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CBO-The 2017 Budget and Economic Outlook
March 7. 2017--In fiscal year 2016, for the first time since 2009, the federal budget deficit increased in relation to the nation's economic output. The Congressional Budget Office projects that over the next decade, if current laws remained generally unchanged, budget deficits would eventually follow an upward trajectory-the result of strong growth in spending for retirement and health care programs targeted to older people and rising interest payments on the government's debt, accompanied by only modest growth in revenue collections.
Those accumulating deficits would drive debt held by the public from its already high level up to its highest percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) since shortly after World War II.
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Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Toroso ETF Prism Report: ETF Bubbles: Separating Fact From Fiction
March 7, 2017-- With US markets at all-time highs, many investors wonder if the massive growth of ETFs are perpetuating a bubble.
Our quantitive research tools suggest ETFs are not currently creating a bubble in in broad based market indexes like the S&P 500. However, we do believe ETFs can cause two types of bubbles:
Short-term bubbles in sub-sectors or niches like REITs
Long-term bubbles in corporate governance and environmental/social impact through proxy voting
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Source: torosoam.com
Registered Investment Advisers Take Note: New SEC Custody Rule Guidance
March 7, 2017--Registered investment advisers should take note of recent pronouncements by the staff of the SEC's Division of Investment Management (the "Division") regarding Rule 206(4)-2 (the "Custody Rule") of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
The Division makes clear that many advisers may unwittingly have custody of client assets under the Custody Rule.
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Source: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
AdvisorShares This Week in Active ETFs: Floating Around the Unpredictability of Rates
March 6, 2017--Weekly Market Review-For the week of February 27 to March 03, 2017
Bull Market Turns 8 This Week!
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President Trump's speech on Tuesday was interesting and generally well received. While no president can please
everyone, this speech was generally light on bluster and, inflammatory comments, sounding more presidential than at other recent public appearances.
While there was still spin and other liberties with the truth, markets reacted favorably to the speech, lifting more than one percent for the four major domestic benchmarks-including new big figures for
the Dow and S&P on Wednesday.
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Source: AdvisorShares
The Forum at ETF Research Center-February ETF Flows: Cautiously Risk-On
March 6, 2017--ETF investors put some $43 billion in new money to work in February, according to our database tracking 1,546 ETFs with $2.7 trillion in AUM.
Investors expressed a preference for higher risk areas like emerging markets and small cap stocks, but also hedged their bets by increasing short positions pretty much across the board.
Among equity ETFs, overall short interest increased from 6.5% of AUM on January 31, 2017 to 6.8% on February 28, 2017.
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Source: AltaVista Research
VanEck launches the first US.-listed green-bond ETF
March 6, 2017--GRNB provides broad exposure to the fast-growing global green bond market
VanEck today announced the launch of the VanEck VectorsTM Green Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: GRNB), the newest addition to the firm's suite of fixed income ETFs and the first U.S.-listed fixed income ETF to provide targeted exposure to the fast-growing green bond category.
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Source: VanEck
Here Come ETF Regulations (and Why the Industry Is Happy About It)
March 6, 2017--New funds,,but also new risks, are expected as fund regulation is turned on its head
Fund companies are about to go on the regulatory offensive in Washington. And their chances for success are looking pretty good.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Jack Bogle: ETFs have beaten hedge funds
March 5, 2017--Founder of Vanguard says investors are tired of paying high fees for poor performance.
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Source: FT.com
China overtakes eurozone as biggest bank system
March 5, 2017--Status reflects global influence but also reliance on debt to fuel economy.
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Source: FT.com
