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AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-The Hike Everyone Was Expecting
June 19, 2017--Highlights of the Week Ending 6/16/2017
Macro
The FOMC met last week and of course hiked rates to a new range of 1.00%-1.25%. The move was widely expected, built into Fed Funds futures pricing but seems to be widely derided as well.
Barron's made the argument that the policy group is underestimating the downward pressure on prices from creative destruction seen in things as mundane as unlimited data plans getting cheaper and cheaper.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Pacer ETFs Launches 2 New ETFs in the Cash Cows IndexSM Series
June 19, 2017--The Pacer US Small Cap Cash Cow ETF (BATS:CALF) and The Pacer Developed Markets International Cash Cows 100 ETF (ICOW) will add a small-cap and international presence to the series.
Pacer ETFs proudly announces the release of two new exchange traded funds (ETFs) in their Cash Cows IndexSM ETF Series.
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Source: Pacer Financial
Hartford Funds Appoints Gina Lombardi as Relationship Manager to Support Wirehouse Strategic Relationship Management Team Deutsche Bank Markets Research-North America-United States-US ETF Compass view more Robo Advisers' Latest Foray: Socially Responsible Investing view more Dhandho Funds to Close and Liquidate the Dhandho Junoon ETF view more Horizons ETFs Announces ETF Closure view more Global X Funds' Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ) Crosses $100 Million Mark view more Among 12 New ETFs, One Standout view more Research Affiliates-CAPE Fatigue view more
June 19, 2017---Hartford Funds today announced that Gina Lombardi has joined the firm's Wirehouse Strategic Relationship Management (SRM) team as Relationship Manager.
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Source: Hartford Funds
June 19, 2017--US ETPs continued on strong pace by experiencing 2.1% asset growth in May
ETFs reflected strong international markets during May
Global Equities were up by 2.21% during last month, mainly boosted by Intl DM
and EM equities with returns of 3.54% and 2.85%, respectively; similarly, US
equities were up by 1.01%. Fixed Income registered gains by 0.69%, led by Intl
DM Debt (1.92%) and followed by EM Gov Debt Local with returns of 1.57%.
Source: Source: Deutsche Bank Research-North America United States-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy
June 18, 2017--Digital investment services focus on niches to stand out from crowd
As the millennial investor comes of age, two youthful trends are converging: socially responsible investing and robo-advisory services.
Over the past year, a small but growing number of firms have introduced automated-or "robo"-investment services that include socially responsible investments.
Source: Wall Street Journal
June 16, 2017--After careful consideration, the Board of Trustees of the Cambria ETF Trust has determined to close and liquidate the Dhandho Junoon ETF (the "Fund").
Cambria Investment Management, LP ("Cambria") serves as the investment advisor to the Fund. Dhandho Funds serves as the sponsor and index provider of the Fund.
Source: Dhandho Funds
June 16, 2017--Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. (the “"Manager") announced today that they will be terminating the Horizons Managed Multi-Asset Momentum ETF (the "ETF") effective at the close of business on Friday, August 18, 2017 (the "Termination Date").
Details of the ETF are as follows:Horizons Managed Multi-Asset Momentum ETF
Source: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
June 16, 2017--Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced that the Global X Robotics and Artificial Intelligence ETF (BOTZ), has crossed the $100 million in assets under management threshold.
The fund launched on September 12, 2016 and tracks the Indxx Global Robotics & Artificial Intelligence Thematic Index.
Source: Global X
June 16, 2017--We’ve initiated coverage of twelve new equity ETFs, including five actively managed ETFs, four "ESG" funds (short for Environmental, Social and Governance criteria), and one fund-of-funds.
However, none of those caught our eye as especially noteworthy or attractive.
Source: AltaVista Research
June 15, 2017--CAPE Fatigue Key Points
The one-factor CAPE model better predicted market returns than a simple yield-plus-growth model in five straight decades, before underperforming in three of the last four.
Although CAPE is often intimated as a one-size-fits-all tool, no single model is a silver bullet applicable to all markets, all the time.
Source: Research Affiliates
