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US bond ETFs set record in yield scramble
August 12, 2016--Investors have poured more money into US fixed income exchange traded funds so far this year than for the whole of 2015,as the hunt for returns intensifies with nearly $13tn of global bond yields trades below zero.
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Source: FT.com
DB Markets Research-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America-US ETF Compass-Strong equity returns and inflows push ETP assets 5% higher in July
August 12, 2016--A strong month for risk drives performance and inflows
Following Brexit fears, markets promptly adjusted during the month of July and resumed the rally across risky assets with most asset classes ending in positive territory
Global equities were up by 3.8% last month, lead by EM equities with
5.4%; while US and Intl DM equities followed with 4.0% each. Meanwhile, traditional safe haven assets such as US Treasuries and Gold also registered gains of 0.46% and 2.0%, respectively. view
Source: Source: Deutsche Bank Markets Research-Equity & Index Strategy
Bats Announces Plans to Acquire Javelin Swap Execution Facility
August 11, 2016--Bats Global Markets, Inc. (Bats: BATS) has announced plans to acquire Javelin SEF, LLC (Javelin), a Swap Execution Facility (SEF).
The deal is intended to accelerate Bats' plans to offer trading of non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) for the foreign exchange market.
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Source: Bats Global Markets, Inc.
U.S. Stocks Notch a Record Trifecta
August 11, 2016--For the first time since dot-com boom was in full swing, Dow industrials, S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite all reach highs on same day
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Nasdaq to launch incentives to spur trading in low-volume ETFs
August 10, 2016--Nasdaq Inc NDAQ.O on Wednesday said it plans to increase the amount it pays to trading firms that support exchange-traded funds in an effort to make thinly traded ETFs easier to buy and sell.
While there is ample trading liquidity in the most popular ETFs and other exchange-traded products (ETPs), many lesser-known names can be difficult to trade.
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Source: Reuters
Direxion Launches Inverse ETF
New ETF Offers Single Inverse Exposure to European Financials
August 10, 2016--Direxion announced today it has added a new ETF to its existing lineup of inverse ETFs.
The new Fund allows tactical managers to hedge against downturns in the MSCI Europe Financials Index. The Direxion Daily European Financials Bear 1x Shares (Ticker: EUFS) seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 100% of the inverse of the performance of the MSCI Europe Financials Index.
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Source: Direxion
ACSI Funds Taps ETF Industry Leader Kevin Quigg as Chief Strategist, Files ETF Prospectus with SEC
August 10, 2016--ACSI Funds, an asset management firm specializing in the use of proprietary customer satisfaction data as a leading indicator for security selection, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Quigg as Chief Strategist.
ACSI Funds had previously been operating under the name CSAT Funds.
Prior to joining ACSI Funds, Mr. Quigg was Global Head of Sales Strategy for State Street Global Advisors SPDR family of exchange traded funds.
Zacks Index Services Launches The "Smart" Summit Zacks Global Water Index
August 10, 2016--Licensed to Summit Water Capital Advisors as the Basis for the Summit Water Infrastructure Multifactor ETF
Zacks Index Services is pleased to announce the launch of the Summit Zacks Global Water Index (ZAZWTRX); a proprietary, factor-based global water index.
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Source: Zacks Index Services
Reality Shares-The Future of Dividend Growth
August 10, 2016--Dividends have been on the rise since the end of the financial crisis, and growing and paying dividends has been a very important theme throughout the recovery. As bond yields plummeted and stayed near historic lows, there has certainly been a dividend renaissance across the investment community.
Yet the power of dividend investing is not a recent phenomenon by any means. Dividends have been a powerful tool throughout history, accounting for 43% of the overall market return of the S&P 500 since 1930*.
*Source: Ned Davis Research
Source: Reality Shares
Infographic-The Regulatory Burden in the U.S. is a Whopping $4 Trillion
August 9, 2016--One of the big problem with regulatory policy is that typically new regulations are only added-never subtracted.
A good example of this is the federal tax code, which is now 74,608 pages long.
It's an astonishing 148x longer than it was under President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal:
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
