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"UTES" Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary As An Actively Managed Utilities ETF
October 10, 2017--The Reaves Utilities ETF (NYSE MKT: UTES) has marked its second anniversary*. The first and only actively managed utilities exchange-traded fund, UTES has outperformed its passive benchmark index, the S&P 500 Utilities Index** for the period from inception through 9/30/17.
During this period, UTES had an annualized return of 18.11%, net of all fees and expenses, compared to the 16.30% return of the passive index while providing its investors with full transparency and daily updates on its holdings. The fund's Total Annual Operating Expense is 0.95%.
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Source: Virtus ETF Advisers LLC
The Ryan Pension Letter September 2017
October 9, 2017--Ryan ALM Pension Letter is a quarterly nesletter that measures pension asset growth vs. pension liability growth based on ASC 715, PPA spot rates, PPA MAP-21, GASB and market discount rates.
Ryan ALM Pension Letter also reviews a wide range of topical subjects related to pensions and global economic events.
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Source: Ryan ALM, Inc.
Humans Beat Computers With Light Street Hedge Fund Gaining 44%
October 9, 2017--Main Systematica quant fund is said to drop almost 7% in 2017
Traditional equity and quant strategies have low correlation
The human stock pickers at hedge funds are leading the pack this year, while computer-run strategies pull up the rear. That’s no accident.
Traditional equity funds and quant vehicles tend to move in the opposite directions.
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Source: Bloomberg
Head of ETF provider warns on concentration of holdings in bigger stocks
October 8, 2017--Invesco boss says investors building up risk by blindly pouring money into indices.
The head of the fourth-largest exchange traded fund provider has warned that investors are blindly pouring money into highly concentrated stock indices, putting them at risk of outsized losses if markets tumble.
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Source: FT.com
Invesco moves boldly to grab more ETF power
October 7, 2017--Latest acquisition highlights fierce competition for exchange traded fund assets
The race for assets across the exchange traded funds industry moved into a new gear in late September with Invesco's move to buy the $36.7bn ETF business of Guggenheim, a rival US asset manager.
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Source: FT.com
Bitcoin Derivatives ETFs Withdraw Filings at SEC Request
October 6, 2017--Public documents reveal that a second US financial services firm has withdrawn an effort to create exchange-traded futures (ETFs) tied to bitcoin.
In a letter dated October 5, an executive for Connecticut-based REX ETFs,requested to pull back an amendment related to two previously proposed ETFs: the REX Bitcoin Strategy Fund and the REX Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF.
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Source: coindesk.com
CBO-Monthly Budget Review for September 2017
October 6, 2017--The federal government ran a budget deficit of $668 billion in fiscal year 2017, CBO estimates-$82 billion greater than the shortfall recorded in fiscal year 2016.
If not for the shift of certain payments from October to September in both 2016 and 2017 (because the first day of the month fell on a weekend), the deficit would have increased by $121 billion in 2017 (mostly because 2016 outlays would have been smaller).
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Treasury Releases Second Report On The Administration's Core Principles Of Financial Regulation
October 6, 2017--Report Outlines Ways To Streamline & Reduce Burdens Of Capital Markets Regulation
Today the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report detailing how to streamline and reform the U.S. regulatory system for the capital markets.
Treasury's evaluation of current capital market regulations found that there are significant reforms that can be undertaken to promote growth and vibrant financial markets while maintaining strong investor protections. The report issued today was in response to Executive Order 13772 issued by President Trump on February 3rd, which calls on Treasury to identify laws and regulations that are inconsistent with a set of Core Principles of financial regulation.
view the US Department of the Treasury report-A Financial System That Creates Economic Opportunities Capital Markets report
Source: US Department of the Treasury
Research Affiliates -Risk: Preparing Clients for an Uncertain Journey
October 6, 2017--Key Points
The typical advisor-client relationship too often ends with a discussion of volatility in absolute returns. Extending the discussion to include a second form of investment risk, tracking error of relative returns, is critical to achieving the best client outcomes.
The journey to more compelling investment opportunities and to higher long-term returns is necessarily paved with higher volatility and higher tracking error.
A client's thorough understanding of these bumps in the road will make for more successful advisor-client relationships.
Introduction
Understanding risk and having proper expectations around how it manifests in a securities portfolio is an essential part of making sound investment decisions. All too often, investors and their advisors allow their focus to tilt excessively toward the more positive and exciting side of the coin—forecasting expected returns—while giving short shrift to the more uncomfortable side—evaluating the potential risks. Particularly in today’s environment of quiet volatility,1 investors may be tempted to ignore risk altogether. This is a mistake.
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Source: Research Affiliates
Schwab Unveils the Schwab 1000 Index(R) ETF
October 5, 2017--New addition in family of low-cost index funds tracks the Schwab 1000 Index(R) which launched in 1991
Charles Schwab Investment Management (CSIM), an asset management arm of The Charles Schwab Corporation, today announced it is launching the Schwab 1000 Index ETF (SCHK)-a new low--cost way to gain exposure to the potential growth of America's largest 1,000 stocks. The new ETF will begin trading on October 11, 2017, and will be immediately available through Schwab's commission-free ETF program-Schwab ETF OneSourceTM.1
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Source: Charles Schwab
