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TABB Says Trading Of VIX Products Has Grown At A 5-Year CAGR Of 130%, Introducing Lucrative Arbitrage Opportunities
New Research Says that VIX ETPs May Be Influencing the Price of the Index Products They are Designed to Track
February 5, 2012 – Traders tell TABB Group that VIX exchange-traded products (ETPs) have been a key driver behind the trading of VIX futures and options, expanding at a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 130%, quite possibly influencing the price of the index the products they have been designed to track.
“Although this may be a ‘tail wagging the dog’ situation,” says Henry Chien, author of new research published today, “VIX Trading: The Structure of Uncertainty,” “this opens the door to a number of lucrative arbitrage opportunities.”
Based on the VIX ETP market’s year-end assets, says Chien, a New York-based TABB research analyst, levered and inverse ETPs accounted for 13% of all VIX ETP notional value traded in 2011, with the VIX product set of futures, options and ETPs trading $3.4 billion average in daily notional value. During this period, the S&P 500 volatility market reached an estimated 202 million average daily notional Vega (gross): SPX Options (75 million); VIX futures (48 million); VIX Options (39 million); VIX ETPs (30 million); and SPX Variance Swaps (10 million).
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Source: TABB Group
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
February 3, 2012--The current reports for the week of January 31, 2012 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Morgan Stanley-ETF Fund Flows
February 3, 2012--ETFs Exhibited Net Inflows of $40.8 and $114.7 Billion in 4Q11 and in 2011
There were 225 new ETFs listed in the US in 2011, of which 37 were issued in the fourth quarter. In 2011, 26 ETFs were liquidated, resulting in net new issuance of 199 ETFs. As of January 30, 2012, there were 33 issuers with 1,189 ETFs listed in the US.
Net inflows into US-listed ETFs were $40.8 billion during
4Q11 and were $114.7 billion for 2011. While the $40.8 billion is
an improvement from the net inflows of $37.9 billion in the fourth
quarter of 2010, it is below the average fourth quarter net cash flows
of $45.1 billion since 2004.
The largest net cash inflows this past quarter and for 2011 went into Fixed Income ETFs. ETFs tracking fixed income indices had the highest net cash inflows this past quarter at $15.5 billion, bringing their total net cash inflows for 2011 to $43.4 billion. US Large-Cap and US Dividend Income ETFs also had strong fourth quarters with net inflows of $8.4 billion and $6.0 billion, bringing total 2011 net inflows for these segments to $16.2 billion and $13.0 billion, respectively. Leveraged/Inverse ETFs had the highest net cash outflows this past quarter at $1.0 billion, but still had net cash inflows of $8.6 billion for the year. For 2011, US Small- & Micro- Cap ETFs had the highest net cash outflows at $4.4 billion.
US ETF industry assets of $1.1 trillion are ~9% higher than their level at the end of 2011. Despite the growth of the ETF market, it remains concentrated with three providers and 20 ETFs accounting for almost 78% and 48% of industry assets, respectively.
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Source: Morgan Stanley
ETF Industry Association Releases January 2012 ETF Data Reports
February 3, 2012--Highlights from the January 2012 ETF Data report include
Assets in US listed Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) and Exchange Traded Notes (ETN) reached a new monthly record level, totaling approximately $1.15 trillion at January 2012 month-end, an increase of almost 13% over January 2011 month-end, when assets totaled $1.02 trillion.
ETFs/ETNs net cash inflows reached approximately $28.9 billion for the month of January, 2012, the largest single monthly cash inflows posted in over 2 years.
At January 2012 month-end, there were 1,392 U.S. listed products.
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Source: ETFIA
Dow Jones industrial average closes at highest level since before 2008 financial crisis
Market index closes at 12,862, the highest level since May 2008
February 3, 2012--The Dow Jones industrial average has closed at its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis.
The Dow jumped 157 points Friday to close at 12,862. That's the highest since May 2008. The Nasdaq composite index closed at its highest level since December 2000.
Before the market opened, the Labor Department said companies hired 243,000 employees in January. That's the strongest job growth in nine months. The increase in hiring pushed the unemployment rate down to 8.3 percent.
The S&P 500 index added 19 points, or 1.5 percent, to 1,345.
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Source: Daily News
Global X files with the SEC
February 3, 2012--Global X has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Global X Permanent ETF.
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Source: SEC.gov
PowerShares files with the SEC
February 02, 2012--PowerShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC. This filing relates solely to the following series of the Registrant:
PowerShares S&P International Developed Low Volatility Portfolio
PowerShares S&P Emerging Markets Low Volatility Portfolio.
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Source: SEC.gov
iShares Launches Five Global Commodity Producer Equity ETFs
First ETF to offer access to global energy production
February 2, 2012--BlackRock, Inc.announced today that its iShares(R) Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) business, the world's largest manager of ETFs, has launched five funds focused on commodity producers. The funds offer the benefit of access to companies involved in the production of the commodity without exposure to physical storage or other costs associated with commodity ownership.
The new global equity-based funds, which are traded on the NYSE Arca, offer access to commodity producers, including the first equities-based solution to express a view on global energy prices. They are:
iShares MSCI Global Agriculture Producers Fund (nysearca:VEGI)
iShares MSCI Global Energy Producers Fund (nysearca:FILL)
iShares MSCI Global Select Metals & Mining Producers Fund (nysearca:PICK)
iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners Fund (nysearca:RING)
iShares MSCI Global Silver Miners Fund (nysearca:SLVP)
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Source: BlackRock
News Corp taps Bloomberg executive to lead Dow Jones
February 2, 2012--Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Thursday named Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick as chief executive officer of its Dow Jones & Co unit which houses its Wall Street Journal newspaper.
Fenwick, a 25-year Bloomberg veteran, will join Dow Jones on February 13 and report to News Corp President Chase Carey.
He replaces Les Hinton, a 52-year News Corp veteran, who left the company last July in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal at the UK newspaper division he previously oversaw.
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Source: Reuters
ETF trading volumes fall to historic lows
February 2, 2012--Trading in the most popular US exchange-traded funds fell to multiyear lows in January, threatening to increase transactions costs for retail investors.
ETFs, which track the performance of a basket of securities such as an equity or bond index, have surged in popularity in recent years, reaching $1tn in assets by the end of 2011, according to BlackRock.
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Source: FT.com
