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ICE commits to NYSE for at least 2 years
January 6, 2015--The owner of the New York Stock Exchange has indicated it will give the institution at least two years to deliver better performance, batting down speculation its recently acquired bourse was for sale.
Intercontinental Exchange said on Thursday it expected the "Big Board" to be a major contributor to earnings in coming years, although warned it would be prepared to jettison an underperforming division.
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Source: CNBC.com
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
February 6, 2015--The current reports for the week of February 3, 2015 are now available.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Fidelity Investments(R) Expands Commission-Freei Passive Sector ETFs with Launch of Real Estate ETF
Low-Cost Sector ETF Lineup Surpasses $2.2 Billion in Assets;
New ETF Expands Passive Mutual Fund and ETF Product Offering for Investors and Advisors
February 5, 2015--Fidelity Investments(R), a pioneer in sector investing and the second largest passive mutual fund manager, today announced it expanded its passive sector ETF product lineup with the launch of Fidelity(R) MSCI Real Estate Index ETF (FREL).
Available to individual investors and financial advisors, FREL is a passively-managed, market-cap weighted real estate ETF. Fidelity, who has been managing index funds for over 25 years, now offers 16 Fidelity index mutual funds and 12 passively managed Fidelity ETFs totaling $177 billion assets under management.
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Source: CNBC.com
ProShares Expands Dividend Growers Suite of ETFs
REGL and SMDV First to Focus on S&P MidCap 400 and Russell 2000 Dividend Growth Companies
February 5, 2015--ProShares, a premier provider of alternative ETFs, today launched two new ETFs, each investing in the best dividend growers of a major equity index.
ProShares S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (REGL) and ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers ETF (SMDV) are the first ETFs to invest exclusively in the companies with the longest track records of year-over-year dividend growth in the S&P MidCap 40(R) Index and the Russell 2000® Index.
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Source: ProShares
NASDAQ Monthly Index report
February 5, 2015--NASDAQ Monthly Index report is now available.
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Source: Nasdaq
PEK and RSXJ Market Vectors ETFs Offered to Qualified Investors in Mexico
February 5, 2015--Market Vectors ETFs, one of the largest ETP families in the U.S and worldwide, announced today that it has added two additional NYSE Arca-traded ETFs to the growing list of depository receipts based on Market Vectors ETFs currently available to Qualified Investors in Mexico.
Deutsche Securities Casa de Bolsa in Mexico will act as local sponsor and filing agent for depository receipts on the following ETFs:
Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (Ticker: PEK(R)) Assets under management1: USD 94.41 M
Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (Ticker: RSXJ(R) Assets under management1: USD 53.57 M
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Source: Van Eck
AdvisorShares Weekly Market Update:2015 Picks Up Where 2014 Left Off
February 5, 2015--Macro
The first month of 2015 is now in the books and most market participants are probably glad to see it go. The magnitude of all the market drivers in December seemed to increase in
January.
Domestic stocks were down a little in December but fell more in January. Shockingly low yields in the government
bond market went even lower and extreme volatility in commodities and currencies became even more extreme.
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Source: AdvisorShares
State Street Global Advisors Unveils SPDR S&P 500 Buyback ETF
SPYB Provides Investors Precise Exposure To Stocks With The Highest Buyback Ratios In The S&P 500
February 5, 2015--State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the asset management business of State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), today announced that the SPDR S&P 500 Buyback ETF (Symbol SPYB) began trading on the NYSE Arca on February 5, 2015.
Providing access to a portfolio of S&P 500 stocks with the highest buyback ratio, SPYB offers investors an opportunity to complement their dividend strategies and potentially improve the risk-return profile of their portfolio.
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Source: State Street Global Advisors
Altavista-Sector SPDR Analyzer + Equal Sector Weight ETF-February 2015
February 5, 2015--The monthly update on each of the nine Select Sector SPDRs plus the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF is now available.
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Source: AltaVista Research
UBS ETRACS Launches 2x Leveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN Offering Significant Monthly Income Potential
ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN
February 4, 2015--UBS Investment Bank announced that today is the first day of trading on the NYSE Arca(R) for the ETRACS Monthly Pay 2xLeveraged US Small Cap High Dividend ETN (NYSE Arca(R):SMHD).
SMHD is linked to the monthly compounded 2x leveraged performance of the Solactive US Small Cap High Dividend Index (the "Index").
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Source: UBS
