Direxion Daily S&P500® Bear 3X ETF

Over a good four decades, the S&P 500’s net profit margin has fallen notably when the economy was on the verge of, or already into, a recession.

The Taylor rule is a backward-looking model used to determine short-term interest rates in an economy. Bill Gross prefers a corollary to Gresham’s law.

Based on its September 16, 2016, closing price, U.S. Steel has a 14-day RSI of 27.5, which means it looks oversold, similar to other US steelmakers.

Gundlach also believes it’s interesting to look at the correlation between the size of the Fed’s balance sheet and the S&P 500 (SPY) (SPXS) (SPXL) level.

Bill Gross expressed his views on the markets and on the Fed’s decision to delay the rate hike in his Investment Outlook October 2015.

In his Investment Outlook for November, fund manager Bill Gross sees a corollary to Gesham’s law. Gross thinks that cheap money drives out good money.

Gundlach prefers mortgages versus the high-yield bond market. He identifies inherent risks when investing in the high-yield market.

Currently, we’re in a highly levered system, especially the developed world. A levered economy depends on continued credit creation for stability and growth.

Bill Gross provided his view on lower rates no longer resulting in credit creation in the economy. They have also lost their efficacy in raising equity prices.

Back in November 2015, Gundlach presented what he called “the most bearish chart of the US economy” during a webcast.

Despite the majority of market participants expecting the contrary, iron ore prices have rallied in 2016, but the supply scenario hasn’t changed much.

According to the latest update, Freeport-McMoRan’s short interest ratio was 4.3 on September 30, 2016. The ratio increased from its previous update of 3.3 on September 15.

With stronger iron ore prices year-to-date, iron ore miners have recuperated from some of their losses.

According to the latest update, Freeport-McMoRan’s short interest ratio stood at ~4 on August 31, 2016. The ratio increased from the previous update.

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In this series, we’ll look at analyst recommendations and ratings for iron ore miners. Changes in their estimates are key drivers of short-term price movements.

Bears (SPXS) seem to sense opportunity in mining companies as commodity prices retreat due to demand-supply concerns.

In this article, we’ll look at steel companies’ forward EV-to-EBITDA multiples to see if there are some underpriced or overpriced bets in the sector.

Consumer spending saw positive contributions to economic growth in 3Q15. An increase in consumer spending led to an increase in GDP for the third quarter.

Bill Gross’ outlook for October recommended that global central bankers with economies running on zero interest rates should “get off zero and get off quick.”