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Fear, Loathing, and Profit in U.S. Bond Markets
January 11, 2017--Some hedge funds are profiting from post-Volcker illiquidity in bonds, but a new Fed study predicts trouble ahead in times of market stress
In December the Federal Reserve Board published a paper proving what everyone in the bond market already knows: The
Volcker Rule-a provision in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act aimed at restricting proprietary trading and risk-taking by banks-has had a
severe impact on liquidity in the bond market.
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Source: institutionalinvestor.com
Vanguard Broadens Behavioral Science Capabilities With Introduction Of Center For Investor Research
January 11. 2017--Vanguard today announced the newly established Center for Investor Research (CIR), an enhancement of the company's efforts to drive investor success through behavioral research and experimentation.
The new Center will be initially dedicated to the study of the behavior of individual investors. CIR will examine how investors make decisions through observational studies based on Vanguard's administrative data and the growing pool of digital interactions. T
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Source: finance.yahoo.com
NYSE to Expand Floor Trading to All U.S. Equity Securities in 2017
Highest quality market model to deliver greater choice
January 11, 2017--The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), part of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), today announced plans to expand its floor-based trading operations,
offering investors even greater access to trade all U.S. securities for the first time with NYSE's unique and proven market model.
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Source: NYSE Group
Beaumont Capital Management Launches ETF-based, Smart Beta Fixed Income Strategy
January 11, 2017--Beaumont Capital Management (BCM), a leading provider of tactical, ETF-based investment solutions, has announced the launch of a new smart beta fixed income solution, the BCM Dynamic Global Fixed Income strategy.
The new strategy is part of a diverse fixed income suite, which includes three distinct defensive fixed income offerings to meet the challenges faced by today's investors in a rising interest-rate environment.
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Source: Beaumont Capital Management (BCM)
ALPS Adds Momentum to Its ETF Factor Lineup
January 10, 2017--ALPS, a subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc. (DST) providing products and services to the financial services industry, today announced a strategic alliance with Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a Nasdaq Company (DWA) to launch a new factor exchange-traded fund (ETF), which is designed to capture momentum investing at both the sector and stock level.
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Source: finance.yahoo.com
Mexico: Reforms are starting to bear fruit, but further action is needed to boost productivity and ensure more inclusive growth, OECD says
January 10, 2017--Ambitious structural reforms and sound macroeconomic policies have strengthened the resilience of the Mexican economy despite a complex national scenario and challenging global conditions, but more can be done to boost productivity and ensure that growth is inclusive enough to achieve better living conditions for all, according to a new report from the OECD.
The latest OECD Economic Survey of Mexico recognises that the Mexican economy is facing strong external headwinds-including lower oil prices, weak world trade,the depreciation of the peso following expectations of monetary policy tightening in the United States and uncertainty linked to the forthcoming change of US Administration-that will hold back growth over the 2017-18 period.
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Source: OECD
OFR-2016 Annual Research Review
January 10, 2016--Our first Annual Research Review contains synopses of our working papers, briefs, and viewpoint published in fiscal 2016. Two themes emerge.
First, our research reflects the importance of our independent view, which we are free to take because the OFR does not make policy. Second, the publication illustrates the importance of our mandate to improve financial data.
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Source: OFR (Office of Financial Research)
O'Shares ETF Investments Launches O'Shares FTSE US Small Cap Quality Dividend ETF (Ticker OUSM)
January 10, 2017- O'Shares ETF Investments expanded its suite of quality ETFs on December 30th, 2016 with the launch of the O'Shares FTSE US Small Cap Quality Dividend ETF (Ticker OUSM), a U.S. Small Cap ETF focused on higher quality dividend-paying companies with less volatility.
The portfolio of OUSM owns 339 U.S. small cap dividend stocks, with an average market cap of $4.0 billion.
AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETF: Dow 20,000! Not Yet!
January 9, 2017--Weekly Market Review - Highlights of the week of January 03 to January 06, 2017
Dow 20,000! Not Yet!
Macro
The last big data point of the Obama Administration and first big data point of 2017 was the Non-Farm Jobs report which printed on Friday and generally showed many of the same trends that
have been in place for the last few months.
There were 156,000 new jobs created in December while revisions to the previous
two months were mixed. The headline unemployment rate inched up to 4.7% while the broader U6 unemployment rate
held steady at 9.3% as did the labor force participation rate which was unchanged at 62.7%. There were signs of the good kind of inflation as wages got a 0.4% bump.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Legg Mason Launches Global Infrastructure ETF
January 9, 2017--Focused Exposure to Listed Global Infrastructure Expands Opportunities
Legg Mason Inc., (NYSE:LM), today announced that it has launched the Legg Mason Global Infrastructure ETF (Nasdaq:INFR) which is sub-advised by RARE Infrastructure, a Legg Mason affiliate.
The ETF seeks to provide income and capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of global infrastructure securities across developed and emerging markets.
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Source: Legg Mason
