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Nasdaq breaches 6,000 mark for first time ever
April 25, 2017--The Nasdaq breached the 6,000 mark for the first time ever on Tuesday, spurred by a raft of strong
corporate earnings and President Donald Trump's promise of a major tax reform plan.
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Source: Nasdaq.com
IMF Working paper-Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil
April 26, 2017--In recent decades, population has been aging fast in Brazil while old age pensions and healthrelated spending have increased. As the population ages, the spending trend threaten to reach unsustainable levels absent reforms. Increasing the retirement age is key, but by itself will not provide sufficient savings to close the pension system financing gap, and reforms reducing replacement rates are necessary.
In the area of health, there is scope for improving expenditure efficiency by strengthening outpatient care and regional networks, and developing clinical guidelines for cost-effective treatments and drugs. Reforms are urgent, so that they can be gradual.
view the IMF Working paper-Fiscal Challenges of Population Aging in Brazil
Source: IMF
Credit Suisse Announces the Launch of a USO Covered Call Exchange Traded Note: the Credit Suisse X-LinksTM Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs
April 26, 2017--Credit Suisse today announced the launch of its X-LinksTM Crude Oil Shares Covered Call ETNs (the "ETNs"), which are listed on the NASDAQ exchange under the ticker symbol "USOI" and are eligible to begin trading today.
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Source: Credit Suisse AG
Ivy launches five index funds in partnership with ProShares
April 26, 2017--Broadening its mutual fund product line while adapting to the evolving needs of investors, Ivy Investment Management Company (IICO) has introduced five new index funds, the first passively managed funds offered by the firm.
Ivy, long recognized for its inventive, actively managed strategies, partnered with ProShare Advisors LLC to create the index funds.
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Source: ProShares
SEC Will Review Decision of Winklevoss Bitcoin ETF Rejection
April 25, 2017--The securities and exchange commission has granted a request by the Bats BZX Exchange, Inc. to review its decision of disapproving the bitcoin ETF back in March this year.
According to a document signed by Eduardo A. Aleman, Assistant Secretary at the SEC:
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Source: cryptocoinsnews.com
Dividend growth rate outpaces overall equity markets
April 25, 2017--U.S equity markets started the year with strength as the S&P 500 advanced 5.35%, reaching record highs in the first quarter.
Though equities kept their post-election momentum, some market participants took pause with cautious optimism, waiting for important events to unfold. The Federal Reserve continued to see economic strength on the horizon as it enacted a quarter-point interest rate hike in March, with two more scheduled increases announced for 2017.
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Source: realityshares.com
Bond ETFs see record quarter as investors shrug off concerns
April 25, 2017--ETF bond funds enjoyed record quarter, attracting $44.5 bln
EM funds lead, followed by investment-grade credit, TIPs
Investors expected to favour U.S. over Europe in Q2
Exchange-traded bond funds (ETFs) enjoyed record quarterly inflows in the first three months of 2017, attracting $44.5 billion, iShares, BlackRock's index-tracking fund group, said on Tuesday.
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Source: Reuters
AdvisorShares This Week in Active ETFs-Don't Fall for the Fallacy of Explanation
April 24, 2017--Weekly Market Review-For the week of April 17 to April 21, 2017
Macro
If you've read anything from Nassim Taleb, you may recall his
comments on the fallacy of explanations. We all like to have things, especially bad things, be explainable, it makes us feel better.
This relates to capital markets because market followers offer explanations for every movement the market makes when
in reality there is often no explanation, the market did what it
did (good or bad) for no reason at all. No explanation likely pertains to last week, which saw gains across the board for domestic equities with the Dow gaining 0.48%, the S&P 500 adding 0.86%, the NASDAQ moved ahead by 1.82% and
encouragingly, the Russell 2000 jumped 2.58%.
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Source: AdvisorShares
ETF Prism Report: Embracing Transparency
April 21, 2017--One of the greatest benefits of ETFs is transparency.
However the fact that all investors can see the underlying holdings is often taken for granted. Many investors trust this transparency so much that they assume they don’t need to look "under the hood".
Our research has uncovered:
Small cap ETFs that aren’t very focused on small caps.
Stocks that somehow are included in large, mid and small cap ETFs from one issuer.
An inherent Value Factor bias in one issuers' Core ETFs.
Concerns with blending different index families.
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Source: torosoam.com
Trading firm Virtu Financial to buy KCG for about $1.4 billion
April 20, 2017--Virtu Financial Inc (VIRT.O) said it would buy rival KCG Holdings Inc (KCG.N) in a $1.4 billion deal that brings together two major U.S. electronic trading and market-making firms.
The deal comes at a difficult time for high-frequency trading as low volatility squeezes the profits it can make from rapid-fire trades.
Virtu's offer of $20 per share represents a 12.7 percent premium to KCG's Wednesday close.
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Source: Reuters
