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Fed cuts interest rates for first time since financial crisis
July 31, 2019--The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it would cut interest rates for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis in a bid to protect the U.S. economy from a global downturn.
In a statement following a two-day meeting in Washington, the central bank's Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) announced it would cut its baseline interest rate range to 2-2.25 percent, a 0.25 percentage-point cut.
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Source: thehill.com
US passive-active funds split to reach parity by 2025
July 29, 2019-- Total assets invested in US mutual funds, a definition that includes exchange traded funds, will hit $26.8tn that year, the accounting firm said.
This date, however, is significantly later than an estimate by Moody's Investors Service.
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Source: FT.com
IMF Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean: A Stalling Recovery
July 29, 2019--Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean remains sluggish. Real GDP is expected to grow by 0.6 percent in 2019-—the slowest rate since 2016-before rising to 2.3 percent in 2020.
The weak momentum reflects negative surprises in the first half of 2019, elevated domestic policy uncertainty in some large economies, heightened US-China trade tensions, and somewhat lower global growth.
Slower growth
Sluggish activity in the first half of this year largely reflects temporary factors, including adverse weather conditions that reduced mining output in Chile and agricultural output in Paraguay. Mining activity in Brazil moderated following the Brumadinho Dam disaster, while growth in Mexico weakened due to an under execution of the budget, labor strikes, and fuel shortages.
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Source: IMF
'Sin stock' ETFs strive to make good on returns
July 29, 2019--Like the underlying assets, returns on vice or virtuous investments are not guaranteed
There is a handful of exchange traded funds they can use to invest in these so-called sin stocks-but the wages of sin are still a matter of debate.
The only broad-based sin stock ETF on the market is the AdvisorShares Vice ETF, according to Morningstar data.
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Source: FT.com
Citi to Cut Hundreds of Trading Jobs in Bad Sign for Wall Street
July 29, 2019--Growing list of firms are firing as trading revenue falls anew
'The rest of Wall Street is thinking the same way,' Harte says
Citigroup Inc. is preparing to cut hundreds of jobs in its trading division--stark new evidence that an industrywide slump in revenue this year may be more permanent than the tweets and policy moves rattling clients.
The New York-based bank plans to slash jobs across its fixed-income and stock-trading operations over the course of 2019, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Source: Bloomberg
T. Boone Pickens ETF to Replace Crude Stocks With Renewables
July 29, 2019--BP Capital Fund Advisors sees bleak future for oil investing
The puck is heading toward renewables, firm's founder says
Oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens' eponymous fund is swapping out one of its crude investment vehicles for renewables, seeing an opportunity in clean energy as fossil fuels get pummeled in the capital markets.
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Source: Bloomberg
U.S. to Study Effects of MiFID II Research Unbundling
July 25, 2019--U.S. lawmakers authorized a study focusing on the provision of investment research for small issuers, a sign they are wary of the U.S. adopting the European Union's MIFID II unbundling rules which have brought sweeping changes to the research business.
On July 9, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill requiring the Securities and Exchange Commission to study the provision of investment research into small issuers including emerging growth companies and companies considering initial public offerings. The bill has been sent to the Senate where it has been passed onto the Committee for Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
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Source: flextrade.com
Six Charts on Boosting Growth in Brazil
July 25, 2019--Brazil's economic recovery after the 2015−2016 recession remains sluggish. Real per capita growth has fallen by 8 percent since the beginning of the recession in 2014, and poverty and inequality are on the rise. While the unemployment rate did fall this year, it is still high compared to pre-crisis levels.
To boost growth and create more jobs, Brazil needs to vigorously pursue pension and tax reforms, trade openness, investment in infrastructure, and key financial reforms, the IMF stated in its latest annual economic assessment.
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Source: IMF
Investors can think long-term but managers are a harder case
July 25, 2019--Charges of short-termism have been aimed at financial markets and companies for decades, but concerns have intensified recently. Now US regulators are...
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Source: FT.com
US$100 Bill on the Rise
July 23, 2019--A curious thing has happened in US currency: the $100 bill recently overtook the ubiquitous $1 bill in circulation volume, for the first time in history. In other words, the most valuable banknote in the United States became the most widely circulated.
As we show in our chart of the week, based on an article in the IMF's Finance & Development magazine, there are more $100 bills circulating now than ever before, roughly doubling in volume since the global financial crisis.
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Source: IMF
