Is there really a need to buy stocks anymore?

I thought about this question as I sat here watching my basket of stocks bounce up and down in the markets. In my portfolio and watchlist of stocks is the usual companies. I have some large caps, mid caps and small caps. And recently, I added some really crazy ETFs that are leveraged up the wazoo.

Some of my stocks didn't blink an eye while S&P futures gapped up and moved strong for the day. I looked at the ETFs and noticed they were up very nicely. What the heck? Why did my money not grow today better than the sector ETF and the overall market?

The following is a list of all commodity exchange traded funds (ETF) available to US investors.

The following is a list of all bond exchange traded funds (ETF) available to US investors.

The following is a list of all US stock exchange traded
funds (ETF) available to US investors.

The following is a list of all international exchange traded funds (ETF) available to US investors.