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Robo-Investing Craze Pits Vanguard Against Fidelity
June 19, 2015--Barraged by investment firms eager to manage their life savings, many Americans are making their choice-for nobody.
They're shrugging off investment advisors altogether in the hunt for lower costs.
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Source: fa-mag.com
Renaissance Capital's-IPO Calendar Week of 06/22/15
June 19, 2015--The Renaissance Capital's-IPO Calendar Week of 06/22/15 is available.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
June 19, 2015--The current reports for the week of June 16, 2015 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
CBO-Budgetary and Economic Effects of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
June 19, 2015--Over the past several years, a number of proposals have been advanced for repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which became law in March 2010.
In this report, CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) analyze the main budgetary and economic consequences that would arise from repealing that law.1
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
ISE ETF Ventures Partner Product Crosses $1 Billion in AUM
ETF BASED ON ISE CYBER SECURITYTM INDEX TICKER (INDEX TICKER: HXR) FIRST TO ACHIEVE IMPORTANT MILESTONE
June 18, 2015--ISE ETF Ventures today announced that its partner firm PureFunds(R) has surpassed $1 billion in assets under management for its ETF that tracks the ISE Cyber Security IndexTM (index ticker: HXR).
This milestone brings the total assets under management for products tied to ISE ETF Ventures to approximately $3.2 billion.
"We extend our sincere congratulations to our partner firm PureFunds for reaching this significant achievement," said Kris Monaco, Head of ISE ETF Ventures.
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Source: ISE ETF Ventures
Legg Mason wants to build 'better', ETFs
June 18, 2015--Legg Mason Inc. has asked U.S. securities regulators for permission to build index-tracking ETFs, a first step toward building its own business after poaching two Vanguard executives.
In a statement Wednesday, Legg Mason said its application is "the next step in building the organizational structure to offer a suite of passively and actively managed ETFs."
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Source: Investment News
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: More on Rates & Forensic Scrubbing of Earnings
June 18, 2015--For the week of June 8-June 12
Yes,Markets Were Actually Open Last Week
Macro
Although not truly market moving the most interesting story from last week may have been the announced resignation of Twitter CEO Dick Costolo with the reigns to be taken on an interim basis @jack who is the co-founder of Twitter.
To say Costolo was beleaguered would be an understatement because although there has been growth under his leadership there has been the perception by some that the growth could have been better which led to his being asked at every turn whether he
would remain as CEO and while he always said yes before he obviously changed his mind.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Wall St. watchdog, firms discuss corporate bond market
June 18, 2015--The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Wall Street's industry-funded watchdog, said on Thursday it met with other regulators and financial firms to discuss issues that pertain to the corporate bond market.
Those issues included how well the market is serving the needs of investors, traders and dealers and the market's ability to cope with a credit or liquidity event, FINRA said.
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Source: Reuters
Merk Insight: Stop the Fed!?
June 17, 2015--We are concerned the Fed causes both economic and political stability to deteriorate. And, no, this is not about discouraging the Fed to hike rates.
This analysis is about pointing out that the road to hell may be paved with the best of intentions. For the economy to prosper, we need a re-thinking not just at the Fed, but also with some Fed critics. Let me elaborate...
What's wrong?
Central banks have been ever more engaged in the markets. More than seven years after the onset of the financial crisis, we are still arguing whether we can afford interest rates above 0%. Asset prices have been inflated, benefiting those with assets, but doing little for the working man and woman.
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Source: Merk Investments
SEC to Formally Mull NYSE Proposal to Fast-Track Active ETFs
June 17, 2015--Regulators will formally debate whether or not to abide a proposal from the New York Stock Exchange that would fast-track listings of actively managed exchange-traded funds.
NYSE Arca, the biggest U.S. exchange by market share of ETF listings and a unit of Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to amend existing rules and cut out a key, time-intensive step fund companies must undertake to launch active ETFs.
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Source: Barron's
