
Next sign of the market apocalypse: Single-stock ETFs
CNN
The Wall Street gambling parlor is still alive and well.
Asset management firm AXS Investments recently launched funds that let investors make supersized bets on — or against — the daily performance of individual stocks.
AXS now offers ETFs that use leverage, namely through exotic instruments known as derivatives contracts, to let traders get either a boosted long (bullish) or short (bearish) position on PayPal (PYPL), Pfizer (PFE) and Nike (NKE). There are also two ETFs that offer only super short positions on Tesla (TSLA) and Nvidia (NVDA).

An initial reading of third-quarter gross domestic product showed the US economy expanded at an inflation-adjusted annualized rate of 4.3%, a far faster pace than the 3.8% recorded in the second quarter, according to Commerce Department data released Tuesday. That’s the fastest growth rate in two years.

Paramount has upped the ante in its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, announcing Monday that Larry Ellison will personally guarantee the tens of billions of dollars he is putting up to bankroll the transaction. The Ellisons will also let shareholders peer into the finances of their family trust.











