Rumor Mill: Diageo Shares Surge After Brazilian Report
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Diageo Plc, the maker of Guinness stout and Johnnie Walker whisky, surged in London trading on a report that a billionaire backer of Anheuser-Busch InBev NV is considering a takeover bid. Jorge Paulo Lemann and other executives are in early stages of mulling an acquisition, according to a column on Friday by Lauro Jardim, an […] Read More

10 June, 2015

Global Macro: Decomposing the Move in Yields-The Pendulum Swing
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Decomposing the Move in Yields…Global Fixed Income Coming Closer to Decoupling from German Bunds MarketsMuse Global Macro and Fixed Income departments merge to provide insight courtesy of “Sight Beyond Sight”, the must read published by global macro think tank Rareview Macro LLC. Below is the opening extract from 10 June edition. Firstly, please note this […] Read More

10 June, 2015

Saudi Arabia ETF Readies For A Gusher
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a soon-to-launch Saudi Arabia-flavored ETF courtesy of iShares, and concurrent with the Kingdom opening up its equity trading pipeline for global access.. Below extract courtesy of ETF.com snapshot by Olly Ludwig The iShares MSCI Saudi Arabia Capped ETF appears to be nearing launch, perhaps as early as mid-June, the date the Saudi stock […] Read More

10 June, 2015

#WhatsNext: The First Crypto Bond Issuance aka Bitcoin Bond
In Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
#WhatsNext? wonders the MarketsMuse.com editors and Overstock’s Patrick Byrne does not fail to surprise with another announcement that could disrupt the capital markets. As a follow-on to a $500mil stock offering reported here on April 29, now Byrne is pitching an offering that he hopes to be the first issuance of a crypto bond aka […] Read More

8 June, 2015

Fixed Income Fix: Fed Data and Wall Street’s Hadron…
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Messing With Data aka When “Art” Smashes into “Science” in Wall Street’s Version of the Hadron Collider MarketsMuse Fixed Income update comes consequent to the Fed’s June 5 release of Employment Data, and below is courtesy of extracted comments delivered to institutional clients of Mischler Financial Group under the banner “Quigley’s Corner” and authored by […] Read More

5 June, 2015

BATS is Best For ETFs..Thanks to BlackRock
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
BATS Global Markets now is the leading U.S. marketplace for exchange traded funds (ETFs), executing 26.1 percent of all ETF trading in May. MarketsMuse ETF and Tech Talk depts merge to provide following update, courtesy of James Dornbrook Kansas City Business Journal On Thursday, the Lenexa-based stock exchange welcomed the 22nd ETF to be listed […] Read More

5 June, 2015

ETF Trade for Experts Only: Revert to the Mean:…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
“What Goes Up, Must Come Down” MarketsMuse ETF update is courtesy of a special trade post sent this afternoon to subscribers of “Sight Beyond Sight”, the global macro trade newsletter published by Rareview Macro LLC and authored by Neil Azous.  The trade alert was also posted to Twitter via @RareviewMacro. For those not familiar with […] Read More

4 June, 2015

Crude Oil-This Global Macro Trading Expert Says This About…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse Global Macro Trading dept. merges with our ETF dept. to provide the following excerpt profiling a compelling and conservative Crude Oil-centric strategy courtesy of global macro think tank Rareview Macro LLC. The following was posted to subscribers of “Sight Beyond Sight” on Wednesday, May 27. Irrespective of subsequent three day’s pricing and trade activity […] Read More

1 June, 2015

ETFs To Watch This Week Include ETFs Involved In…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update highlights the must watch ETFs for the first week of June. The ETFs range from health care, to oil, the Japanese Yen. This update is courtesy of the Benzinga’s author, David Fabian, and his article, “Healthcare, Yen And Oil ETFs To Watch This Week“, with an excerpt from the article below. The summer months […] Read More

1 June, 2015

ETFs Now More Popular Than Mutual Funds For Investment…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a story that is now official: exchange-traded funds have surpassed mutual funds for being the most popular investment vehicle for investment advisers. Extract below courtesy of reporting by Chuck Jaffe/MarketWatch.com A nail gun is a handy tool, so long as you’re not shooting yourself in the foot with it. The same […] Read More

31 May, 2015

New ETF Combines Dividends And Renewable Energy Using A…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles a new ETF, Global X YieldCo Index ETF (NasdaqGM: YLCO), which launched, Thursday, May 28, 2015. The ETF, YLCO, comes from a new kind of asset called YieldCos that aim to provide a steadier income to investors through assets from the renewable energy industry. YLCO tracks the Indxx Global YieldCo Index, which is home to […] Read More

29 May, 2015

These ETFs Could Make You The Next Warren Buffett
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles the best ETFs to invest in according to Zacks Equity Research to become the next Warren Buffett. The ETFs range from technology, to financial, to consumer. This MarketsMuse update is courtesy of Zacks Equity Research article, “Follow Warren Buffett with These Stocks and ETFs“, with an excerpt below.  Everybody dreams of becoming rich and […] Read More

28 May, 2015

Coal ETF’s Burns Dim
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
While many are looking to move away from coal as a power source, such as China, the coal ETF, Market Vectors-Coal ETF (NYSEArca: KOL) and recently launched coal ETF, GreenHaven Coal Fund (NYSEArca:TONS), have to continued to demonstrate that trend as their fires dim down to a mere dust.  This MarketsMuse update profiles the dim outlook two above listed coal ETFs are […] Read More

27 May, 2015

Billion Dollar ETF Stocks Up On Health Care
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles the rebalancing that the Direxion iBillionaire Index ETF has been doing and this time investing much of its energy in health care. This MarketsMuse update is courtesy of Benzinga’s article, “Billionaire-Tracking ETF Just Bulked Up On Health Car“. An excerpt of the article highlighting the rebalance is below. Investing in some of the […] Read More

26 May, 2015

New Rules: B-Ds Can Skirt Finra Research Rules When…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles just-passed-by-Congress legislation that offers a sigh of relief for broker-dealers who aspire to frame ETF recommendations within the context of research (which might qualify them for ‘buyside research votes’), but have held back from issuing a buy, sell or hold recommendation for ETFs out of fear of Finra and/or SEC staffers […] Read More

22 May, 2015

ETF.com Appoints Matt Hougan as CEO-MarketsMuse
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF department extends our congrats to exchange-traded fund guru Matt Hougan in connection with announcement this week that Matt has been elevated to the role of CEO of industry platform ETF.com. ETF.com, the world’s leading authority on ETFs, named Matt Hougan, a longtime veteran in the world of exchange-traded funds, as its new chief […] Read More

22 May, 2015

Investors Brace For Bumpy Ride As Airline ETFs Hit…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
After a hot take off for the ETF, JETS, MarketsMuse blog update profiles the plunge airline stocks and ETFs have seen in the recent weeks ahead the summer season, which will then hopefully bring another boost to the stocks and ETFs. This blog update is courtesy of Zacks Research article, “Air Stocks and ETF Plunge: Warming Up […] Read More

22 May, 2015

As Predicted, The Sun Has Set On The Solar…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
After months of warnings from market watchers, the Chinese solar stock, Hanergy Thin Film Power Group, started to set on a pretty powerful year so far. MarketsMuse blog update profiles the effects this Chinese stock has had on the Guggenheim ETF, which MarketsMuse has profiled before. This MarketsMuse update is courtesy of MarketWatch’s Victor Reklaitis and […] Read More

21 May, 2015