Take A Drag Or Sip Out Of These Industries:…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update is courtesy of Bloomberg’s Justin Fox. It is very difficult to invest stocks for long term, humans’ interests are always changing and that affects the stock market. Bloomberg’s Justin Fox suggests that people should invest in human behaviors such as the tobacco and alcohol industries, such as the tobacco sector big name, Philip […] Read More

18 February, 2015

Threat Of Hackers Grows And So Does Cyber Security…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Todd Shriber of ETF Trends, profiles the increase in cyber security ETFs as the threats of being hacked become more and more relevant. The PureFunds ISE Cyber Security ETF (NYSEArca: HACK) continues to cement its status as a legitimate event-driven exchange traded fund. HACK is higher by 0.7% Tuesday on volume that is already […] Read More

17 February, 2015

Rate Hike? When??
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse.com update courtesy of extract from Feb 16 CNBC reporting by Alex Rosenberg There’s a major debate brewing in the financial markets, and it concerns the most important potential event of the year for stocks and bonds alike: the timing of a Federal Reserve rate hike. In one corner are the economists. Many of those […] Read More

17 February, 2015

PIIGS Bring Home the Bacon For The Eurozone
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update is courtesy of Tom Lydon from ETF Trends.  Continuing with what has turned out to be exhausting coverage of European ETFs, the Portuguese, Irish, Italian, Spanish and Greek stocks (the PIIGS) ETFs are showing a bright immediate future for the Eurozone.  Though still controversial, due in part to looming speculation that Greece could potentially […] Read More

16 February, 2015

German ETFs Offer Good Opportunities in Rebounding European Market
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update is courtesy of ETF Trends’ Todd Shriber. Earlier this week and over the past few months, MarketMuse has been covering the rocky European market, thanks to Greece, and its recent rebound, with ETF $GVAL. Now investors have even more to be excited about with the recent success of German ETFs.  The U.S. is not the […] Read More

13 February, 2015

A Safer Options Bet For Arbing $AAPL and $GOOG…
In Global Macro Strategy, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update profiling a very intriguing options strategy for professional traders is courtesy of a.m. edition of “Sight Beyond Sight” , the global macro strategy-centric publication from Rareview Macro LLC. The MM editors include former option market-makers and we’re reasonably confident that the following idea has not yet been considered by those who pride themselves […] Read More

13 February, 2015

Chapter 5: Electronic Corporate Bond Trading—Do I See a…
In Fixed Income, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Same story, different day..’electronifying the corporate bond market’. . Folks have been looking for this Holy Grail for the past 20 years..That’s right..other than Bloomberg’s 1990’s system, a company named BondNet was the first to launch a web-based platform. That was an independent IDB platform created by some very innovative folks who got put into […] Read More

12 February, 2015

Take A Bite Out of This Apple: Tech ETF…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update is courtesy of ETF Trends’ Tom Lydon.  Shares of Apple (NasdaqGS: AAPL) are up a modest by the stock’s standards 0.6% today, pushing the iPhone maker’s market capitalization to a lofty $732 billion and some change. As has been well-documented, Apple’s ascent to becoming the first company with a market value of $700 […] Read More

12 February, 2015

Will Investors Buy Into The Latest Buyback ETF? A…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update profiles last week’s launch of the SPDR S&P Buyback ETF, an exchange-traded fund focused on tracking the stock price performance of companies that are in midst of corporate share repurchase (10b-18) programs. Excerpt courtesy of ETF Daily News. Buybacks and dividends have been among the primary contributors to the stock market Bull Run. […] Read More

11 February, 2015

Catch Europe’s Rebound With $GVAL ETF
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update profiling Europe’s market rebounding is courtesy of ETF Trends’ Tom Lydon.  With Greece seemingly in the headlines every day, and rarely with good news, it is easy for investors to perceive European equities as damaged and vulnerable to more declines. On the brighter side of the ledger, history is littered with examples that […] Read More

10 February, 2015

$AAPL Swiss Bond Deal-Slicing Through the Jibber Jabber With…
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update profiling Apple, Inc. ($AAPL) Swiss bond issuance is courtesy of extract from a.m. edition of Rareview Macro LLC’s “Sight Beyond Sight.” The commentary on Apple Inc. (symbol: AAPL) and Swiss franc (CHF) below is certainly a rare view, simply because most professionals are still trying to decipher the impact of this morning’s Swiss […] Read More

10 February, 2015

Options Market-Makers Migrate to Miami: Trading Firms Increase Stake…
In Strike Price, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse options market coverage of MIAX, the latest entrant to the continuously fragmented world of securities exchanges is courtesy of Traders Magazine Options industry market makers, Citadel Securities LLC, KCG Americas LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Optiver US LLC, Susquehanna Securities, Timber Hill LLC, and Wolverine Trading, LLC have closed an equity rights transaction […] Read More

9 February, 2015

Currency-Hedged ETFs In Demand by Global Macro-Focused Traders
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update courtesy of reporting by Reuters’ Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss and Ashley Lau NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. investors spooked by wild swings in the foreign exchange market are piling into exchange-traded funds that strip out the local currency on their international equity portfolios, making them one of the most sought-after financial products in 2015. With […] Read More

8 February, 2015

Greece ETF Crumbles to Ruins
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update is courtesy of Business Insider’s Sam Ro MarketMuse has previously reported on the volatility the Greece elections created early this year now even more problems have ensued for the country. Following the the European Central Bank’s announcement that it lifted its waiver on minimum credit rating requirements for marketable instruments issued or guaranteed by Greece, Greece’s ETF […] Read More

5 February, 2015

Fixed Income Guru Says This About Interest Rate Outlook-
In Fixed Income, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse fixed income fix for Feb 5 is courtesy of Industry Veteran and debt capital markets guru Ron Quigley, Managing Director and Head of Fixed Income Syndicate for Mischler Financial Group, the sell-side’s first and foremost investment bank/institutional brokerage boutique that is owned and operated by service-disabled veterans.  Mr. Quigley is also the author of […] Read More

5 February, 2015

Mutual Funds Issuer Hoping to Enter the ETF Ring
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of ETF Trends’ Tom Lydon American Funds, one of the largest mutual funds issuer, are waiting for the SEC to approve an application for the issuer to enter the ETF industry.  Capital Group Cos., the parent company of American Funds, submitted an application for ETFs to the SEC a year ago. A […] Read More

4 February, 2015

Global Macro ETF: A Rareview- Look No Further and…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse global macro trading insight courtesy of extract from 4 Feb edition of Rareview Macro LLC’s “Sight Beyond Sight” with reference to $MVE and $MVMVE There are a lot of moving parts overnight, including the continuing debate on whether crude oil has bottomed or not. But if we had to focus on just one part […] Read More

4 February, 2015

Russia’s ETF Tries to Get Back On The Horse
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of ETF Trends’ Todd Shriber. MarketMuse has been profiling the recent market turmoil found all across Europe but mainly Greece and Russia. After a difficult past six months, Russia’s ETF has recently been back on the rise.  Entering Tuesday, the Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSEArca: RSX) sported a six-month loss of 35.2%, making it difficult […] Read More

3 February, 2015