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CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
August 5, 2016--The current reports for the week of August 2, 2016 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Renaissance Capital's IPO Calendar-Week of 8/8/2016
August 5, 2016--The Renaissance Capital's IPO Calendar-Week of 8/8/2016 is now available.
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Source: Renaissance Capital
VIX Plunges to Lowest Level in Two Years
August 5, 2016--Stock market volatility was low already but the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) on Friday fell to its lowest level in two years.
Friday's level is also extremely close to the lowliest readings over the past five five years.
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Source: Barron's
Deutsche Bank-US ETF Insights-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-ETFs are owned for Investing, traded for Liquidity
August 5, 2016--After 23 years, ETFs are still highly misunderstood. This is why.
ETF users are by no means a uniform group. We identify two distinct types:
ETF investors and ETF traders.
Investors use ETFs as core building blocks in their portfolios mostly for asset allocation purposes. Meanwhile, traders use ETFs as liquidity tools mostly for non-asset allocation purposes. ETF investors buy
efficient access to asset class exposure; while ETF traders buy efficient access to asset class liquidity.
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Source: Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-Markets Research-North America
Brazil may be the Owner of 20% of the World's Water Supply but it is still Very Thirsty
August 5, 2016--Water resource management needs to be improved to meet the growing demand for drinking water and for water used in the agricultural and energy sectors
If Brazil has nearly a fifth of the world's water reserves, then why are water shortages so often in the news lately?
There are many answers to that question, ranging from the way in which water resources are geographically distributed and the degradation of the areas surrounding river basins to climate change and poor supply infrastructure.
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Source: World Bank
CBO-The Distribution of Asset Holdings and Capital Gains
August 4, 2016--In this report, CBO and the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation examine the distribution of capital assets and net capital gains and losses in 2010 by type of asset and by the income and age of the asset holder.
In 2010, more than 70 percent of families directly owned property designated under the Internal Revenue Code as capital assets-that is, assets that can be sold and that typically generate taxable capital gains or deductible losses when sold.
Families' capital assets included their homes, other real estate, privately owned businesses, stocks, corporate and government bonds (including Treasury bills and notes but excluding Treasury savings bonds), and mutual funds; those assets had a combined worth of $50 trillion. That amount does not include an additional $20 trillion of other family assets-such as the value of defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans (for example, 401(k) plans) and balances in savings and checking accounts.
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Source: Source: Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
Toroso Portfolio Update-July 2016
August 4, 2016--The Toroso Portfolio Update-July 2016 is now available.
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Source: Toroso Investments
BlueStar Indexes(R) Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Joseph J. Levin as Partner and Chief Investment Strategist
August 4, 2016--BlueStar, a New York-based provider of Israel-focused indexes, today announced the appointment of Joseph J. Levin to the position of Partner and Chief Investment Strategist.
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Source: BlueStar
Recon Capital & Crow Point Partners Launch the Crow Point Dividend Plus Fund (SYMBOL: GDPIX)
August 4, 2016--Fund Seeks to Provide a High Level of Current Income as well as Capital Preservation
Recon Capital, an investment firm and exchange traded fund (ETF) provider has expanded its product offerings by partnering with Crow Point Partners, LLC, a boutique investment manager with a long track record in global equity, alternative, and specialty fixed income strategies, to offer the Crow Point Dividend Plus Fund (Symbol: GDPIX).
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Source: Recon Capital Partners
Federal Reserve Fines Goldman Sachs $36 Million in Document Leak
August 3, 2016--The Federal Reserve took action on Wednesday against Goldman Sachs and one of its former executives, escalating a long-running investigation into a leak of confidential government information.
The action, which forced Goldman to pay a $36.3 million penalty, stemmed from an incident in 2014, when a junior Goldman banker took confidential information from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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Source: NY Times
