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BRIEF-CBOE Holdings reports February 2017 trading volume
March 4, 2017-- CBOE Holdings reports February 2017 trading volume
CBOE Holdings Inc-total contracts (options & futures) in Feb 2017 were 102.8 million, up 11 percent
CBOE Holdings Inc says Feb total futures contracts (CFE) 4.98 million versus. 4.09 million last year
CBOE Holdings Inc says Feb total options contracts was 97.8 million up 10 percent Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage:
Global X Funds Announces Reverse Share Split For Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF view more Federal Reserve releases examples of new charts that illustrate uncertainty around monetary policymakers’ macroeconomic and interest rate projections Renaissance Capital US IPO Week Ahead: Private equity pivots to consumer and tech with 3 deals on the calendar view more The Forum at ETF Research Center-Sector SPDR Analyzer (March 2017): Few Bargains CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update Small Investors Run to ETFs view more Wealthsimple for Advisors partners with Forstrong view more Direxion Announces Reverse and Forward Share Splits of Fifteen ETFs view more Merk Insights-Fake Risk, Fake Return? view more
Source: Reuters
March 3, 2017--Global X Funds, the New York-based provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), today announced that its Board of Trustees has approved a reverse share split for the Global X MSCI Nigeria ETF (NYSE: NGE).
NGE is the only ETF focused exclusively on the Nigerian market.
Source: Global X
March 3, 2017--The Federal Reserve on Friday released examples of new charts (sometimes called "fan charts") and related materials that illustrate and describe the uncertainty that attends Federal Open Market Committee participants' macroeconomic and interest rate projections.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
March 3, 2017--The three notable deals on the IPO calendar are all PE-backed: women's apparel retailer J.Jill (JILL), information technology reseller Presidio (PSDO) and high-end parka maker Canada Goose (GOOS).
Eight PE-backed deals have raised a total of $4.1 billion this year, most from Energy and Industrials sectors. This year is outpacing 2016 when 30 deals raised $8.8 billion, with no PE-backed deals in the 1Q16.
Source: Renaissance Capital
March 3, 2017--The ETF Analyzer, Sector SPDR Edition for March 2017 is ready for download. This monthly publication has succinct one-page reports on each of the 10 Select Sector SPDR ETFs in three easy-to-read sections: Investment Summary, Fundamentals. and Composition. It helps investors:
Evaluate the funds based on investment merit using fundamental data and analysis
Compare the Sector SPDRs with ease on a variety of forward-looking valuation metrics
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Source: AltaVista Research
March 3, 2017--The current reports for the week of February 28, 2017 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
March 3, 2017--A total of $124 billion has poured into ETFs in the first two months of 2017, the most aggressive start to a year ever
Ordinary investors are buying low-cost exchange-traded funds at a record-breaking pace, adding fuel to the U.S. stock rally.
Source: Wall Street Journal
March 3, 2017--Wealthsimple for Advisors announced March 6 that it has formed a partnership with Forstrong Global Asset Management to enable financial advisors using its platform to invest their clients' assets in any of Forstrong's seven actively managed investment strategies.
Forstrong has managed globally balanced ETF portfolios since 2001. Through Wealthsimple for Advisors, advisors can invest client assets in Forstrong portfolios with no minimum account size and no trading fees.
Source: insurance-journal.ca
March 2, 2017--Direxion has announced it will execute reverse share splits for eight of its exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), as well as forward share splits for another seven ETFs.
The total market value of the shares outstanding will not be affected as a result of these splits, except with respect to the redemption of fractional shares, as outlined below.
Source: direxioninvestments.com
March 2, 2017--With seemingly everyone from the blogosphere to the Tweeter-in-chief chiming in on fake news, have investors considered their risk/return profile may also be "fake"? When it comes to investing, who or what can we trust, is the market rigged, and why does it matter?
For eight years in a row now, an investment in the S&P 500 has yielded positive returns.1 In recent years, expressions like "investors buy the dips" and "low volatility" have become associated with this rally.
Source: Merk Investments
