What time is it? Time for you to a buy a watch, an Apple Watch that is. After the announcement of the Apple Watch this past Fall, consumers have been waiting to get their hands on this product. Understandably so, investors couldn’t wait the launch either. With prices for an Apple Watch ranging from $349-$17,000, […] Read More
MarketsMuse.com Strike Price update strikes at the heart of how the financial industry’s new regulatory regime is impacting liquidity across the institutional options market, courtesy of 09 April coverage by MarketsMedia.com. Regulatory requirements that dealers keep more capital on their balance sheets is squeezing options liquidity for institutional traders, who buy and sell the equity […] Read More
MarketsMuse blog update profiles ETF providers pushing to level the playing field with their mutual fund competitors by pushing to gain more information on clients who invest in ETFs, just like mutual funds already do. A new initiative from the Canadian ETF Association is doing just that. An excerpt from The Globe and Mail’s article, “ETF providers […] Read More
While the title could be “Big Data Bags BrokerDealers”, MarketsMuse.com Tech Talk update is courtesy of extract from the 07 April Bloomberg LP story by Hugh Son profiling the recent initiative by JPMorgan (and presumably their bulge bracket brethren, and likely, a select band of black box-centric buysiders from the Hedge Fund world) to keep […] Read More
The senior curator for MarketsMuse.com Tech Talk section was so inspired by a recent article “A Cynic’s Guide to Fintech” by Dan Davies, the Senior Research Advisor at Frontline Analysts and published via Medium.com, we wanted to share the opening elements with our audience..For those of you following the various forays into fixed income electronic […] Read More
MarketsMuse blog update profiles a safe ETF that thrives with the market during the good times and is safe during the bad times. The Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLP), whose top three holdings are Procter and Gamble, Coca Cola, and Walmart, is the best ETF to invest in. This MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy […] Read More
MarketsMuse.com Fixed Income Fix update is courtesy of extract from 06 April commentary from Mischler Financial Group’s “Quigley’s Corner”, Wall Street Letter’s 2015 winner of “Best Research-BrokerDealer.” How Low Will Greece Go? When one broaches the subject of German war reparations, it opens up perhaps modern civilization’s most sensitive human drama to one-sided debate. But […] Read More
MarketsMuse.com ETF snapshot takes another bite into the topic of Bitcoin, the dominant digital currency that continues to gain traction with leading brokerdealers and many, [but not all] from across the ETF universe, despite the currency’s 74 percent decline since November 2013. Below is excerpted from 07 April coverage courtesy of NewsMax.com Big-time traders and […] Read More
MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of CNBC’s Jeff Cox. As we have seen so far this year, ETFs have been becoming increasingly popular among all investors. MarketsMuse blog update profiles the biggest trends in ETF investing, including investing in international currencies. An excerpt from CNBC’s Jeff Cox’s article, “Hottest ETFs are currency hedges, non-US funds” […] Read More
MarketsMuse.com global macro trading snapshot is courtesy of excerpt from 7 April edition of macro strategy commentary from “Sight Beyond Sight”, a publication of Rareview Macro LLC and authored by 20-year industry expert, Neil Azous. Over the past two trading days, three major trends that have been the backbone of asset markets over the past […] Read More
MarketsMuse blog update profiles how the increasing interest in bitcoins is leading some investors in opening bitcoin financial services firms. Many believe that this move can help reduce the volatility and increases favorability of bitcoins. This update is courtesy of the Wall Street Journal’s article, “Big Investor Involvement Could Boost Bitcoin“, with an excerpt below. Some of the […] Read More
MarketMuse blog update profiles the positive market conditions bringing a good cash flow to high yield bonds, some say both are due to the ETF market. MarketMuse blog update is courtesy of Forbes’ article “High Yield Bond Funds See $315M Cash Inflow, Thanks To ETFs” with an excerpt below. Retail cash flows for U.S. high-yield […] Read More
With all of first quarter’s numbers in seeing the success of some ETFs, like the solar ETFs, where should you invest for the second quarter? MarketMuse blog update looks to panel of investment strategists with experience of managing billions of dollars for which ETFs to invest in this quarter. MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of Reuter’s […] Read More
MarketsMuse.com ETF update is pleased to share an informative perspective about best practices and “best execution” that institutional investment managers, RIAs and others should consider when using ETFs, courtesy of insight from one of the more widely respected members of ETF “agency-only” execution space. Here’s the excerpt of the ETFdb.com interview: All walks have come […] Read More
You might need some SPF 100 after the 1st Quarter. MarketsMuse blog update profiles the huge come back solar stocks and ETFs have had after a rocky year, last year. MarketsMuse blog update is courtesy of ETFTrends’ Max Chen’s article, “Solar ETFs Perform Radiantly in Q1“. An excerpt from ETFTrends is below. Solar stocks and related […] Read More
MarketsMuse blog update profiles a proposal from FINRA which proposes pre-trade transparency for fixed income automatic trading systems operators. This update is courtesy of Traders Magazines’ article, “A Step Closer to a Fixed-Income NBBO” with an excerpt from the article below. A modest proposal made by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) aims to have fixed-income alternative […] Read More
MarketsMuse.com FinTech update profiles Wall Street’s trading system technology push into the next frontier: Bitcoin Exchanges. Below is courtesy of March 24 column “Legacy Exchange Players Rush To Aid Bitcoin Exchanges.” Following news that Nasdaq will offer trading technology to Noble Markets, legacy exchanges and executives are helping to make the trading of the virtual […] Read More
MarketMuse blog update profiles the jolt the food and beverage ETFs received on Wednesday when Kraft Foods and the H.J. Heinz Company announced a merge making the new company the world’s fifth-largest food company. This MarketMuse update is courtesy of Benzinga’s 25 March article “Heinz-Kraft News Lifts Food & Beverage ETF“, with an excerpt from the article below. […] Read More
