A Dearth of Investment Grade Debt: Why Rates Stay…
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
While a certain sect of economists are lamenting the exponential increase in debt issued by an assortment of sovereign entities [and corporate bond issuers] within the context of a feared liquidity crisis if and when rates turn higher and institutional investors might run for the exits at the same time, MarketsMuse.com fixed income fix profiles […] Read More

19 March, 2015

Hedged Vs. Unhedged International Currency ETFs
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse blog update courtesy of CNBC. With investing overseas being so dangerous right now, because of enormous moves in currency, buying stocks overseas—including ETFs, why are people so keen on doing it. CNBC reporter, Bob Pisani’s ask the question: Why doesn’t everyone buy hedged international ETFs when they want international exposure, rather than unhedged ETFs? There are several reasons: […] Read More

18 March, 2015

Fixed Income Fix: Calculating Credit Spreads
In Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse fixed income fix is courtesy of extract from Mischler Financial Group Mar 17 desk notes aka “Quigley’s Corner”  and authored by Ron Quigley, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income Syndicate for this boutique brokerdealer owned and operated by Service-Disabled Veterans and recipient of Wall Street Letter’s 2015 Award for Best Research/Broker Dealer. IG […] Read More

18 March, 2015

Investors Seek ETF To Protect Against The Great Wall…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse blog update is courtesy of Business Times’ article “China slowdown concern spurs record option hedges on ETF” . The update profiles the largest US exchange-traded fund tracking China’s mainland market reaching its highest since the ETF was created. An excerpt from Business Times is below.  Investors are rushing to buy protection against declines in Chinese stocks amid concern an […] Read More

17 March, 2015

A Euro-Surprise Is On The Way..A Rareview Global Macro…
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Marketsmuse.com blog update courtesy of extract from a.m. edition of Rareview Macro LLC’s “Sight Beyond Sight”, the global macro trading investment newsletter favored by the industry’s leading hedge funds, investment managers and the world’s most savvy self-directed investors. -FOMC Meeting: Best Wishes -Swiss National Bank (SNB) Meeting -Singapore: The First Derivative of China and Crude […] Read More

17 March, 2015

Mr Robot: Tom Dorsey’s ETF Uses Computers To Outperform…
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update is courtesy of BloombergBusiness’s Anthony Effinger and Eric Balchunas’s 15 March article, “Funds Run by Robots Now Account for $400 Billion” profiles self proclaimed money manager, Tom Dorsey’s key to  a successful portfolio just takes pressing a button.  Few people have profited more from the so-called smart-beta craze than Tom Dorsey. A new exchange-traded […] Read More

16 March, 2015

Investors Reach For Euro ETFs as the US Dollar…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of MarketWatch’s 12 March article, “Dollar surge has investors scrambling for a piece of this European ETF”. From the National Swiss Bank’s huge announcement in January to Greece’s continued demise, the European market has seen better days. While the US market continues to recover, the US dollar has almost completely recovered to the being […] Read More

13 March, 2015

Following Slashing ETF Prices, State Street To Shutdown Three…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update profiles the the second oldest financial institution in the United States, State Street’s plans to shut down three ETFs after what has been a very difficult year for them. The shutdowns are due to what they call “limited market demand”. With more of an update, an excerpt from InvestmentNews’ Trevor Hunnicutt’s story, “State Street to […] Read More

12 March, 2015

China ETF: One From Column A, One From Column…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF market update profiling the latest A-Shares initiative out of China is courtesy of extract from coverage by ETFTrends’ Todd Shriber.. CSOP Asset Management is not a household name in the U.S., but the Hong Kong-based asset manager could change that with today’s launch of its first U.S-listed exchange traded fund, the CSOP FTSE […] Read More

12 March, 2015

Trading Titan Point72 Gets to the Point: Big Data
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Bloomberg Business profiles investment firm, Point72 Asset Management, expands its jobs to hire more employees in order to collect and analyze data.  Steven Cohen’s investment firm is looking for an edge in public data. Point72 Asset Management, the successor to Cohen’s hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, has hired about 30 employees […] Read More

11 March, 2015

Financial Sector ETFs-This Expert Says…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse ETF update courtesy of mid-day clip from CNBC Squawk Box 10 March, with exchange-traded fund expert guest, Eric Mustin, VP of ETF Trading Solutions for WallachBeth Capital..Editor Note: “Out of the mouths of babes..we won’t challenge any market opinions, especially ones that might be appear contrary in the face of a falling market…we will […] Read More

10 March, 2015

BlackRock Slashes Investing Cost Creating ETF War
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update profiles BlackRock’s huge slash in investing cuts to cause pressure on rival is courtesy of Reuters’ Simon Jessop 10 March story “1-British ETF price war heats up with BlackRock FTSE 100 fee cut” BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has slashed the cost of investing in Britain’s oldest FTSE 100 exchange-traded fund, ratcheting up […] Read More

10 March, 2015

Global Macro Strategy: Get Short-y
In ETF News, Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse global macro strategy insight courtesy of extract from today’s a.m. edition of Rareview Macro LLC’s “Sight Beyond Sight”, which includes references to the following ETFs: EMB, HYG and LQD.. For those already subscribing to “SBS”, you already know that this market strategist incorporates a cross-asset model portfolio that has outperformed a significant number of […] Read More

10 March, 2015

Apple’s Latest Move Could Hurt Investors
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse blog update courtesy of InvestmentNews. With the anticipation of tech giant, Apple’s launch event today and last week’s announcement of  Apple joining the DOW, there is a lot to be excited about. However, InvestmentNews’ Jeff Benjamin points out how it could hurt investors.  Investors and advisers who own shares of Apple Inc. (AAPL) cheered […] Read More

9 March, 2015

Rate Outlook: This Fixed Income Expert Says: “Lower For…
In Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update courtesy of debt capital markets desk notes distributed to clients of boutique brokerdealer Mischler Financial under the banner “Quigley’s Corner”. Mischler Financial, the financial industry’s oldest and largest minority firm owned/operated by Service-Disabled Veterans received the 2015 Wall Street Letter Award for Best Research/BrokerDealer. Well, it’s finally Friday and every Friday is a […] Read More

8 March, 2015

This Way To Emerging Market Debt..Global Macro Opinion
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse fixed income and global macro update courtesy of extract from blog post at II’s blog by James Craige, the head of emerging-markets debt at Stone Harbor Investment Partners in New York. Two years of challenged returns, and high volatility, by emerging-markets local currency debt has prompted questions from investors. Is emerging-markets local currency debt […] Read More

8 March, 2015

California-based Lattice Jumps Into ETF Issuer Role with Three…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update profiling Lattice Strategies roll-out of three new exchange-traded fund products is courtesy of extract from Zacks.com.. Here’s the snippet: San Francisco-based investment management firm – Lattice Strategies – which believes that disciplined, intentional and systematic allocation of risks is the most influential contributor to long-term growth of capital, has recently forayed into the […] Read More

6 March, 2015

Euro Bond Issuers and The Rate Race To Sub-Zero
In Fixed Income> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse.com fixed income coverage profiling below zero interest rates being offered on a growing assortment of freshly-minted European corporate bonds, as well as sovereign debt issues is courtesy of extract from WSJ story by Josie Cox, Ben Edwards and Anupreeta Das. Investors snapped up a half-billion euros of French utility bonds that will pay them […] Read More

5 March, 2015