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NASDAQ OMX Selected as Best Data Provider
June 8, 2010--The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) has been recognized as the best data provider among the world's securities exchanges. Additionally, NASDAQ Basic has been recognized as the Best New Data Product of the Year. These recognitions of excellence were announced recently at the 8th annual Inside Market Data Awards in New York.
NASDAQ's acknowledgements as a world-class data provider and developer of the best new product were determined by the readership of Inside Market Data, a key publication for senior level data and technology executives within the financial services and securities industries throughout the world.
"We are thrilled to have been recognized by our customers, prospects, and distribution partners," said Randall Hopkins, Senior Vice President, NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products. "Our team is dedicated to providing services and products of the highest quality so that we can continue to meet the growing demands of traders, investors and data distributors across the globe."
NASDAQ Basic is a real-time product that provides NASDAQ BBO (the best bid and offer with associated size on NASDAQ) and NASDAQ Last Sale (tick-by-tick price and size information for trades executed on NASDAQ or reported to the FINRA/NASDAQ Trade Reporting FacilityTM (TRF TM)). NASDAQ Basic data is based on NASDAQ trading in NASDAQ, NYSE, NYSE Amex- and regional exchange-listed securities. NASDAQ Basic can be deployed in a wide variety of investor tools –– such as charts and portfolio trackers –– and can be more quickly accessed by receiving the data directly from NASDAQ.
This is the third year since 2006 that NASDAQ OMX was selected by Inside Market Data's readership as Best Data Provider and the second consecutive year it was recognized as developer of the best new data product.
For more information about NASDAQ Basic and other NASDAQ Data Products, visit http://www.nasdaqtrader.com/gdp or send an email to datasales@nasdaqomx.com.
For more information about NASDAQ OMX Global Data Products, visit the NASDAQ OMX DataStore at www.data.nasdaqomx.com or send an email to datastore@nasdaqomx.com.
Source: NASDAQ OMX
CME Group and Dow Jones Indexes Announce Launch of FX Dollar Index and Futures
Provides More Precise, Convenient Trading of U.S. Dollar vs. Basket of Major Currencies
June 8, 2010--?CME Group, the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, and Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, today announced the launch of the new Dow Jones CME FX$INDEX.
The index will serve as the basis of a new futures contract, which is expected to launch in the third quarter 2010. The contracts will be listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of CME.
The new index combines six currency futures and represents the relative value of the U.S. dollar versus six major currencies. The currencies included are the Australian dollar, British pound, Canadian dollar, Euro, Japanese yen, and Swiss franc. The Dow Jones CME FX$INDEX futures contract will provide a more efficient way for global market participants to trade a basket of six major currencies against the U.S. dollar.
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Source: Dow Jones Indexes
Claymore Lists Seven New Corporate Bond ETFs on NYSE Arca
June 7, 2010--NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, NYSE Arca, today began trading seven new corporate bond ETFs. The ETFs are advised by Claymore Advisors, LLC and distributed by Claymore Securities, Inc.
Claymore BulletShares 2011 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCB)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond 2011 Index, which is a rules-based index comprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 154 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2011.
Claymore BulletShares 2012 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCC)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond 2012 Index, which is a rules-based index comprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 171 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2012.
Claymore BulletShares 2013 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCD)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond 2013 Index, which is a rules-based index comprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 182 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2013.
Claymore BulletShares 2014 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCE)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond 2014 Index, which is a rules-based index comprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 187 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2014.
Claymore BulletShares 2015 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCF)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond 2015 Index, which is a rules-based index comprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 138 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2015.
Claymore BulletShares 2016 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCG)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate
Bond 2016 Index, which is a rules-based indexcomprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 86 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2016.
Claymore BulletShares 2017 Corporate Bond ETF (Ticker: BSCH)
The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before the Fund's fees and expenses, of an investment grade corporate bond index called the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond 2017 Index, which is a rules-based index comprised of, as of April 30, 2010, approximately 124 investment grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the year 2017.
Source: NYSE Euronext
U.S. International Reserve Position
June 7, 2010--The Treasury Department today released U.S. reserve assets data for the latest week. As indicated in this table, U.S. reserve assets totaled $124,176 million as of the end of that week, compared to $124,972 million as of the end of the prior week.
I. Official reserve assets and other foreign currency assets (approximate market value, in US millions)
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May 28, 2010 |
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A. Official reserve assets (in US millions unless otherwise specified) 1 |
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124,176 |
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(1) Foreign currency reserves (in convertible foreign currencies) |
Euro |
Yen |
Total |
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(a) Securities |
8,814 |
14,309 |
23,123 |
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of which: issuer headquartered in reporting country but located abroad |
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0 |
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(b) total currency and deposits with: |
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(i) other national central banks, BIS and IMF |
12,901 |
7,015 |
19,917 |
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ii) banks headquartered in the reporting country |
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0 |
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of which: located abroad |
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0 |
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(iii) banks headquartered outside the reporting country |
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0 |
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of which: located in the reporting country |
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0 |
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(2) IMF reserve position 2 |
11,159 |
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(3) SDRs 2 |
54,376 |
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(4) gold (including gold deposits and, if appropriate, gold swapped) 3 |
11,041 |
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--volume in millions of fine troy ounces |
261.499 |
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(5) other reserve assets (specify) |
4,560 |
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--financial derivatives |
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--loans to nonbank nonresidents |
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--other (foreign currency assets invested through reverse repurchase agreements) |
4,560 |
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U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Second Meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue-U.S. Fact Sheet – Economic Track
June 7, 2010--s the world's third largest and fastest growing major economy, China presents enormous opportunities for U.S. workers and firms but also considerable challenges. President Obama is committed to making our relationship with China more beneficial for the American people, and his goal of doubling exports in the next five years to support two million U.S. jobs will be achieved in part through expanded trade with China. Reducing Chinese trade and investment barriers that create an uneven playing field for U.S. workers and companies and rebalancing to ensure that major surplus economies like China depend more on their own domestic demand for growth are key components of our efforts to achieve the President's goal.
The Strategic and Economic Dialogue allows U.S. and Chinese officials at the highest level to work together to address these and other important challenges through candid and constructive engagement. Secretary Geithner led a delegation of 10 heads of U.S. government agencies to Beijing for discussions with President Hu, Premier Wen, Vice Premier Wang, and a delegation comprised of all key Chinese economic ministry and agency heads.
Creating New Opportunities for U.S. Workers and Firms: The United States and China are among the largest beneficiaries of open trade and investment. Ensuring a thriving and mutually beneficial bilateral trade and investment relationship between our two dynamic economies is a key priority. China has become the third largest export destination for U.S. goods and services -- and one of the fastest growing. U.S. exports to China are now growing faster than overall U.S. exports. Reducing Chinese barriers to U.S. exports will help the U.S. take full advantage of the many growing opportunities represented by trade with China and create jobs for U.S. workers We made progress on several key trade and investment goals at the S&ED, and will continue to pursue them:
Ensuring that innovation policies encourage the best ideas wherever they originate.
China and the United States committed to innovation policies consistent with strong principles, including nondiscrimination, intellectual property rights protection, market competition, and no government interference in technology transfer.
China agreed to launch expert and high-level bilateral innovation discussions with all relevant U.S. and Chinese agencies and to take into account the results of these discussions in formulating and implementing its innovation measures.
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Source: U.S. Department of the Treasury
Emerging Markets Week in Review-6/1/2010 - 6/4/2010
June 7, 2010--The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Composite Index slipped 0.44% last week as Hungary joined a growing set of European countries facing mounting fiscal deficits. Consumer Goods and Technology were the best performing sectors last week, up 1.49% and 0.91% respectively, and remain two of the only positive sectors in 2010.
Materials led the decline for the week, down 3.84%, and continues to be one the weakest sectors year to date. Over the weekend, Hungary assured the markets there is no risk of default on their sovereign debt but, broadly speaking, emerging markets continue to be dominated by weaker than expected economic data from the U.S.
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Source: Emerging Global Advisors
S&P Launches Equal Weighted Version of the S&P/TSX 60-Licenses BetaPro to List & Trade an ETF Based Upon the Index
June 7, 2010--Standard & Poor's, the world's leading index provider, announced today that it has launched an equal weighted version of the S&P/TSX 60, the primary large cap benchmark for the Canadian equity market. The S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index has the same constituents as the market capitalization weighted S&P/TSX 60, but each company in the equally weighted version is allocated an equal weight at each quarterly rebalancing.
When compared to its underlying counterpart, the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index offers higher exposure to relatively smaller companies, lower exposure to larger companies and a different risk/return profile.
S&P Indices also announced today that it has licensed BetaPro Management Inc. ("BetaPro"), to list and trade an ETF based upon the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index.
"By design, equal weighted indices give greater importance to smaller-cap companies than traditional market-cap weighted indices," says Steve Rive, Managing Director at S&P Indices. "As a result, equal weighted indices will have different risk/return profiles and different sector exposures than their market-cap brethren."
At each quarterly rebalancing, every constituent in the S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index is assigned an equal weight. Between rebalancings, as stock prices move, the respective constituent weightings in the Index will deviate from the equal weight target. While these deviations could be reduced through more frequent rebalancing, the result would be a much higher level of turnover in the index, leading to higher trading costs for index users. Therefore, the Index is rebalanced quarterly to coincide with the quarterly share adjustments of the S&P/TSX 60, which take place after the close of the market on the third Friday of each quarter. Quarterly rebalancing allows the Index to strike an appropriate balance between turnover and the goal of equal weighting.
The S&P/TSX 60 Equal Weight Index is a member of the S&P/TSX Equal Weight Index Series. For more information on the Index, please visit: www.standardandpoors.com/indices.
Source: Standard & Poors
Dow Jones makes changes to Asia Select Dividend 30 Index
June 7, 2010-Dow Jones Indexes has completed its annual and regular quarterly review of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Indexes.
The changes will be effective after the close of trading on 18 June 2010.
In the Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index, Daegu Bank will be replaced by Giga-Byte Technology.
The dividend yield of the reconstituted Dow Jones Asia Select Dividend 30 Index will increase to 5.69 per cent from 5.21 per cent as a result of this regular annual review.
There will be no component changes to the Dow Jones Hong Kong Select Dividend 30 Index as a result of this regular annual review. The dividend yield of the index has increased to 4.18 per cent from 4.07 per cent as a result of this regular annual re-weighting.
Treasury Releases New Build America Bonds Data
Build America Bond issuance in the first 12 months of the program will save state and local governments across the country an estimated $12 billion in net present value relative to what they would have paid had they issued tax exempt bonds, according to a Treasury analysis. For example, as of May 31, 2010, issuers in the state of Wisconsin have issued $1.32 billion in Build America Bonds in 95 separate issues – yielding a net present value savings to Wisconsin taxpayers from the Build America Bonds program of approximately $29 million, according to Treasury analysis. view BAB tables Claymore Launches BulletShares: Seven Fund Fixed Income ETF Suite The seven ETFs, which seek to replicate the BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond Indices developed by Accretive Asset Management LLC, provide investors with a convenient way to invest in the corporate bond market. The Funds enable advisors to build laddered portfolios in a cost-effective and diversified manner, fill-in gaps of existing bond portfolios, and address investors’ lifestyle needs by providing the potential for cash distributions of income during the life of the ETF and principal at the ETFs’ maturity that can be applied towards retirement, college or other expenses. “The Claymore BulletShares Corporate Bond ETF suite enhances investor access to the investment grade corporate bond market,” commented William Belden, Managing Director, Claymore Securities, Inc. “The Funds consist of comprehensive portfolios of corporate bonds with similar effective maturities. When used individually or in combination, the Funds provide investors the opportunity to structure portfolios of corporate bonds based upon their lifestyle-driven investment needs.” Claymore BulletShares Corporate Bond ETFs offer investors benefits relative to investing in individual corporate bonds and most other fixed income investment products including immediate diversification, exchange-traded liquidity, professional management, and access to corporate bonds that may otherwise be unavailable. As part of an overall portfolio, they enable advisors to invest according to their clients’ specific cash flow needs with effective maturities of the ETFs ranging from 2011 to 2017.
“We are pleased with Claymore’s launch of this suite of products. The BulletSharesTM USD Corporate Bond Indices were designed with investors’ needs in mind.” said Darrin DeCosta, Head of Product Development for Accretive Asset Management LLC. “The indices are constructed through a transparent, rules-based methodology with the goal of building diversified bond portfolios that deliver the best attributes of investments in individual bonds and bond funds.”
Source: Dow Jones Indexes
Recovery Act Bonds Program Provides $106Billion Nationally to Date,
Estimated to Save State and Local Governments Billions Compared to Tax Exempt Bonds
June 7, 2010-- The U.S. Department of the Treasury today released its monthly comprehensive update on Build America Bonds issuances, including state-by-state data, showing $106 billion has been issued through May 31, 2010. Build America Bond issuers benefit from substantial savings in borrowing costs when compared to issuing tax-exempt debt.
"More than $100 billion in Build America Bonds has been issued by a broad range of state and local governments, demonstrating their continued popularity with both issuers and investors," said Alan B. Krueger, Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy and Chief Economist at the Treasury Department. "Build America Bonds have had a very strong reception from state and local governments as a way to provide financing for critical building projects in a way that minimizes costs for taxpayers."
Source: US Department of the Treasury
June 7, 2010--Claymore Securities, Inc. announced today the launch of the Claymore BulletShares Corporate Bond ETFs, a suite of ETFs with designated years of maturity ranging from 2011 through 2017 that invest in investment-grade corporate bonds with effective maturities in the years respective to each Fund.
Claymore BulletShares 2011 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker:BSCB
Claymore BulletShares 2012 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker: BSCC
Claymore BulletShares 2013 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker:BSCD
Claymore BulletShares 2014 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker:BSCE
Claymore BulletShares 2015 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker:BSCF
Claymore BulletShares 2016 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker:BSCG
Claymore BulletShares 2017 Corporate Bond ETF-Fund Ticker:BSCH
Source: Claymore Securities
