Below courtesy of extract from a.m. edition of Rareview Macro's "Sight Beyond Sight"...   MarketsMuse Editor note: notwithstanding the 'caveat' immediately below re: focus on FX, for those who are chewing on Apple ($APPL), MarketsMuse editorial team recommends a full read of below [caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignleft" width="100"] Neil Azous, Rareview Macro…Read More

MarketsMuse post courtesy of extract from Investors Business Daily..Editors clipped original headline: "Wall Street Women Touch Each Other: BrokerDealer ETF Gals Form "WE" [caption id="attachment_2121" align="alignleft" width="150"] Linda Zhang, Windhaven Investment Mgt.[/caption] "When you put 40 smart and gorgeous women together, great things will just happen," said Linda Zhang, senior…Read More

As Junk Bond ETF outflows accelerated in the past 6 weeks, MarketsMuse editor team has been intrigued by two most recent articles profiling where and whether it makes sense (and hence dollars) for high-yield bonds (and respective ETFs) within a portfolio. Per articles today from RIA Larry Swedroe via ETF.com…Read More

marketmuse.com blog post courtesy of extract from bloomberg.com and Christopher CondonTyler and Cameron Winklevoss are fighting for approval from regulators for their proposed bitcoin exchange-traded fund. They stand a chance because Spiderwoman is on the case.So nicknamed for her work on State Street Corp.’s “Spider,” the first ETF when it came…Read More

Below extract courtesy of Futures & Options World Aug 11 article by William Mitting    ETF options could be launched in China as soon as this month as the country gears up for the full launch of options trading, a leading lawyer has said. China is undergoing a widespread reform…Read More

Below extract courtesy of Wall Street Journal, as reported by Katy Burne  Institutional equities-trading platform Liquidnet is preparing to launch a credit-trading network in the fall, following regulatory approval last week of its acquisition of high-yield bond platform Vega-Chi. The initiative is the latest example of a technology company seeking to shake up the way…Read More

Below courtesy of Aug 6 edition of Wall Street Letter, article written by staff reporter Sean Creamer  WallachBeth to enhance multi-basket trading   WallachBeth Capital, a New York City-based agency brokerage, will enhance its existing portfolio and multi-basket trading in exchange-traded funds and other equities to make greater use of…Read More

Below courtesy of extract from today's ETF.com and their reporter Heather Bell. Year-to-date through the end of July saw 118 fund launches versus 86 during the same time period last year. However, what’s notable about the increase in launches is the fact that it is driven almost entirely by international…Read More

MarketsMuse Editor Note: We so greatly enjoyed today's WSJ column from Daisey Maxey, we felt compelled to provide extracts below (The entire column can be found by clicking on logo to your left) Catalyst Inc., a nonprofit focused on increasing opportunities for women in business, issued a report that shows…Read More

Courtesy of ETFtrends.com and reporter Max Chen Asset managers who want to dabble in the exchange traded fund space do not have to go it alone. Some of the most innovative ideas have been launched based on ETF service providers partnering with forward thinking managers. Those who are thinking about…Read More

Below courtesy of excerpt from front page article by Dan Strumpf "Markets Keeping Faith in Humanity" in July 29 WSJ Money & Investing section. "After years of ceding ground to trading via computer programs, buying and selling stock the old-fashioned way—over the phone or its modern equivalent of instant messaging—is…Read More

Below is excerpt courtesy of 07.29 edition of Rareview Macro's "Sight Beyond Sight" Small vs. Large Caps Below are two charts of the ratio of the S&P 500 (symbol: SPY) to the Russell 2000 (symbol: IWM). The first chart shows the performance of the ratio (i.e. long SPY vs. short…Read More

Below extract courtesy of today's a.m. edition of macro-strategy commentary from Rareview Macro's "Sight Beyond Sight" 1. Taiwan equities were cut to equal-weight from over-weight at Morgan Stanley (Jonathan Garner) on valuation concerns. 2. Morgan Stanley recently cut Asia's semiconductor industry to equal-weight from over-weight. 3. Maybank, a local house,…Read More

Below extract courtesy of  ETF.com and reporter Cinthia Murphy When it comes to capturing yield in the corporate debt space, ETF investors are showing a preference this year for senior bank loans over high-yield corporate bonds. That preference, some argue, is largely due to what looks like an overvalued junk…Read More

  MarketsMuse Editor Note: On the heels of the recent announcement that the proposed Bitcoin ETF aka "Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust" with slated ticker symbol COIN is about to be bankable by ETF traders and investors, below extract courtesy of Traders Magazine Online News, July 15, 2014, written by Gregg Wirth Bitcoin,…Read More

It was in early 1849 that the director of the Mint at Dahlonega, Dr. M. F. Stephenson spoke from the steps of the mint building in a futile attempt to convince the miners to remain in Georgia to mine rather than to flock to California to chase what might be…Read More

[caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignleft" width="100"] Neil Azous, Rareview Macro LLC[/caption] Below excerpt courtesy this a.m.'s edition of macro-strategy newsletter "Sight Beyond Sight" Today is the first time in recent memory that investors are waking up to a meaningful gap down in US equity index futures. By virtue of the fact that…Read More

NYSE CEO Says "Not Good" while appearing before Senate on the topic of equities market structure and Maker-Taker Rebate Schemes. Bowing to increasing pressure from regulators, law makers and law enforcement officials, Finra, the securities industry "watchdog" has launched its own probe into how retail brokers route customer orders to…Read More