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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
September 21, 2016--Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in July indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and growth of economic activity has picked up from the modest pace seen in the first half of this year.
Although the unemployment rate is little changed in recent months, job gains have been solid, on average. Household spending has been growing strongly but business fixed investment has remained soft. Inflation has continued to run below the Committee's 2 percent longer-run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports. Market-based measures of inflation compensation remain low; most survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance, in recent months.
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Source: federalreserve.gov
Barron's 400 ETF Strenghens Fundamentals In Semi-Annual Index Reconstitution and Rebalance
Sectors Reflecting Economic Strength Have High Continued Representation, Energy Allocation Pared Increased Weighting to Small-Cap Segment
September 21, 2016--The Barron's 400 ETF (NYSE Arca: BFOR), a smart beta exchangetraded fund that seeks to track the Barron's 400 Index (B400), has completed its semi-annual rebalance based on the reconstitution of its underlying benchmark.
The rules-based and fundamentals-driven B400 was designed to give investors a means of tracking some of America's highest-performing companies based on the strength of their financial statements and the attractiveness of their share prices.
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Source: Barron's
Elkhorn Launches First Ever Dorsey, Wright & Associates, a Nasdaq Company, Commodity Rotation ETF No K-1.
September 21, 2016--Elkhorn Investments, LLC, a pioneer of research-based investing, announced today the launch of the Elkhorn Commodity Rotation Strategy ETF (DWAC ).
DWAC is the first commodity exchange-traded fund (ETF) based on Dorsey, Wright & Associates (DWA), a Nasdaq Company's, proprietary Relative Strength methodology.
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Source: Nasdaq.com
CFTC.gov Swaps Report Update
September 21, 2016--CFTC's Weekly Swaps Report has been updated, and is now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Fiduciary rule to boost ETF flows
September 21, 2016--A change in how investment advice is administered in the US is set to boost the already gargantuan inflows into ETFs.
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Source: efinancialnews.com
AdvisorShares Launches the AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (CWS)
September 20, 2016--The fund's innovative fulcrum fee structure, an ETF industry first, directly aligns manager's incentive with shareholders' interests
AdvisorShares, a leading sponsor of actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today that the AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF (NYSE Arca: CWS) will begin trading on Wednesday, September 21, 2016.
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Source: AdvisorShares
WisdomTree Names Anita Rausch as Head of Capital Markets
September 20, 2016--WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ:WETF), an exchange-traded fund ("ETF") and exchange-traded product ("ETP") sponsor and asset manager, today announced the appointment of Anita Rausch as Head of Capital Markets, bringing more than 20 years of industry experience to the role.
Ms. Rausch will be responsible for leading the capital markets efforts in the U.S., Canada and Japan. She will be the senior relationship manager to the trading community and chief educator on the trading ecosystem.
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Source: WisdomTree
Horizons ETFs Launches Two New Currency Hedged ETFs
September 20, 2016--New ETFs provide currency hedged exposure to the S&P 500(R) and U.S. Treasuries
Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. is pleased to announce the launch of the Horizons S&P 500(R) CAD Hedged Index ETF ("HSH") and the Horizons US 7-10 Year Treasury Bond CAD Hedged ETF ("HTH"), which offer currency hedged exposure to two of the largest U.S. asset classes.
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Source: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.
RBC Global Asset Management Inc. expands ETF Product Lineup with New Income-Oriented Solutions
September 20, 2016--RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM Inc.) today announced the launch of four new Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). All four RBC ETFs begin trading today on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
"Navigating through today's complex markets can be a challenge and Canadian investors continue to seek solutions that manage risks and provide stable income beyond what a typical government bond fund can offer," said Mark Neill, head of RBC ETFs.
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Source: RBC Global Asset Management Inc
STOXX USA 900 Minimum Variance Unconstrained Index To Underlie Exchange-Traded Fund In The US
September 20, 2016--STOXX Ltd., the operator of Deutsche Böerse Group's index business, and a global provider of innovative and tradable index concepts, today announced that the STOXX USA 900 Minimum Variance Unconstrained Index has been licensed to Recon Capital Partners as the underlying for an exchange-traded fund (ETF).
The ETF will be available on New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as of today. Recon Capital Partners is an investment adviser and provides investment solutions for institutional investors, financial professionals, and individual investors.
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Source: STOXX
