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Rafferty Asset Management Closing Three ETFs
February 28, 2017-- The Board of Trustees of the Direxion Shares ETF Trust has decided to liquidate and close the Direxion Daily Cyber Security & IT Bear 2X Shares (Ticker: HAKD), Direxion Daily Pharmaceutical & Medical Bull 2X Shares (Ticker: PILL) and Direxion Daily Pharmaceutical & Medical Bear 2X Shares (Ticker: PILS) (each a "Fund" and collectively the "Funds") based on the recommendation of Rafferty Asset Management, LLC, the Trust's advisor.
Due to the Funds' inability to attract sufficient investment assets, Rafferty believes it cannot continue to conduct its business and operations in an economically efficient manner.
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Source: Direxion
Investors Gain New Commission-Free Access to Physically-Backed Precious Metals
February 28, 2017--ETF Securities Commodities Products available to investors on E*TRADE's and Interactive Brokers' Commission-Free ETF platform
In response to increased demand, ETF Securities, a specialist commodity Exchange Traded Product (ETP) provider, today announces a widening of commission-free access to its range of physically-backed precious metal exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
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Source: ETF Securities
'Biblical- ETFs cast out LGBT-supporting companies
February 28, 2017--New NYSE-listed funds buck liberal trend in targeted investing
A US investment group has launched two "biblically responsible" exchange traded funds aimed at conservative evangelical Christians that explicitly exclude companies that participate in or support the lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender "lifestyle".
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Source: FT.com
Schwab Fires Back After Fidelity Slashes Commissions AdvisorShares-This Week in Active ETFs: Pricing Risk and Playing Defense view more Brokerages' race to zero fees points to a bigger war to come view more Vanguard cuts fees, Covisum acquires PrairieSmarts and RBC's takeover electrifies wealth profits. view more Competing Priorities Bog Down Efforts to Quickly Roll Back Dodd-Frank view more
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February 28, 2017--Charles Schwab cuts its online retail trade commission to $4.95 from $6.95, matching a cut Fidelity made about 10 hours earlier.
Another half a day, another shot across the bow.
Less than 12 hours after Fidelity announced a raft of fee cuts for retail investors at midnight on Feb. 27, Charles Schwab Corp. fired back. It lowered its standard online retail trade commission from $6.95 to $4.95, matching Fidelity.
Source: Bloomberg
February 27, 2017--Weekly Market Review-Highlights of the week of February 20 to February 24, 2017
Mixed Signals From Higher Equity Prices
Macro
No matter what is going on the world, there is always a bullish case for equities and a bearish case and now is no different of course.
This is an interesting time for how mixed the messages are these days. The most important market signal is equity
prices and they continued to march higher last week with eleven days, and counting, of gains (we’d make a Spinal Tap
reference but too many people beat us to it).
Source: AdvisorShares
February 27, 2017--Fidelity Investments Inc and Charles Schwab Corp made moves in quick succession on Tuesday to slash trade commissions,accelerating the race to zero and foreshadowing a more important battle to win clients for potentially more lucrative services.
Fidelity cut its commissions to trade stocks and exchange-traded funds to $4.95 from $7.95 a trade, a 38 percent reduction for its retail brokerage clients.
Source: Reuters
February 27, 2017--In the latest move in the battle for the lowest fees, Vanguard has cut expense ratios on 68 mutual fund and ETF share classes.
Based on the average fund assets over a 12-month period and the change in fees through fiscal year 2016, the fund giant estimates the change will save clients more than $105 million.
Source: wealthmanagement.com
February 26, 2017--White House places a higher priority on issues such as taxes, and Democrats aren't in a mood to cooperate.
After weeks of high expectations for a swift Dodd-Frank rollback with a Republican in the White House, the reality of a hard slog is beginning to set in on Capitol Hill.
Source: Wall Street Journal
February 24, 2017--In January, assets in actively managed ETFs grew $1.063 billion, or 3.5%, to $30.917 billion. Five new funds launched during January, which brought the month-end total of actively managed ETFs to 165.
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Source: AdvisorShares
February 24, 2017--It's a commission-free world out there, embrace it. E*Trade Financial (ETFC) added 47 more commission-free exchange-traded funds to its lineup so far this year, which includes the three dozen it added in January.
