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Are We Heading Toward Another Lost Decade for Latin America?
January 21, 2020--According to World Bank data, between 2000 and 2019, average annual growth in the Latin American and Caribbean region was 1.6%. That level of growth is clearly unacceptable both if we compare it with growth in other regions-East Asia (4.8%), Europe and Central Asia (1.9%), the Middle East (2.9%), South (6.5%) and Sub-Saharan Africa (3.5%)-as well as if we put it in per capita terms, where the rate would be 0.56%, insufficient to rapidly improve living standards for the population.
It should come as no surprise then that the decade ended with protests in several Latin American countries, especially if we view these protests as an expression of the discontent with an economy that does not grow fast enough to satisfy society’s demands and expectations and with an inequality gap that remains too high, although it has decreased over the past decade (this region has the highest level of regional inequality in the world).
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Source: World Bank
Bitwise Withdraws Long-Standing Bitcoin ETF Application
January 15, 2020--A Jan. 14 form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) confirms that Bitwise Asset Management requested the withdrawal of its application for a Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). This is the second major ETF withdrawal in recent months following similar actions by VanEck.
Bitwise applied for ETF registration in January 2019. In March of the same year, it had released the Bitwise Report on exchange volume, claiming that 95% of trading volume is fabricated.
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Source: SEC.gov
Beige Book-January 15, 2020
January 15, 2020--Overall Economic Activity
Economic activity generally continued to expand modestly in the final six weeks of 2019. The Dallas and Richmond Districts noted above-average growth, while Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Kansas City reported sub-par growth. Consumer spending grew at a modest to moderate pace, with a number of Districts noting some pickup from the prior reporting period.
On balance, holiday sales were said to be solid, with several Districts noting the growing importance of online shopping. Vehicle sales generally expanded moderately, though a handful of Districts reported flat sales. Tourism was mixed, with growth reported in the eastern seaboard Districts but activity little changed in the Midwest and West. Manufacturing activity was essentially flat in most Districts, as in the previous report. Business in nonfinancial services was mixed but, on balance, growing modestly. Transportation activity was also mixed across Districts, with a majority reporting flat to weaker activity. Banks mostly characterized loan volume as steady to expanding moderately. Home sales trends varied widely across Districts but were flat overall, while residential rental markets strengthened.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Technology ETF debuts from iShares
January 13, 2020--iShares has brought to NYSE Arca an exchange-traded fund that invests in cutting-edge technology.
The iShares US Tech Breakthrough Multisector ETF tracks an index of companies involved in financial technology, robotics and artificial intelligence, cloud and data technology, cybersecurity, and genomics and immunology.
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Source: smartbrief.com
Innovator Announces Successful Completion of Initial Outcome Period for January Series of S&P 500 Buffer ETFs
January 8, 2019--Delivered performance in line with the S&P 500 before management fees, up to each ETFs' respective cap, with less volatility over the one-year outcome period
Innovator's Defined Outcome ETFs are the subject of a patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Innovator Capital Management, LLC (Innovator) announced today the successful completion of the initial outcome period for the January Series of Innovator S&P 500 Buffer ETFsTM.
The January S&P 500 Buffer ETF Series was reset on January 1, 2020, based on the current level for the S&P Price Return Index, with new upside caps and downside buffers for the next one-year outcome period.
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Source: Innovator
CBO-Monthly Budget Review for December 2019
January 8, 2019--The federal budget deficit was $358 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020, CBO estimates, $39 billion more than the deficit recorded during the same period last year. Revenues and outlays alike were higher this year-by 5 percent and 7 percent, respectively.
As was the case last year, this year's outlays in the first quarter increased because of shifts in the timing of certain payments that otherwise would have been due on January 1, a holiday. If not for those shifts, the deficit through December would have been roughly $20 billion smaller, both this year and last year—$336 billion this year and $298 billion last year-but the year-to-year change would not have been very different.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
The Leuthold Group expands access to flagship strategy with launch of Leuthold Core ETF
January 7, 2020--The Leuthold Group has announced the launch of the Leuthold Core ETF (NYSE: LCR), an exchange-traded fund that was designed as a core holding for investors seeking steady growth along with the liquidity and convenience of an ETF.
It will apply the same disciplined, rules-based quantitative rigor as the firm's Core mutual fund and reflects Leuthold Group's philosophy that exposure to multiple asset classes—and dynamically adjusting exposures at different points in the business cycle-can potentially generate growth and long-term investment success.
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Source: The Leuthold Group LLC
Fed policymakers agree rates on hold for 'a time'
January 3, 2020--U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers agreed in their final policy meeting of 2019 that interest rates were likely to stay on hold for "a time" as the central bank set its sights on a new articulation of its monetary policy framework.
Minutes of the Fed's Dec. 10-11 policy meeting, released on Friday, also showed policymakers were preparing to discuss changes to the way it manages liquidity in financial markets, including a possible standing repurchase facility.
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Source: Reuters
Innovator Expands Defined Outcome Suite Listing January Series of Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, MSCI EAFE, and MSCI Emerging Markets Power Buffer ETFs
January 2, 2020--ETFs provide upside exposure up to a cap, with downside buffer levels of 15% over a one-year Outcome Period
Innovator's Defined Outcome ETFs are the subject of a patent application filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Innovator Capital Management, LLC (Innovator) announced today four new Innovator Power Buffer ETFsTM based on the Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, MSCI EAFE, and MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes are scheduled to begin trading.
"Today's listings expand our category-creating Defined Outcome ETFTM suite with four new Power Buffer ETFs based on the Nasdaq 100, Russell 2000, MSCI EAFE, and MSCI Emerging Markets Indexes that provide exposure to major market segments with built-in downside buffers of 15% to mitigate market risks," said Bruce Bond, CEO of Innovator ETFs.
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Source: Innovator Capital Management, LLC
SS&C ALPS Advisors Announces New REIT Dividend Dogs ETF (RDOG)
January 2, 2020--A New Equally-Weighted REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust) Strategy based on the Five Highest Yielders within Nine REIT Segments
ALPS Advisors, Inc., an asset manager and wholly owned subsidiary of SS&C Technologies, Inc., announced a strategic move for the new Exchange Traded Fund called the ALPS REIT Dividend Dogs ETF [RDOG] that applies the "Dogs of the Dow Theory" to its rules-based investment strategy.
RDOG intends to provide investors with equal exposure to the five highest yielding REITs ("Dividend Dogs") within nine equally-weighted REIT segments as determined by S-Network, the index provider.
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Source: SS&C / ALPS Advisors
