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JPMorgan, the financial behemoth responsible for the first exchange-traded product offering exposure to the MLP sector, expanded its ETN lineup on Tuesday by introducing two products offering inverse leveraged exposure to Treasuries. The new ETNs, the Double Short U.S. Long Bond Treasury Futures ETN (DSTJ) and the Double Short U.S. 10 Year Treasury Futures ETN (DSXJ), offer investors options for leveraging rising rates views at the medium and long parts of the U.S. Treasury curve. [click to continue…]

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Direxion Launches Leveraged Short Term Treasury ETFs (TWOL, TWOZ)

by Michael Johnston on February 25, 2010

Direxion announced the expansion of its fixed income product line on Thursday with the launch of two leveraged ETFs targeting a short-term Treasury index. The Direxion Daily 2-Year Treasury Bull 3x Shares (TWOL) seeks 300% of the daily performance of the NYSE Arca Current 2-Year U.S. Treasury Index, a benchmark that consists of the most recently issued 2-year U.S. Treasury notes. The Daily 2-Year Treasury Bear 3x Shares (TWOZ) seeks 300% of the inverse of the daily performance of the same index. [click to continue…]

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ProShares Launches Ultra Treasury ETFs (UBT, UST)

by Michael Johnston on January 21, 2010

ProShares made an addition to its line of leveraged fixed income products on Thursday, launching the Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury (UST) and Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (UBT). UST seeks daily investment results that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the Barclays Capital 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index, while UBT will seek to deliver [...]

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