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Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, September 20-21, 2016
October 12, 2016--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on September 20-21, 2016. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Deutsche Bank Fined by SEC Over Failure to Guard Research
October 12, 2016--Lender will pay $9.5 million to resolve agency’s allegations
Former analyst got one-year ban over grading of Big Lots Inc.
Deutsche Bank AG will pay $9.5 million to settle U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that the bank failed to properly safeguard non-public information generated by its research analysts.
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Source: Bloomberg
Infographic-These 3 Maps Help to Visualize America's $18 Trillion Economy
October 12, 2016--The United States has a $18 trillion economy, which makes it the world's largest by GDP.
To show its tremendous size, we previously published a visualization of the global economy that carved the world’s economic production into slices based on each country's contribution to GDP. While this visualization helps to show how large the U.S. economy is in comparison to other nations, it still doesn't seem to tell the full story.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
October 12, 2016--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Vanguard introduces two low cost currency hedged ETFs
October 11, 2016--Vanguard Investments Canada Inc. today announced the launch of two new low-cost currency hedged exchange-traded funds(ETFs). The Vanguard FTSE Developed Asia Pacific All Cap Index ETF (CAD-hedged) and the Vanguard FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index ETF (CAD-hedged) begin trading on the TSX today.
The new ETFs provide currency hedged exposure to developed Asia Pacific and European markets and follow all-capitalization benchmarks that include large-, mid-, and small-capitalization stocks.
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Source: Vanguard
SEC Announces Enforcement Results for FY 2016
October 11, 2016--The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that, in fiscal year 2016, it filed 868 enforcement actions exposing financial reporting-related misconduct by companies and their executives and misconduct by registrants and gatekeepers, as the agency continued to enhance its use of data to detect illegal conduct and expedite investigations.
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Source: SEC.gov
Treasury and Federal Reserve Support Adoption of The G-7 Fundamental Elements of Cybersecurity for The Financial Sector
October 11, 2016--Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System welcomed publication of the Group of 7 (G-7) Fundamental Elements of Cybersecurity for the Financial Sector.
The finance ministers and central bank governors of the G-7 countries today released the fundamental elements, which provide a concise set of principles on best practices in cybersecurity for public and private entities in the financial sector.
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Source: treasury.gov
What Is the New Normal for U.S. Growth?
October 11, 2016--Estimates suggest the new normal for U.S. GDP growth has dropped to between 1½ and 1¾, noticeably slower than the typical postwar pace.
The slowdown stems mainly from demographics and educational attainment. As baby boomers retire, employment growth shrinks. And educational attainment of the workforce has plateaued, reducing its contribution to productivity growth through labor quality. The GDP growth forecast assumes that, apart from these effects, the modest productivity growth is relatively "normal"-in line with its pace for most of the period since 1973.
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
AdvisorShares Announces the Closing of Fund
October 10, 2016--AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares EquityPro ETF (NYSE Arca: EPRO) will close.
The AdvisorShares Board of Trustees approved the closing and subsequent liquidation of EPRO. The fund's last day of trading will be October 21, 2016, which will also be the final day for creations or redemptions by authorized participants.
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Source: AdvisorShares
AdvisorShares-Weekly Market Review Highlights of the week of October 03, 2016 to October 07, 2016
October 10, 2016--Goldilocks & a Flash Crash
Macro
First, Goldilocks which is how some have described the September jobs report which came in with 156,000 jobs created
versus an expectation of 172,000.
The headline unemployment rate ticked up to 5.0% as more people entered the labor force while the participation rate printed at 62.9%. Wages increased
by 0.2% and the broader U6 measure of unemployment was steady at 9.7%.
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Source: AdvisorShares
