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☆ The outlook for gold — as the granddaddy of gold ETFs turns 20
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-18 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

The grandaddy of gold ETFs turns 20. Today, for the first time, thanks to the World Gold Council and State Street, you are able to buy gold just like it's a stock." They could own gold mining stocks, but there was an imperfect relationship between gold and gold miners. When the gold ETF was intrduced 20 years ago, there was a very small investor base for gold. In 2014, Van Eck launched the VanEck Merk Gold ETF (OUNZ), which provides the option to redeem shares for physical gold , including gold coins and bars.

Persons: I've, George Milling, Stanley, GLD, Van Eck, George Milling Stanley, We've Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, World Gold Council, State, Investors, U.S . Equity, State Street Global Advisors, United States Oil Fund, Street Global Advisors, Street Global, World Gold, U.S ., Trump, Trust, Street, MiniShares, NYSE, SEC, Edge Locations: United States, London, India, China, Turkey

☆ These energy stocks may rally after U.S. crude oil prices rose above a key level this week
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Occidental Petroleum and Diamondback Energy may be poised to rally after U.S. crude oil prices broke above a key resistance level on Friday, according to the chief market strategist at Miller Tabak. "That paves the way for higher prices," said Bob Yawger, managing director and energy futures strategist at Mizuho Americas. "If crude oil rolls back over, breaks below that level — that's going to tell you that I'm wrong. "And that tells me that if he's buying a stock that's highly leveraged to the price of oil, he believes oil prices are going higher." Just on Friday, Houthi militants claimed responsibility for a missile attack on an oil tanker, while a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian fuel terminal on the Baltic Sea helped push oil prices higher earlier in the week.

Persons: Miller Tabak, Miller, Matt Maley, Bob Yawger, Yawger, WTI, Maley, It's, Diamondback, Buffett, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Friday's, Houthi Organizations: Occidental Petroleum, Diamondback Energy, West Texas, CNBC, Mizuho Americas, Occidental, Diamondback, United States Oil ETF, Berkshire, Wall Street Locations: Miller Tabak ., China, Occidental, Occidental's, Houston, FactSet, U.S, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Baltic

☆ Investors were betting big on crypto and some commodities with options during slow Thanksgiving week
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Michael Khouw | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The 2.7 million individual trades were far lower than the 5.2 million trades from the Friday a week prior. In fact, the options market itself is saying there is only a 10% chance these calls expire in the money. Call spread risk reversal: Bought MSTR Dec. $600 call $15.40 Sold MSTR Dec. $650 call $8.85 Sold MSTR Dec. $430 put $7.20 Net credit = 65 cents When one sells a downside put one is taking the risk of purchasing the underlying at the strike of the put that is sold. The options flow in these ETFs suggests traders are betting on lower oil and gas prices. Several big names will be reporting earnings, here is a table of those that have weekly options, their earnings-related implied moves, and our options sentiment score.

Persons: Crypto, MARA, outpacing, ProShares UltraShort Organizations: Coinbase Global Inc, Marathon Digital Holdings, Microstrategy Inc, Bollinger Bands, Bloomberg, Oil, ProShares, Gas, ProShares UltraShort Bloomberg, United States Oil Fund, Hecla Mining Co, Royal, Inc, Intuit, Marvell Technology Locations: United States, Opec, Hecla, Kroger

☆ Goldman thinks oil is headed higher again and recommends an options trade to profit from the rebound
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

The recent pullback in crude has made call options on U.S. oil an attractive hedge against continued geopolitical and inflation risks that could push prices higher, according to Goldman Sachs. The investment bank recommends buying a $71 United States Oil ETF call for April 2024 to profit from a jump in prices. Investors would see an estimated return of 90% if WTI hits $88 a barrel by April, according to Goldman. The implied volatility in oil prices rose significantly in October due to the Israel-Hamas war, but option prices have since fallen and are now below the 1-year average. For equity investors, call options on S & P Oil & Gas , Energy Select Sector SPDR , Occidental and ConocoPhillips are the most attractive ahead of the OPEC meeting, according to Goldman.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Arun Prakash Organizations: West Texas, United States Oil, . Oil Fund ETF, P Oil & Gas, Energy, ConocoPhillips Locations: Israel, Occidental

☆ These leveraged short funds are soaring as stocks and bonds sell off. Here's how they work
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The list of top-performing exchange-traded funds since Sept. 19 — the day before the Federal Reserve released new projections that showed fewer rate cuts in 2024 — is dominated by leveraged and leveraged inverse products. The performance and increased interest shows that the inverse funds are doing their jobs, but there are important caveats for investors to know. The universe of inverse and leveraged inverse funds has grown widely, including sector-specific funds and even some single-stock products. Of course, the leveraged inverse funds can suffer massive losses if the market rebounds. Ullal also pointed out that some inverse products are technically exchange traded notes, not ETFs, which can introduce some credit risk in a trade.

Persons: Mohit Bajaj, Direxion's TMV, Bajaj, Aniket Ullal, Ullal Organizations: Federal Reserve, Bloomberg, Oil ETF, SCO, Nasdaq, Treasury, Treasury Bond ETF, U.S . Securities, Exchange, Bajaj, CFRA Research

☆ Don't look now, but oil has formed a 'golden cross' chart pattern
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A golden cross is when the 50-day moving average breaks above the 200-day moving average. Some chart analysts think the 200-day moving average needs to be ascending for it to count as a "golden cross." "On August 24th a golden cross occurred. One way for investors to gain exposure to the move in oil prices is through exchange-traded funds that buy oil futures contracts, such as the United States Oil Fund (USO) . There are also leveraged funds such as the Ultra Bloomberg Crude Oil ETF (UCO) that are riskier bets but could generate big returns if the oil market rally does continue.

Persons: Paul Ciana, Ciana, Chris Verrone, Verrone, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Bank of America, Texas, Energy, Saudi Press Agency, United States Oil Fund, Ultra Bloomberg, Oil Locations: Saudi Arabia

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