Category Archives: Exchange Traded Funds
Natural Gas ETFs Down Over 24% in 2014
Natural gas prices were weak throughout 2014 due to warmer than average global temperatures and record-high production levels, which reduced demand. In December alone, the price of natural gas in the US fell by 16.3%. Several natural gas investment funds actively trade in the US in the form of exchange traded funds (ETFs). ETFs… Read More »
Leveraged Natural Gas ETFs and ETNs Down Over 59% in 2014
Natural gas prices were weak throughout 2014 due to warmer than average global temperatures and record-high production levels, which reduced demand. In December alone, the price of natural gas in the US fell by 16.3%. Several leveraged natural gas investment funds actively trade in the US in the form of exchange traded funds (ETFs)… Read More »
Leveraged Short NASDAQ ETFs Down Over 34% in 2014
The NASDAQ 100 Composite Index led the three major US stock markets in 2014 by gaining 13.39% for the year. Several inversely leveraged NASDAQ-focused investment funds, however, which actively trade in the US in the form of exchange traded funds (ETFs), performed poorly in 2014. Leveraged ETFs are set up to track the daily… Read More »
Leveraged Gold Mining ETFs Down Over 44% in 2014
Gold prices were volatile throughout 2014, but only down slightly on the year. Gold miners, however, were not as fortunate as the Market Vectors Global Junior Gold Miners and the NYSE Arca Gold Miners indexes were down 22.31% and 12.42%, respectively. Several leveraged gold miner investment funds actively trade in the US in the… Read More »
Many Energy ETFs Down Over 25% in 2014
Global energy prices were weak throughout 2014 due to concerns over weak demand as well as a stronger US Dollar. In December alone, the price of crude oil in the US fell by 21.3%, and finished the year down more than 55% since June. The sharp decline in crude oil caused a ripple effect… Read More »
Many Commodity ETFs and ETNs Down Over 26% in 2014
Global commodity prices were weak throughout 2014 due to weakness from oil and precious metals as well as a stronger US Dollar. Commodity prices fell by 12.0% in December alone, and were down 29.2% for the year. Several investment funds that track global commodities, both leveraged and unleveraged, actively trade in the US in… Read More »
Leveraged Short Financial ETFs Down in 2014
Financial stocks were amongst the best performing stocks throughout 2014. Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B), which makes up over 9% of the financial sector, was up 26.64% on the year. Several inversely leveraged financial investment funds, however, which actively trade in the US in the form of exchange traded funds (ETFs), performed poorly in 2014…. Read More »
Leveraged Chinese Short ETFs Down Over 30% in 2014
The Chinese stock market was one of the best performing markets worldwide in 2014, with the Shanghai Composite Index up over 50% on the year in local currency. A stronger US Dollar versus the Chinese Yuan limited some of those gains if investors were not hedged appropriately. Still, Americans investing in China last year… Read More »
Russian ETFs Experience Large Decline in 2014
The Russian stock market index, the RTS, was the worst performing world market in 2014, down 45.2%, due to global sanctions and geopolitical concerns. Several Russian investment funds actively trade in the US in the form of exchange traded funds (ETFs). ETFs are set up to track the performance of an underlying index or… Read More »
The Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X ETF Was Down 91.10% In 2014
The Direxion Daily Russia Bull 3X ETF (NYSEArca: RUSL) is a non-diversified, leveraged, exchange traded fund that seeks to match 300% of the daily performance of the Market Vectors Russia Index. In other words, the fund attempts to move three times as much as the index in the same direction on a daily basis…. Read More »
