Tag Archives: commodities

State of the Art: What’s hot in financial product advertising

It’s always a good idea to check out what’s being advertised to see what the financial product firms are pushing. Some of this is horse-leading-the-cart stuff, but sometimes financial products are developed based on demand for such things. Looking at advertising in the financial industry is a momentum-driven way to look at trends [...]

1-pager: Leveraged and inverse ETFs on the ropes

Summary
Regulators have their sights set on restructuring the market for leveraged, inverse(short) and commodity ETFs.  Increased scrutiny for these index shorts and leveraged bets have the ETF industry running for cover and it’s already impacting existing shares in common ETFs tracking commodities and sectors, like Oil and Financials.  Advisers commonly use these products for hedging [...]