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1 in 5 Investors Don't Have an Advisor but Want One: Wells Fargo
April 11, 2019--Young investors in particular have an unmet need for advisors, Wells Fargo's Wayne Badorf says.
Financial advisors remain a vital source of advice for most investors, according to the first-quarter 2019 Wells Fargo/Gallup Investor and Retirement Optimism Index survey.
The survey-which comprised interviews with 1,029 U.S. adults with $10,000 or more invested in stocks, bonds or mutual funds-found that 84% of investors say that financial advisors will always be needed and will not be replaced by automated investing technology.
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Source: thinkadvisor.com
U.S. Weekly FundFlows Insight Report: Long-Term Funds Take in a Net $10.1 Billion for the Week
April 11, 2019--For the third consecutive week, investors were overall net purchasers of fund assets (including those of conventional funds and ETFs), injecting $1.4 billion for Lipper’s fund-flows week ended April 10, 2019.
Fund investors were net purchasers of taxable fixed income funds (+$4.8 billion), equity funds (+$4.3 billion), and municipal bond funds (+$956 million), while being net redeemers of money market funds (-$8.6 billion).
Market Wrap-Up
Markets generally continued their upward trek during the fund-flows week, with investors embracing news about advances in the China/U.S. trade negotiations, the Federal Reserve's continued dovish tone, and a better-than-expected March nonfarm payrolls report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Price Only Index (-0.23%) suffered the only negative return during the flows week of the broadly followed U.S. indices.
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Source: Refinitiv
SoFi Releases SoFi Select 500 (SFY) and SoFi Next 500 (SFYX) ETFs
April 11, 2019--With Expense Ratio Waived To Zero, Funds Designed to Provide Investors a Set of Powerful New Portfolio Building Blocks
SoFi announced today the availability of two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the SoFi Select 500 ETF (NYSE: SFY) and the SoFi Next 500 ETF (NYSE: SFYX).
Both funds have fee waivers in place that lower total fund expenses to zero through at least June 30, 2020.
"When it comes to achieving financial independence, investing isn't a choice-it's a requirement," said SoFi CEO Anthony Noto. "We designed these ETFs to make it as simple and easy as possible for anyone to start investing for the future, without any fees dragging on your returns."
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Source: SoFi
Missing: $500bn of American savingsMissing: $500bn of American savings
April 10, 2019-The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled, was convincing the world that interest income might have existed.
After criticizing the idea, Vanguard to launch low-cost commodities mutual fund, but it ain't for Mom-and-Pop investors
The main driver behind Vanguard's push into commodities appears to be because of demand from big institutions like banks, insurance companies and other professional investors who might otherwise buy a competitor's (read PIMCO) commodities fund with a much higher price tag. view more
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, March 19-20, 2019 CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update WisdomTree Cross-Lists 5 UCITS ETFs in Peru Principal Financial to buy Wells Fargo's retirement unit for $1.2 billion view more Several Deutsche Bank exchange-traded-notes to cease trading Thursday view more
Source: FT.com
April 10, 2019--Local mutual fund giant Vanguard will launch an extremely low-cost commodities mutual fund, but the minimum investment is $50,000.
That's not generally aimed at retail investors--and there are good reasons why.
Source: philly.com
April 10, 2019--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 19-20, 2019. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
April 10, 2019--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
April 9, 2019--Company's First UCITS ETFs in Peru Join Growing Set of Strategies Listed in Latin America
WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced that 5 European WisdomTree UCITS ETFs have been listed on The Lima Stock Exchange, Bolsa de Valores de Lima (BVL).
Newly Listed UCITS ETFs:
UCITS ETF Name: WisdomTree US Equity UCITS ETF-Acc
Ticker: DHSA
ISIN: IE00BD6RZT93
UCITS ETF Name: WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth UCITS ETF-USD Acc
Ticker: DGRA
ISIN: IE00BZ56RG20
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Source: WisdomTree Investments, Inc.
April 9, 2019-- U.S. retirement plan administrator Principal Financial Group said on Tuesday it would buy Wells Fargo & Co's retirement plan services business for $1.2 billion, as it seeks a larger presence in markets serving mid-sized companies.
The move, first revealed last month by Reuters, marks the latest divestment from Wells Fargo, which has been streamlining its business as it grapples with the fallout of customer abuse scandals.
Source: Reuters
April 9, 2019--A dozen of Deutsche Bank's exchange-traded notes that provide exposure to oil, metals and other commodities are set to stop trading on Thursday, according to a recent filing by the bank.
Exchange-traded notes, including the DB FI Enhanced Global High Yield ETN, the DB Crude Oil Long ETN and the Elements Dogs of the DOW Dow Jones High Yield Select 10 Total Return ETN, will be delisted at the close of trading on Thursday, according to an April 2 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: Reuters