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Volatile Market Could Drive Investors to Trade

The curious investor will naturally want to know what could be done if stocks start trending downward more persistently.

Oil bounces back from yesterday's plunge as traders buy the dip

Crude oil futures settle with a modest rebound, a day after the WTI benchmark plunged by the most in a single session since September.Yesterday's selloff, sparked by fears that rising

Shale firms hold back on hedging despite this year's oil price rise - Reuters

imaginima/E+ via Getty Images U.S. shale producers have promised to maintain spending this year even during rising crude oil prices, and their restraint has extended to their hedging strategies, Reuters

Money flowing into oil, gas ETFs at highest rate in a decade

anatoliy_gleb/iStock via Getty Images Nearly $18B has poured into U.S. energy-stock ETFs so far this year, more than at anytime in a decade and close to 3x the amount seen

Crude oil, Big Oil names surge as OPEC weighs production increase

WTI crude oil rockets past $75/bbl for the first time since October 2018 after media reports indicate that Saudi Arabia and Russia have reached a tentative deal to gradually raise

GUSH, DRIP, BRZU and NRGU among weekly ETF movers

Gainers: Microsectors U.S. Big Oil Index 3X ETN (NRGU) +21.8%.Brazil Bull 2X Direxion (BRZU) +18.5%.Ultra MSCI Brazil Proshares (UBR) +18.5%.S&P Oil & Gas Expl Bull 2X Direxion (GUSH) +17.0%.Latin America Bull 2X Direxion (LBJ) +15.1%.Losers: Microsectors

U.S. oil drillers 'dying on the vine' as PE funding dries up - FT

Private equity funding for the U.S. oil sector is drying up, prompting stricken operators to make "last gasp" efforts to boost production and cash flow to attract buyers, Financial Times

UVXY, GUSH, ERX and PALL among weekly ETF movers

Gainers: Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (BDRY) +17.96%.Energy Bear 2X Direxion (ERY) +15.7%.Ultrashort Oil & Gas Proshares (DUG) +15.5%.S&P Oil & Gas Expl Bear 2X Direxion (DRIP) +14.1%.Physical Palladium ETF (PALL) +11.2%.Losers: Microsectors U.S. Big Oi...