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IMF Staff Country Reports-Brazil: 2018 Article IV Consultation
August 3, 2018--Summary:
Recent developments. Following a severe recession in 2015-16, real GDP grew by 1 percent in 2017. Inflation declined below the inflation target range, prompting the Central Bank to cut interest rates to historic lows. Despite fiscal consolidation in 2017, public debt has reached 84 percent of GDP and fiscal reforms have stalled.
Outlook. GDP is projected to grow at 1.8 and 2.5 percent in 2018 and 2019, respectively, driven by a recovery in domestic consumption and investment. The 2018 budget loosens the fiscal stance. Even if federal expenditure remains constant in real terms at its 2016 level, as mandated by a constitutional rule, public debt is expected to rise further and peak in 2023 at above 90 percent of GDP.
IMF Staff Country Reports-Brazil: 2018 Article IV Consultation
Source: IMF
Cboe Global Markets to List Its Common Stock Exclusively on Cboe
August 2, 2018--Cboe Global Markets, Inc. (Cboe: CBOE | Nasdaq: CBOE), one of the world's largest exchange holding companies, today announced plans to transfer the primary listing of its common stock to Cboe BZX Equities Exchange (Cboe).
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Source: New York Times
Research Affiliates-Rebalance or Rush Hour?
August 2, 2018--Key Points
Systematic rebalancing raises the likelihood of improving long-term risk-adjusted investment returns.
The benefits of rebalancing result from opportunistically capitalizing on human behavioral tendencies and long-horizon mean reversion in asset class prices.
Investors who "institutionalize contrarian investment behavior" by relying on a systematic rebalancing approach increase their odds of reaping the reward of rebalancing.
Introduction
Embracing a disciplined approach to rebalancing can lead to better long-term investment outcomes. Overcoming the natural tendency to wait-and-see before repositioning our portfolios can be a difficult, but worthy, goal for investors to pursue. Advisors can help investors surmount this and other behavioral hurdles by adopting a systematic rebalancing approach that effectively institutionalizes contrarian investment behavior.
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Source: Research Affiliates
BNY Mellon Consultant 360-The Race for Assets: Issue 4
August 2, 2018--The use of hedge fund dedicated managed accounts continues to rise as investors seek to reduce fees, improve transparency, and gain control over their portfolios.
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Source: BNY Mellon
Fidelity Eliminates Fees on Two New Index Funds
August 2, 2018--Fidelity Investments announced that it won't charge any management fees on the new funds as price competition intensifies.
The race to zero in the investing world has finally reached bottom at one of the nation's biggest money managers.
Starting Friday, Fidelity Investments will offer clients the chance to invest in two new stock-index funds without paying any fees, putting new pressure on low-cost rivals such as Vanguard Group and Charles Schwab Corp.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
WisdomTree Launches the WisdomTree 90/60 U.S. Balanced Fund (NTSX)
August 2, 2018--NTSX Offers New Approach to Traditional Asset Allocation
WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced the launch of the WisdomTree 90/60 U.S. Balanced Fund (NTSX) on the NYSE Arca. The Fund has an expense ratio of 0.20%.
NTSX, WisdomTree's second asset allocation ETF, seeks to achieve total return by investing in large-cap U.S. equities and U.S. Treasury futures contracts. More specifically:
This exposure is created by investing approximately 90% of Fund assets in a representative basket of U.S. equity securities of large-capitalization companies generally weighted by market capitalization and 10% in short-term fixed income securities that collateralize a targeted 60% notional exposure to U.S. Treasury futures.
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Source: WisdomTree
NYSE-owner ICE to launch new fixed income ETF platform
August 2, 2018--Intercontinental Exchange Inc is partnering with BlackRock Inc on a new fixed income exchange-traded fund execution platform to open next year, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange said on Thursday after reporting a rise in quarterly earnings.
The new platform will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of ICE and is aimed at simplifying the creation and redemption process for ETF units, which can then be split up and sold to investors in the secondary market, ICE said. BlackRock will help develop and support the system.
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Source: Reuters
Passive investing is storing up trouble
August 2, 2018--I was recently informed by the owner of an artificial intelligence fund that markets do not listen to economists any more.
Rather than immediately dust off my CV and see what transferable skills I might have, I dug around for evidence of his claim and found there was something to it.
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Source: canadanewsmedia.ca
Defiance ETFs Launches AUGR, Providing Targeted Exposure to Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Innovators, Leaders and Adopters
August 1, 2018--AR/VR technology is changing how we live, work and play
AUGR "goes global" and includes companies across the cap range in an equally weighted portfolio
Defiance ETFs today announced the launch of its Defiance Future Tech ETF (NYSE:AUGR), which is designed for investors seeking to capitalize on the growing opportunities in augmented reality and virtual reality (AR/VR) technology, a disruptive tech category that is already having a meaningful impact on a wide range of industries.
"The AR/VR space has extended far beyond its roots in gaming to applications in healthcare, retail, manufacturing, entertainment and more," said Matthew Bielski, founder and CEO of Defiance ETFs. "But as the category matured and expanded, investors lacked options for adding targeted exposure to AR/VR leaders to their portfolios. With AUGR that problem has been solved, and access to the category is now available in a highly liquid ETF wrapper.”
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Source: Defiance ETFs
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
August 1, 2018--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
