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AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: Will Foreign Equities Shine In 2017?
December 27, 2016--Highlights of the Prior week of December 19 to December 23, 2016
How Much Higher Will Interest Rates Go?
Macro
With just four trading days left in 2016, most of the broad based
domestic equity indexes are poised for double digit gains for
the year.
While a lot can happen if four days, the history of this last week is an average gain of better than 1% (from Bespoke
Investment Group via Barron’s).
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Source: AdvisorShares
NYSE Arca Losing ETFs to Rivals
December 27, 2016--The New York Stock Exchange, the leading marketplace for exchange-traded funds, is losing ground to rivals in the fast-growing business.
For the first time in at least five years, NYSE Arca's ETF listings have declined from a year earlier, with more than 30 ETFs defecting this month for Nasdaq Inc. and Bats Global Markets Inc.
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Source: Wall Street Journal
Trump administration signals new direction for institutional investors
December 26, 2016--New direction for SEC, Dodd-Frank changes should dictate focus
The coming year will see regulatory issues once again dominate discussions in institutional trading, although the focus will be less on compliance and more on what regulations ultimately will look like.
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Source: pionline.com
Infographic-The Changing Anatomy of U.S. Oil Imports Over the Last Decade
December 23, 2016--OPEC was once a name that made world leaders shake in their boots.
In the early 1970s, the infamous oil cartel controlled more than 50% of global market share. The power of the cartel was also clear-in response to the Yom Kippur War of 1973, many OPEC countries (that were a part of OAPEC-the Organization for Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) initiated production cuts and an oil embargo against Western countries.
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Source: visualcapitalist.com
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
December 23, 2016--The current reports for the week of December 20, 2016 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Deutsche Asset Management to Transfer Primary Listing of 8 Exchange-Traded Funds to Bats Exchange
December 23, 2016--Deutsche Asset Management (Deutsche AM) today announced it will change the primary listing venue for eight X-trackers exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to the Bats Exchange on or about January 6, 2017.
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Source: Deutsche Asset Management
CBOE's longtime chairman Brodsky to step down after Bats deal
December 22, 2016--CBOE Holdings Inc (CBOE.O) Chairman Bill Brodsky will step down after two decades leading the board when the exchange operator closes a planned $3.2 billion deal for Bats Global Markets Inc (BATS.Z), CBOE said on Thursday.
Chief Executive Ed Tilly will replace him as chairman.
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Source: CBOE
ProShares Announces ETF Share Splits
Q&A on Splits and Reverse Splits
December 22, 2016--ProShares, a premier provider of ETFs, announced today forward and reverse share splits on 13 of its ETFs.
The splits will not change the total value of a shareholder's investment.
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Source: proshares.com
Vanguard Reports First Wave Of 2016 Expense Ratio Changes
December 22, 2016--Lower expense ratios reported for 35 mutual fund and ETF shares
Vanguard clients saved a total of $13 million as a result of lower expense ratios reported today for 35 individual mutual fund shares, including 11 exchange-traded fund shares (ETFs).*
These changes represent the first wave of Vanguard funds with a fiscal-year-end date in 2016 to report expense ratio changes (in this instance, funds with a fiscal year that ends in August).
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Source: Vanguard
AdvisorShares Active ETF Report: Funds and Assets Grow
December 21, 2016--In November, assets in actively managed ETFs increased by $462 million, or 1.64%, to $28.536 billion. Active ETFs realized a net gain of two new funds last month, which brought their overall total to 159.
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Source: AdvisorShares
