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Analysis: Strong dollar knocks off $1 trillion from U.S. pension assets
July 2, 2015--The surging dollar looks to have wiped out about $1 trillion in U.S. pension fund assets over a recent nine-month period, eroding much of the gains those funds earned investing in overseas stock markets.
While there has been increased demand for hedging exposure in foreign markets, many U.S. pension funds remain vulnerable to foreign exchange translation losses, currency managers said.
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Source: Reuters
BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Update-June 2015
July 2, 2015--The BNY Mellon ADR Index Monthly Performance Update-May 2015 is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
ETF Research Center-Sector SPDR Analyzer + Equal Sector Weight ETF-July 2015 view the ETF Analyzer ALPS Equal Sector Weight (EQL) as of June 30, 2015 BlackRock Announces Benchmark Changes to Four iShares ETFs view more AdvisorShares Weekly Market Update-This Week in Active ETFs: Debt & Emotions view more CBOE Holdings Reports June 2015 Trading Volume ADV of 4.5 Million Contracts, Up 6% From May, Down 5% From Year Ago view more Federal Reserve Board releases first determination of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies in accordance with section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Act CFTC Swaps Report Update Direxion Value Line(R)Small-and Mid-Cap High Dividend ETF Added to Schwab ETF OneSource(TM) view more ISE Holdings Reports Business Activity for June 2015
Dividend trades made up 1.1% of industry volume in June 2015 view more
July 2, 2015--The monthly update on each of the nine Select Sector SPDRs plus the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF is now available.
view the ETF Analyzer Sector SPDR edition July 2015
Source: Etfresearchcenter.com
July 2, 2015--BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) plans to make benchmark-and in some cases name-changes to four iShares ETFs based on an ongoing process to review its product lineup and ensure it meets the evolving needs of its clients.
Investors in the ETFs do not have to take any action and no capital gains distributions are expected as a result of the transition.
Source: BlackRock
July 2, 2015--For the week of June 22-June 26
July 2, 2015--Greece Digs In
Macro
News of whether there would be a big default in Europe continued to hang over markets as questions mount over whether or not Ukraine would be able to make their next interest payment which
is due July 24th.
Sadly, Greece is not the only default story hanging over markets as the world is still waiting for the Athens
crisis to once and for all play out as it faces a we really mean it
this time deadline for a €1.6 billion payment to the IMF.
Source: AdvisorShares
July 1, 2015--Total Volume of 99.2 Million Contracts Up 16% From May, Down 1% From Year Ago
>CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) reported today that total trading volume in June for options contracts on Chicago Board Options Exchange(R) (CBOE(R)) and C2 Options Exchange (C2) and futures contracts on CBOE Futures Exchange (CFE(R)) was 99.2 million contracts, an increase of 16 percent from May 2015 and a decrease of 1 percent from June 2014.
Source: CBOE
July 1, 2015--The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday released its first determination of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies in accordance with section 622 of the Dodd-Frank Act,
which prohibits any financial company from combining with another company if the resulting company's liabilities exceed 10 percent of the aggregate consolidated liabilities of all financial companies. view more
Source: Federalreserve.gov
July 1, 2015--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Strategic Beta ETF using Value Line's Ratings and Ranks to Identify High-Dividend-Yielding Stocks Now Available Commission Free
July 1, 2015--Direxion Investments announced today that the Direxion Value Line(R) Small-and Mid-Cap High Dividend ETF (Ticker: VLSM) is the sixth of its Strategic Beta ETFs now available through Schwab ETF OneSource(TM), Charles Schwab & Co.'s commission-free* ETF program.
Direxion Strategic Beta ETFs allow investors to potentially enhance their portfolios with the best characteristics of both active management and passive indexing.
Source: Direxion Investments
July 1, 2015--ISE and ISE Gemini combined represent 17.8% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades.
ISE and ISE Gemini reported a combined ADV of 2.4 million contracts.
Source: ISE
