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CME Group Announces New Volume Records in Silver Futures and Silver Options Open Interest
April 26, 2011-- CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, today announced it had reached record volume yesterday in its COMEX Silver futures, as well as in open interest of its Silver options.
Yesterday, trading of Silver futures reached 319,204 contracts, surpassing the prior record of 201,216 contracts set on November 9, 2010. At the same time, open interest in Silver options reached a new record of 240,344 contracts. The prior record of 235,992 contracts was set on April 21, 2011.
Silver futures have demonstrated rapid growth during the month of April. Month-to-date average daily volume (ADV) for Silver futures has increased 218 percent from this point last year. During 2011 year-to-date, ADV for Silver futures have grown 110 percent versus the same period last year.
These contracts are listed with, and subject to, the rules and regulations of COMEX.
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Source: CME Group
Dow Jones Indexes To Develop, Co-Brand Index Family With LSP Partners
Indexes to Utilize LSP Partners’ Proprietary Strategy
April 26, 2011-Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider, and LSP Partners LLC, a risk management research consulting firm, today announced an agreement to develop and co-brand an index family utilizing a proprietary strategy created by LSP Partners founder and CEO, Ralph Vince.
The Leverage Space Portfolio (LSP) strategy seeks to maximize the probability of equity portfolio profitability by employing a risk-control process focused on capital preservation and drawdown management. Compared to a traditional buy-and-hold portfolio, an LSP-based portfolio aims for more consistent returns with lower risk.
The indexes, scheduled to be launched in the second half of 2011, can serve as the basis of both passive and active investment funds, including exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and institutional accounts, around the world.
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Source: Dow Jones
Van Eck Launches Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
April 26, 2011--New York-based asset manager Van Eck Global announced today that it has launched Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (NYSE Arca: FLTR), an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate Index (MVFLTR), an index consisting of a portfolio of corporate U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade floating rate notes.
FLTR represents a first-of-its-kind floating rate investment product because of its investment grade focus. Approximately $63 Billion* are invested in floating rate mutual funds, most of which are invested in low quality, non-investment grade bank loans (aka senior loans or leveraged loans). FLTR is an innovative departure from typical floating rate funds because its underlying index tracks a portfolio of high quality, floating rate notes rather than tracking bank loans.
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Source: Van Eck
ETFs in Retirement Plans, The Next Frontier for TD Ameritrade
April 25, 2011--Exchange-traded funds are likely to grab a “significant” share of the 401(k) market in coming years, according to Skip Schweiss, president of TD Ameritrade Trust Co.
And TD Ameritrade plans to be part of the equation. The company has rolled out an investment program that allows plan sponsors and independent registered investment advisors to offer ETFs to 401(k) participants alongside mutual funds, collective investment funds, employer stocks and other options.
“We’re seeing a growing interest and demand in putting ETFs in retirement plans,” says Schweiss. “It fact, we’re starting to see some breakthroughs in the ability to provide them.”
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Source: Financial Planning
Morgan Stanley-US ETF Weekly Update
April 25, 2011--US ETF Weekly Update
Weekly Flows: $2.2 Billion Net Inflows
ETF Assets Stand at $1.1 Trillion, up 10% YTD
ETFs Traded $244 Billion Last Week
Launches: 13 New ETFs
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Flows by Market Segment
ETF flows rebounded last week, generating net inflows of $2.2 billion
US Large-Cap ETFs led the way, exhibiting net inflows of $911 million
ETF assets stand at $1.1 trillion, up 10% YTD; combination of market appreciation and net new money
13-week flows were mostly positive among asset classes
$26.3 billion net inflows into ETFs over past 13 weeks (International-Developed & FI took in $16.8 billion)
US Large-Cap ETFs were the biggest drag on flows over the past 13 weeks ($6.3 billion net outflows)
We estimate ETFs have generated net inflows 11 out of 16 weeks YTD
US-Listed ETFs: Estimated Largest Flows by Individual ETF
SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) generated net inflows of $569 million last week, the most of any ETF
Despite recent net inflows, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) had the largest net outflows over the past 13 weeks ($8.4 billion net outflows)
iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund (EWJ) has exhibited the greatest net inflows over the past 13 weeks ($2.8 billion net inflows)
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Source: Morgan Stanley
Teucrium files with the SEC
April 25, 2011--Teucrium has filed a FORM S-1 with the SEC for the Teucrium Agricultural Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
April 22, 2011---CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports have been updated for the week of April 19, 2011 and are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Van Eck files with the SEC
April 22, 2011--Van Eck has filed a post effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF.
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Source: SEC;.gov
iShares files with the SEC
April 21, 2011--iShares has filed a post-effective amendment, registration statement with the SEC for the iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund.
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Source: SEC.gov
Dow Jones hits 33-month high
April 21, 2011--A slew of strong earnings reports from big industry names such as Apple and General Electric helped boost Wall Street for another session and lifted the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a 33-month high.
Apple’s second-quarter results blew past forecasts, with the company posting a 95 per cent jump in earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday. The technology giant reported earnings of $5.99bn in the quarter, or $6.40 a share, sharply ahead of the $5.37 expected by analysts.
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Source: FT.com
