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Former Bain Manager Launches $50 Million Bitcoin and Ethereum Fund
July 6, 2017--Some of the wealthiest families in Latin America now have access to a new way to invest, thanks in part to a former senior manager at consulting firm Bain & Company.
Announced today, the newly formed Crypto Assets Fund, co-founded by former senior manager at Bain, Roberto Ponce Romay, is helping to raise $50m with the purpose of buying cryptocurrencies for family offices. Revealed exclusively to CoinDesk, Crypto Assets Fund (CAF) will invest directly in bitcoin, ether, zcash, ripple, litecoin and dash.
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Source: coindesk.com
ULTUMUS-Global ETF Monitor-July 6, 2017--
July 6, 2017--America:
American issuer Exchange Traded Concepts, has listed the ProSports Sponsors ETF (FANZ) in New York.
FANZ tracks an index of companies that sponsor major professional football, baseball, hockey and basketball teams in the United States, as well as media companies that broadcast these sports.
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Source: ULTUMUS-Financial Data Management
First Asset U.S. TrendLeaders Index ETF
July 5, 2017--First Asset Investment Management Inc. ("First Asset") is pleased to announce that First Asset U.S. TrendLeaders Index ETF (the "ETF") has closed the initial offering of its units and the units will commence trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") under the ticker symbol SID.
CIBC U.S. TrendLeaders Index
The ETF has been designed to replicate. to the extent possible, the performance of the CIBC U.S. TrendLeaders Index. net of expenses.
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Source: First Asset
America's Top Bond Manager Never Falls in Love
July 5, 2017--Pimco's Kiesel keeps a sharp eye on debt metrics and doesn't get carried away.
The best manager of bonds in America refuses to pay full price. He buys his clothes once a year to get a 40 percent discount.
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Source: Bloomberg
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, June 13-14, 2017
July 5, 2017--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on June 13-14, 2017.
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
The Nasdaq glitch explained
July 4, 2017--Amazon, Microsoft and Apple among equities converging at $123.47 after data error
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Source: FT.com
AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-Jawboning Works
July 3, 2017--AdvisorShares Weekly Market Review-Highlights of the Week Ending 6/30/2017
Macro
For weeks, months even, there was a meaningful flattening trend in the US Treasury market which was at odds with the FOMC's long stated intention to hike its rates three times in 2017 with two under its belt already.
A market ripple came after jawboning comments from Janet Yellen, Mario Draghi and even Mark Carney.
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Source: AdvisorShares
The Forum at ETF Research Center-July 2017 Sector SPDR Analyzer
July 3, 2017--Notable This Month:
The recent pullback in certain "FANG" stocks notwithstanding, the Tech rally in 1H17 has pushed valuations well above their range of the past few years.
The recent pullback in certain “FANG” stocks notwithstanding, the Tech rally in 1H17 has pushed valuations well above their range of the past few years, which in turn has diminished future appreciation potential to just slightly above average in our opinion. That said, the sector's margins and ROE remain exceptionally high, with long-term EPS growth expectations modestly better than the S&P 500 overall.
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Source: AltaVista Research
Data glitch: Google, Yahoo finance sites display incorrect stock market prices
July 3, 2017--Incorrect market data appeared on sites such as Google Finance, Yahoo Finance and Bloomberg terminals in early Asia hours on Tuesday.
Nasdaq-listed stocks such as Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft all showed prices of $123.47 each.
Nasdaq told CNBC that glitch was due to test results being mistakenly distributed by third parties.
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Source: CNBC.com
Morningstar ETF Managed Portfolios Landscape--Q1 2017
July 1, 2017--Assets in ETF managed portfolios increased in the first quarter of 2017. At the end of March, strategies in Morningstar's database had collective assets under management and assets under advisement of $99.7 billion.
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Source: Morningstar, Inc.
