For investors who don't sit in front of flashing green/red screens, the curious case of TVIX serves as a valuable lesson in the risks of buying exchange-traded products. On February 22, securities on ...

VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (NYSEArca: TVIX) is in a two-day meltdown because the premium to net asset value is snapping back sharply after surging as high as 90% earlier in the week.

Traders are dumping capital into the 2x VIX futures tracker as fast as TVIX can burn it up Everyone loves a good underdog story, and Wall Street investors are of course no exception -- but in the case ...

The VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short ETN (NYSEArca:TVIX - News) plunged more than 30 percent yesterday, as the product—which had been trading at a substantial premium to its underlying net asset ...

Forget too big to fail. The recent trouncing of VelocityShares Daily 2X VIX Short-Term ETN, better known by its symbol — the TVIX — is too complicated for most people to care. What a shame. This ...

UPDATE: TVIX is currently down over 25%, trading near $10.42. Volatility ETNs have become favorite targets for critics of the exchange-traded products business. Looking at the action in the ...

TVIX offers leveraged exposure to an index which has delivered a negative 53% annualized return for the last decade. The VIX is currently above 20 and history suggests selling volatility at these ...

The mystery over the plunging TVIX, a volatility product that lost 30 percent Thursday and is plunging again Friday, has traders in a tizzy, with an after-hours announcement only jumbling the puzzle.

Over the next few weeks, the odds favor a long trade in TVIX to capture rising volatility - but a longer investment horizon favors volatility bears. TVIX has a proven history of underperforming the ...