Three New Risk Control ETFs from Direxion
Today Direxion announced they have launched three ETFs whose intent is to match their exposure to an underlying equity index based upon current levels of market volatility. The new ETFs are as follows: Direxion S&P 500 RC Volatility Response Sh...
The Case for VQT
Many investors, present company included, are sitting on sizeable gains from long positions going back as far as March 2009. With the S&P 500 up 16% from its recent July 1st low of 1010 and looking like it may take anoter run at 1200 sometime soon,...
Barclays VEQTOR ETN (VQT) Begins Trading
Both volatility traders and long-term investors should be interested to know that Barclays launched the launched the ETN+ S&P VEQTOR ETN (VQT) yesterday. Flying mostly under the radar, this ETN traded only 300 shares in its first day. That being sa...
Direxion and S&P Bring Dynamic Volatility Hedging to ETFs with VEQTOR
As the ETF space continues to evolve and push into new territory, such as strategy-in-a-box ETFs and more actively managed ETFs (e.g., QAI, ALT, PQY, PQZ, GVT, PSR, RWG), it was only a matter of time before a volatility play was added to the pool of ac...
