One Gold ETF Looks To Be Worthy Of A…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
After a few rough years for gold as investors shifted other asset equities, things are starting to look up, especially for one ETF in particular. MarketsMuse blog update profiles Gartman Gold/Yen ETF (GYEN)  as one of the best ETFs to invest in for gold options. This update is courtesy of Zacks’ Equity Research article, “Is This the Safest Gold […] Read More

20 May, 2015

Nuveen Investments Has Returned To ETFs…Quietly
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles asset manager Nuveen Investments quietly returning to the world of ETFs.  This MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of ETFTrends Tom Lydon’s article, “Nuveen Tiptoes Back Into ETFs“, with an excerpt below.  After departing the exchange traded funds business in 2002, Nuveen Investments has returned in quiet fashion. The Chicago-based firm said […] Read More

19 May, 2015

New Normal: Big Institutions Looking To ETFs Over Bonds
In ETF News, Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF and Fixed Income departments merge to profile trend on part of fixed-income focused hedge funds and institutional fund managers to use ETFs to express their bets on corporate bonds. This MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of Bloomberg’s Lisa Abramowicz and her article, “A $200 Million Hedge-Fund Trade in Your Bond ETF Is Normal Now”. […] Read More

18 May, 2015

ETF-in-a-Box: You Too Can Launch An ETF for Peanuts
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
The barrier to entry for issuers of ETFs keeps getting lower. What used to cost anywhere between $1mil-$5mil and many months of filing paper work to create and finally launch a new ETF, now, for just only $100k (before marketing/advertising costs), you too can launch an exchange-traded fund in under three months and maybe even […] Read More

18 May, 2015

ETFs-Know When To Hold ‘Em and When to Fold…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles the risks associated with tact-strategists over-trading exchange-traded products and the costs associated with using ETFs as trading products vs. investment products. Below extract is courtesy of Jason Zweig WSJ Weekend edition. When hiring people who call themselves strategists, be aware that some act more like tacticians instead. That is one lesson […] Read More

17 May, 2015

Corporate Bond ETFs for Single Issuers??
In ETF News, Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF and Fixed Income departments merge and gives credit to Morgan Stanley as they raise their own ETF flag with an innovative idea to package a single corporate bond issuer’s debt into one neat package so that ETF investors can express their bets on the issuer’s outstanding credit… Here’s the excerpt courtesy of Reuters: […] Read More

15 May, 2015

VIX Index Gears Up For Accushares Overhaul-A Contango Cure?
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF “What’s Next?” update profiling 2 new market volatility trackers from AccuShares with a revised approach to VIX that seeks to mitigate the contango concerns and compares these pending products to the frequently discussed, but often misunderstood tracker CBOE Volatility Index. This post is courtesy of coverage from CNBC’s Bob Pisani, who tweets frequently […] Read More

15 May, 2015

Eaton Vance Ups ETMF Ante; Payment For Order Flow:…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF update profiles a novel “payment-for-order-flow” approach on the part of ETF issuers who vie to whoo broker-dealers to promote their products to investors. Eaton Vance Corp. said Thursday it may help brokerages foot the bill to make its new type of actively managed exchange-traded products, called NextShares, available to their clients. Below extract […] Read More

15 May, 2015

RBC Global Asset Launches 5 New ETFs To Access…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles RBC Global Asset Management launching five new liquid alternative equity ETFs. These five new ETFs allow for investors to be exposed to Canadian, American, and other international equity markets. These ETFs are now available for purchase on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). These new ETFs are:  RBC Quant Canadian Equity Leaders ETF (RCE) RBC Quant U.S. […] Read More

14 May, 2015

e-Bond Trading Chapter 15: Bloomberg & State Street Join…
In Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles yet another bond trading system. Bloomberg has introduced new bond trading platform, Bloomberg Bond Cross (BBX), which allows market participants to access European bond market liquidity. Participants now have access to the European bond market liquidity thanks to a new partnership between Bloomberg and State Street. This MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of […] Read More

14 May, 2015

Boutique BrokerDealer Pays Homage To Veterans; Memorial Day Pledge…
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update is courtesy of a truly inspiring initiative on the part of Mischler Financial Group, the broker-dealer industry’s oldest firm owned and operated by Wall Street vets who are also Service-Disabled Veterans. Mischler Financial Memorial Day Month Pledge: May Profits to Semper Fi Fund For Immediate Release Newport Beach, CA & Stamford, CT, May […] Read More

13 May, 2015

ETFs Are Taking Over The World…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles ETFs taking over the world, well the hedge fund world at least. ETFs assets are about to total $3 trillion which means are they are poised to out raise hedge funds. This update is courtesy of Bloomberg’s article, “ETF Assets Set to Overtake Hedge Funds This Year“, by Trista Kelley, Inyoung Hwang, and Lorcan […] Read More

13 May, 2015

Mining ETF Rises From The Ashes
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse blog update profiles the SPDR Metals & Mining ETF that has recently performed very well over the past few months. When oil prices reached a new low in January it sent a ripple across other sectors including the metal and mining sectors. XME was trading at its lowest price since March 2009. Although the sector […] Read More

12 May, 2015

Global Macro: Historical Backdrop re Yield Moves: Pre-Mature to…
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse Global Macro update is courtesy of extract from a.m. edition of “Sight Beyond Sight”, the newsletter published by global macro think tank Rareview Macro LLC and authored by Neil Azous. In last Thursday’s edition of Sight Beyond Sight we argued that we couldn’t work out how anyone was able to make an argument about […] Read More

12 May, 2015

NASDAQ Embraces Bitcoin; First Mover For Pre-IPO Application
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse Tech Talk update profiling Wall Street’s latest embracing of Bitcoin technology and a look at 11 May announcement from NASDAQ is courtesy of extracts from CNN.com and WSJ. The Nasdaq stock exchange is tapping Bitcoin’s powerful new transaction technology to create a more secure, efficient system to trade stocks. Step 1: Pilot to take […] Read More

11 May, 2015

Fixed Income FinTech Chapter 14: More e-Trading Platforms for…
In Fixed Income, People Profiles, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
The US Government Bond Market is set to explode…with more e-trading systems.. MarketsMuse Tech Talk continues its curating of fintech stories from the world of fixed income and today’s update is courtesy of WSJ’s Katy Burne, who does a superb job (as always) in summarizing the latest assortment of US Government bond “e-trading” initiatives. MarketsMuse […] Read More

8 May, 2015

Could Russia ETFs Be Making A Comeback?
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
After a rough year, Russia ETFs have been trying to make a comeback and it seems they may have finally done it. MarketsMuse blog update profiles the changes Russia has made that has helped boost Russia ETFs. This blog update is courtesy of Nasdaq’s article, “Russia ETFs Making a Strong Comeback – ETF News And Commentary“, […] Read More

8 May, 2015

Open Outcry Options Pit Trading is Dead..Long Live Open…
In People Profiles, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse Strike Price update profiles a “return from the past and into the future” look at what many veteran (and former) option mart floor traders had all but given up for lost thanks to the electronification and bifurcation of institutional options trading. We’re talking about those legacy, open-outcry trading pits, one -time bastions for burly […] Read More

7 May, 2015