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CBO's Economic Forecasting Record: 2013 Update
January 17, 2013--For more than three decades, CBO has prepared economic forecasts that underlie the agency's projections for the federal budget and cost estimates for proposed federal legislation.
In particular, forecasts of output, income, inflation, and interest rates play a significant role in the agency’s budgetary analysis; for example, projections of wages and salaries are used to forecast individual income tax receipts.
CBO regularly evaluates the quality of its economic forecasts by comparing them with the economy’s actual performance and with forecasts by the Administration and the Blue Chip consensus—an average of about 50 private-sector forecasts. Such comparisons indicate the extent to which uncertainty and imperfect information may have caused CBO to “miss” patterns or turning points in the economy. They also identify areas where CBO has tended to make larger errors or less accurate forecasts than other analysts.
How Does CBO’s Forecasting Record Compare with Those of the Administration and the Blue Chip Consensus? CBO’s forecasts generally have been comparable in quality with those of the Administration and the Blue Chip consensus.
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Source: CBO (Congressional Budget Office)
iShares revives US momentum with a little help from Vanguard
January 16, 2013--iShares benefited from a record sales year for exchange traded funds, but industry observers say its aggressive product and business strategy moves were major drivers in its ability to retake the sales crown from Vanguard.
While Vanguard remained the fastest-growing ETF shop as a percentage of total assets, iShares’ $60.7bn in net new assets for 2012 placed it ahead of Vanguard’s $52.7bn, according to Morningstar. Vanguard topped the ETF sales standings in 2011 and 2010.
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Source: FT.com
CFTC.gov Commitments of Traders Reports Update
January 15, 2013--The current reports for the week of January 08, 2013 are now available.
Corrections for the futures-only and the options and futures combined commitment reports dated January 8, 2013 for contract market IFED PG&E CITYGATE FIN BASIS (CFTC ID 023394) were made today.
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Source: CFTC.gov
Seven-year losing streak? Active stock ETFs could change the game
January 15, 2013--Asset management firms beset by massive outflows from actively managed stock funds are lining up to join in on the exchange-traded fund fun. It's probably too late to make a dent on the passive side, but actively managed stock ETFs could be just what the industry needs to tip flows back toward stock pickers.
Last week, T. Rowe Price Group Inc. became the latest fund firm to gain approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission to launch actively managed ETFs. Fidelity Investments, Franklin Resources Inc., Legg Mason Inc., Janus Capital Group Inc. and Columbia Management Investment Advisers all are in various stages of working through the exemptive relief process with the SEC.
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Source: Investment News
Appeal of sector based ETFs spreads
January 15, 2013--Exchange traded funds that track the main sectors of the US stock market are growing in popularity with institutional investors despite them being traditionally used by hedge funds for short-term trading.
The most widely traded are the Select Sector SPDRs which provide exposure to nine broad categories in the US stock market.
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Source: FT.com
DB-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America-ETF+ Monthly Directory-December 2012
January 15, 2013--This document includes all US listed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded vehicles (ETVs), plus a special section covering exchange-traded notes (ETNs).
The directory is organized by asset class and asset-class-related sub sections. Within each sub section it has also been sorted. For Equity and Fixed Income ETPs it is sorted by country (or sub region for regional products) in alphabetical order and by AUM in descending order, and for the other ETP asset classes it is sorted by sub sector in alphabetical order and by AUM in descending order. A number of key information points per product has been included in order to enable the reader to get an overview in their respective area of interest. Among the key numeric information we include avg. daily turnover, assets under management, and cash flows (all in $US).
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Source:Deutsche Bank-Synthetic Equity & Index Strategy-North America
WisdomTree EM Equity Income ETF Tops $5B in AUM
January 15, 2013--The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (DEM) is continuing an impressive asset-gathering run that started in earnest in early 2012.
WisdomTree (WETF) said in a statement that DEM recently crossed the lofty $5 billion in assets under management threshold.
To put that total in perspective, it was in late February 2012 that WisdomTree was touting the fact that DEM had topped $3 billion in AUM.
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Source: Fox Business News
PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders ETFs
PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders ETFs Assets Increase over 50% in 2012
January 15, 2013--Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, a leading global provider of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), announced today the PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders family of ETFs recently surpassed $1 billion in total assets.
PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders ETFs, based on the Dorsey Wright & Associates (DWA) relative strength index methodology, were among the first factor-driven ETFs available in the U.S. marketplace.
PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders Strategies:
PDP-PowerShares DWA Technical LeadersTM Portfolio
PIE -PowerShares DWA Emerging Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio
PIZ-PowerShares DWA Developed Markets Technical Leaders Portfolio
DWAS PowerShares DWA SmallCap TechnicalTM Leaders Portfolio
“We are very pleased to celebrate the PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders ETFs' $1 billion AUM milestone,” said Ben Fulton, Invesco PowerShares managing director of Global ETFs. “Dorsey Wright is one of the foremost experts in Relative Strength strategies, which are well-suited for the ETF structure. Asset growth for the PowerShares DWA Technical Leaders ETFs accelerated in 2012, and having achieved such a positive performance track record, we would expect that trend to continue.”
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Source: Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC
Global X Funds Launches First Junior MLP ETF (MLPJ)
January 15, 2013--Global X Funds,, the New York based provider of exchange traded funds (ETFs), today launched the Global X Junior MLP ETF (MLPJ).
MLPJ is the first and only ETF to specifically target the often overlooked small-cap segment of the MLP market.
As the energy infrastructure in North America continues to expand, smaller capitalization MLPs often control increasingly important energy assets and are active in the exploration, transportation and storage of domestic energy resources. Because many of these companies are not included in major MLP indices, in many cases they have not experienced the same price growth as their larger counterparts and may offer value at current levels.
According to a 2012 report from the International Energy Association, the U.S. will become the world’s largest oil producer by 2017 and a net exporter of natural gas by 2020. Junior MLPs are poised to benefit from the U.S. energy renaissance, providing critical infrastructure for the exploration and production, transportation and storage of this increase in domestic energy and offering investors a means to access this growth. Despite a difficult IPO market, four energy-related MLPs have made their IPO debuts in 2012 alone, as the smaller-cap segment of the industry continues to expand.
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Source: Global X
BNY Mellon DR Indices Monthly Performance-December 2012
January 15, 2013--The BNY Mellon DR Index Monthly Performance Review December 2012 is now available.
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Source: BNY Mellon
