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AdvisorShares-Weekly Market Review-The Olympic Vacation is Over
August 22, 2016--Highlights of the Prior week-August 15-August 19
Macro
Markets were again very tame last week as the Olympics continued and wound down. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 14 basis points, the S&P 500 dropped two basis points, the NASDAQ added nine basis points, and the Russell 2000 was the big mover with a 0.56% gain.
With Q2 earnings season just about over, Yahoo Finance reports that although the beat rate (results versus estimates) was strong, earnings fell 3.9% and revenue declined 1.0%.
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Source: AdvisorShares
AdvisorShares-Active ETF Report-Month ending 07.31.2016
August 22, 2016--Assets in actively managed ETFs continued their steady growth in July, increasing by $337 million, or 1.2%, to $26.719 billion.
Morningstar also added a new category: Option Writing. The AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF (VEGA) moved into this new category and received a four-star Morningstar rating.
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Source: AdvisorShares
Principal Launches Two Strategic Beta Portfolios
Exchange Traded Funds Target Healthcare Innovation, Millennial Spending Habits
august 22, 2016--Principal announced today the launch of two strategic beta exchange traded funds (ETFs) for investors looking for portfolio growth potential.
The Principal Healthcare Innovators Index ETF (Ticker: BTEC) and the Principal Millennials Index ETF (Ticker: GENY) were listed on Nasdaq starting August 22.
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Source: Principal
Fed Officials Brace for (Familiar) New Normal
Unconventional tools used after financial crisis may become increasingly common
August 21, 2016--For much of the post-financial-crisis era, U.S. Federal Reserve officials have held to a belief that they could get back to their old way of doing things.
Growth would resume at a modest pace, annual inflation would climb to 2% and interest rates would gradually rise from near zero to a normal level near 4% or higher.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Renaissance Capital's IPO Calendar-Week of 8/22/2016
August 19, 2016--Renaissance Capital's IPO Calendar-Week of 8/22/2016 is now available.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
Guggenheim Investments to Close and Liquidate Guggenheim
August 19, 2016--Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, today announced that it will close and liquidate Guggenheim Emerging Markets Real Estate ETF (NYSE Arca: EMRE).
In August 2016, the Board of Trustees of Claymore Exchange-Traded Fund Trust 2 (the "Trust") approved
the closing and subsequent liquidation of EMRE.
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Source: Guggenheim Investments
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
August 19, 2016--The current reports for the week of August 16, 2016 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Brokers Smell Trouble Ahead of Attempt to Spur Smallcap Volume
August 18, 2016--SEC pilot program for small U.S. stocks begins Oct. 3
Money managers' systems aren't ready, some brokers say
Several Wall Street executives expect some turbulence when U.S. markets flip the switch on a program aimed at spurring more volume in small stocks.
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Source: Bloomberg
S&P Dow Jones Indices-Index Dashboard: Risk & Volatility
August 18, 2016--VIX has remained low in the few past weeks, closing below 14 every day since our last report. Yesterday's publication of the
U.S. Federal Reserve's notes from their July meeting offered no surprises, as the VIX closed at 12.19.
The VIX futures curve is unusually steep, indicating traders do not anticipate VIX to remain as low in the near future. At yesterday's close, the front future price represented a 21% increase in VIX from its current level -a spread within the highest
1% of all such observations historically.
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Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices
iSectors(R), LLC Launches Flagship ETF (NASDAQ: PMPT)
August 17, 2016--Exchange-traded fund is based on iSectors(R)' proprietary liquid alternative ETF strategy, the iSectors(R) Post-MPT Growth Allocation
iSectors,(R) LLC, a manager of a suite of exchange-traded fund (ETF)-based asset allocation models, announces the debut of its flagship iSectors(R) Post-MPT Growth ETF (NASDAQ: PMPT). The actively-managed ETF aims to optimize investor return and minimize the downside risk.
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Source: isectors.com
