage, or … Read more

Went all in Boeing on 4x Leverage

January 25, 2020

Imagine if i bought calls Grounding planes for a couple months more justifies a 10% loss in stock price? Thank god tdameritrade allows 4x margin (My account is 80k but … Read more

Three of the biggest hedge funds use repo to leverage up in the markets and yet we are told by the Fed that actions to add liquidity to repo markets doesn’t not boost markets.

December 9, 2019December 9, 2019

For more- t.co/Ci4TLhaHHl — Michael Lebowitz, CFA (@michaellebowitz) December 9, 2019 Repo Blowup Was Fueled by Big Banks and Hedge Funds, BIS Says The September mayhem in the U.S. repo … Read more

Infinite leverage back?! ROBINHOOD INFINITE MONEY GLITCH STEP BY STEP TUTORIAL

December 1, 2019

via WSB: For all you autists out there this is the method for the all new, Robinhood Infinite Money Glitch! What you have to do is find a company that … Read more

China Cancels Trade Deal & Negotiations Thinking It Has More Leverage To Ask For More From Trump?

October 14, 2019

China Wants More Talks Before Signing “Phase One” Trade Deal. Is anyone surprised? Because they shouldn’t be! Futures Tumble, Stocks Slide As China Wants More Talks Before Signing “Phase One” … Read more

Avigdor Lieberman Is Israel’s New “Kingmaker”, And He Will Use That Leverage To Make Sure Israel Goes To War With Hamas

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

by Michael Snyder Last November, Avigdor Lieberman resigned as Israel’s defense minister when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to reject Lieberman’s plan for a military operation in Gaza and … Read more

US Consumers At Maximum Leverage, Might Not Be Able To Save The Day

September 14, 2019

via Zerohedge: John Kemp, senior market analyst of commodities at Reuters, says in a new report that US borrowers as a whole look stable but there are signs emerging that point to … Read more

Yield Curve & Household Leverage Predict Different Cyclical Outcomes

August 16, 2019

via upfina: The yield curve has become a hot topic again in the financial press because the most widely followed 10-2 spread finally inverted. There is too much analysis that just … Read more

ICYMI: Loan issuance trends continue to increase in leverage, including the % of loans w/greater than 6X leverage, now at over 40% share.

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019

via @DriehausCapital:

Corporations Leverage Fed’s Rate Pause to Lock-in Lower Rates on Junk Debt

May 25, 2019May 24, 2019

From Birch Gold Group “Too Big to Fail” corporations searching for an opportunity to refinance high-risk debt have been given a gift. But this gift comes with risks. Fed Chairman Powell … Read more

Record valuations and leverage alone do not make a market top. Add macro timing:

April 30, 2019April 29, 2019

Record valuations and leverage alone do not make a market top. Add macro timing: -Faltering consumer confidence-Liquidity drying up-Negative economic surprises-EPS growth deceleration-Yield curve inversions-Extreme VIX short-China shocks to comet.co/9DrQo35QlK … Read more

What Deleveraging? Global Leverage Continues To Break Records

April 5, 2019

by Jesse Colombo Since the end of the Great Recession, I have been warning that our economic recovery (both U.S. and global) isn’t a genuine recovery because it’s driven by … Read more

The Next LTCM? $8 Billion Hedge Fund Is Using 10x Leverage

February 26, 2019

via Zerohedge: According to some, America’s bailout culture started long before the 2008 global financial crisis, with Wall Street’s bailout of Long-Term Capital Management, an iconic hedge fund whose employee … Read more

Forced End of “Ponzi-Like Leverage” & “Fraudulent Lending” Turns Australia’s House Price Bubble into “Property Bloodbath”

February 21, 2019

Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter What banks & housing markets in Sydney and Melbourne are facing in 2019. As investors are fleeing Australia’s housing bust, sales of new houses have plunged to … Read more