Young and Invested

Opportunity in Sovereign CDS Spreads?

Note: See important disclaimers below article.
With the Dubai World fiasco and the recent downgrade of Greece to BBB+ by S&P, people fear a cascading effect on other Eastern European nations just as Abu Dhabi and Qatar saw a crisis of confidence (or contagion) in their businesses when Dubai World became public with its problems.
I first [...]

Leveraged ETFs: Where ETF Decay Rules

During a time when many investors are still underwater on their portfolios since the financial meltdown, it is increasingly tempting to use leveraged exchange traded funds (ETFs) to gain back losses.
Leveraged ETFs use derivatives to underpin the underlying investment, and suggest investors can earned double (or triple) the expected return on the supporting index, similar [...]