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Latin America Faces Policy Dilemmas Post Boom
April 12, 2016--Region's average growth to remain below zero in 2016
Mexico, Central American and Caribbean growing at 2.5%
Commodity exporters face difficult balance between short-term demands and long-term aspirations
As Latin America and the Caribbean enters its fifth year of economic slowdown and its second year of contraction due to an external environment particularly adverse to commodity exporters in South America, countries are struggling to find a balance between reducing spending and minimizing its effects on economic activity and hard-won social gains.
view the The Commodity Cycle in Latin America: Mirages and Dilemmas report
Source: World Bank
Horizons ETFs Launches Canada's Lowest Cost Dividend ETF
New ETF provides low-cost, tax-efficient exposure to Canada's largest dividend payers
April 11, 2016--Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") is pleased to announce the launch of the Horizons Cdn High Dividend Index ETF ("HXH"), which will provide investors with low-cost, tax-efficient exposure to high dividend paying Canadian companies
Units of the exchange traded fund ("ETF") will begin trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") in Canadian dollars under the ticker symbol "HXH."
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Source: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
Infographic-See How the Internet of Things Will Change Your Life
April 10, 2016--The dawn of the Internet of Things (IoT) era is already upon us, but for many people there is a chance that the future impact of the IoT is still pretty unclear.
What is the scale of this technological shift, and how exactly will our day-to-day lives be changed by more everyday devices being connected to the web?
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
April 8, 2016--The current reports for the week of April 5, 2016 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Global X Funds to Liquidate China Bond ETF
April 8, 2016--April 4, 2016--Global X Funds, the New York-based exchange-traded funds provider, today announced the scheduled liquidation of the Global X GF China Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: CHNB).
Shareholders may sell their holdings in the fund prior to the end of the trading day on Monday, April 18, 2016 and customary brokerage charges may apply to these transactions.
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Source: Global X Funds
CBO-Monthly Budget Review for March 2016
April 7, 2016--The federal budget deficit was $457 billion for the first six months of fiscal year 2016, the Congressional Budget Office estimates-$18 billion more than the shortfall recorded in the same span last year.
Receipts and outlays for the period were both 4 percent higher than the amounts recorded last year.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
WisdomTree Launches Emerging Markets Dividend Fund (DVEM) and International
DVEM Offers Broad-Based Access to Growth and Income Potential of Emerging Markets
IQDG as Newest Addition to Forward-Looking Quality Dividend Growth Suite of ETFs
April 7, 2016--WisdomTree (NASDAQ: WETF), an exchange-traded
fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced the launch of
the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Fund (DVEM), and the WisdomTree International Quality
Dividend Growth Fund (IQDG) on the BATS Exchange.
DVEM seeks to provide exposure to dividend-paying stocks in the emerging markets and has an expense ratio of 0.32%. IQDG is designed to provide exposure to developed international dividend-paying stocks with growth characteristics and has an expense ratio of 0.38%.1
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Source: WisdomTree
IMF Working paper-Advancing Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
April 7, 2016--Summary: This paper examines the state of financial development in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region as well as potential growth and stability implications from further development. The analysis suggests that access to financial institutions has expanded notably in the past decade, and the region compares favorably with other emerging market regions on this dimension.
The region, however, continues to lag behind peers on broader financial development, especially with respect to markets, though there is substantial heterogeneity across countries. Financial systems in many LAC countries are also underdeveloped relative to their macroeconomic fundamentals. Further financial development could convey net benefits to the region, provided there is adequate regulatory oversight to prevent excesses.
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Source: IMF
First Trust Announces Changes to Investment Objectives for Twelve AlphaDEX(R) ETFs
April 7, 2016--On April 8, 2016, each of the index exchange-traded funds listed below (each, a "Fund") will change its investment objective to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund's fees and expenses) of a new corresponding Nasdaq AlphaDEX(R) Equity Index (each, a "New Index").
Each New Index is a modified equal-dollar weighted index developed and maintained by Nasdaq, Inc. ("Nasdaq") that is designed to generate positive alpha relative to traditional passive-style indices through the use of the AlphaDEX(R) selection methodology.
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee March 15-16, 2016
April 6, 2016--The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 15-16, 2016.
The minutes for each regularly scheduled meeting of the Committee ordinarily are made available three weeks after the day of the policy decision and subsequently are published in the Board's Annual Report. The descriptions of economic and financial conditions contained in these minutes are based solely on the information that was available to the Committee at the time of the meeting.
