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AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-Take the under on this time being different
December 4, 2017--Highlights of the Week Ending 12/4/2017
Macro
November closed out as the eighth month in a row of gains for the S&P 500. Eddy Elfenbein tells us that November was the strongest of the eight and that December has historically been one of the strongest months of the year.
For the month the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 3.77%, the S&P 500 was up 2.77%, the NASDAQ added 2.14% and the Russell 2000 chipped in with 2.79%.
A lot has been made this year of the huge performance dispersion between growth and value. In 2016 of course, value outperformed noticeably but this year growth has absolutely trounced value, outperforming by 1200-1300 basis points depending on the proxies you look at.
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Source: AdvisorShares
The Forum at ETF Research Center-December 2017 Sector SPDR Analyzer
December 4, 2017--The ETF Analyzer, Sector SPDR Edition for December 2017 is ready for download.
Evaluate Sector SPDRs based on investment merit using fundamental data and analysis
Compare Sector SPDRs with ease on a variety of forward-looking valuation metrics.
Succinct reports in three easy-to-read sections:
Investment Summary, Fundamentals, and Composition
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Source: AltaVista Research
Democrat cites drafting error in proposed capital rule amendment
December 4, 2017-- A Democratic U.S. senator is backing away from a proposed legislative tweak that would have helped big banks lessen their capital burden, according to a statement provided to Reuters on Monday.
Senator Christopher Van Hollen, of Maryland, had submitted an amendment to a financial regulatory reform bill that would give banks a partial reprieve from a rule known as the supplemental leverage ratio, according to the document Reuters reported on earlier on Monday. view more
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Source: Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA)
Hedge Funds Prepare to Trade Against Bitcoin
November 4, 2017--New bitcoin futures contracts will draw in more investors
Seen as one of greatest short opportunities, investor says.
A bitcoin big short is building.
The planned introduction of bitcoin futures contracts at CME Group Inc., Cboe Global Markets Inc. and Nasdaq Inc. will make it much easier to bet on a decline.
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Source: Bloomberg
Cboe Plans December 10 Launch of Bitcoin Futures Trading
December 4, 2017--Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced that Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE), plans to offer trading in bitcoin futures beginning at 5:00 p.m. CT on Sunday, December 10, 2017, at the start of Global Trading Hours.
Monday, December 11, will be the first full day of trading, and trading will be free1 through December.
Cboe's bitcoin futures will trade on CFE under the ticker symbol 'XBT.' XBTSM futures are cash-settled contracts based on Gemini's auction price for bitcoin, denominated in U.S. dollars
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Source: Northern Trust
Bitcoin rebounds to $10,500 after U.S. regulator approves futures
December 1, 2017--Bitcoin rebounded on Friday to hit the day's highs above $10,500, recovering from an earlier dip below $9,500, after the U.S. derivatives regulator said it would allow CME Group (CME.O) and CBOE Global Markets (CBOE.O) to list bitcoin futures.
The announcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) paves the way for CME and CBOE to become the first traditional U.S. regulated exchanges to launch trading in bitcoin-related financial contracts, a watershed moment for the cryptocurrency that could lead to greater regulatory scrutiny.
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Source: Reuters
VIX Options Set New Daily Volume Record on Friday, December 1
December 1, 2017--Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE |Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today said that trading volume in options on the Cboe Volatility Index(R) (VIX(R)) reached a new all-time high on Friday, December 1.
In VIX options at Cboe Options Exchange, a reported 3.1 million contracts traded on Friday, far surpassing the previous single-day record of 2.6 million contracts on Monday, September 25, 2017. Five of the ten busiest single days ever for trading VIX options have occurred in 2017.
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Source: Cboe Global Markets
USCF Announces the Launch of Two New Funds that are Designed to Track the SummerHaven Private Equity Strategy Indexes (Tickers: BUY, BUYN)
December 1, 2017--USCF has launched two new funds that make investing in private equity strategies available to investors of all budgets.
The USCF SummerHaven SHPEI Index Fund (NYSE Arca: BUY) and the USCF SummerHaven SHPEN Index Fund (NYSE Arca: BUYN) seek to track newly developed indexes that are based on the research of Harvard Business School Professor, Erik Stafford.
"With BUY and BUYN, investors can access the type of strategy that historically has been offered by private equity firms to a more limited group of investors in higher cost vehicles," said John Love, President and CEO of USCF.
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Source: USCF
