Dark Pool Tales Part 3: Fidelity Leads Buy Side-Only…
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
In what has become an ongoing “trilogy-type” story straight out of Hollywood, the WSJ reports today that Fidelity Investments is set to launch yet the latest “dark pool” initiative via a consortium of and exclusively for buy-side investment managers. The announcement comes on the heels of a recently-profiled NYSE initiative [with a strategy to partner […] Read More

20 January, 2015

ETF.com Announces Finalists for ETF Industry Beauty Pageant Awards;…
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
“And the nominees are…” MarketsMuse update profiles ETF industry portal ETF.com annual awards for ‘Best Of’ across 25 different categories, with more than 100 nominees. Winnners will be announced at an awards dinner that will take place March 19 at Pier 61 in New York City. Below please find the extract from the ETF.com announcement. […] Read More

20 January, 2015

An ETF For The Mile-High Club
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Zacks.com from Nasdaq. The U.S. aviation industry has been on cloud nine since the oil price succumbed to gravity.  Moreover, a pickup in the domestic economy, rising cargo demand, a boost to tourism and the subsiding Ebola scare put the industry in the top-performing category.  The sentiment around the sector was […] Read More

19 January, 2015

ETF Investors Have Regret Following the Swiss National Bank’s…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Tom Lydon from ETF Trends. This update acts as a follow up from one of yesterday’s posts. Thursday’s biggest financial market headlines came courtesy of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), which opted to drop the franc’s peg to the euro, a move that sent the Swiss currency soaring and Swiss stocks […] Read More

16 January, 2015

Breaking News: The Black Swan from Switzerland: A Macro…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Marketsmuse.com update profiling Swiss National Bank (SNB) lowering of deposit rate to a -0.75% has, as noted by Neil Azous of global macro think Rareview Macro LLC,  “shocked the markets” and “will be booked into the Black Swan record books as an event to be remembered. ” Below update starts with extract from late morning […] Read More

15 January, 2015

Upcoming Elections in Greece Make ETF Markets Volatile
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Todd Shriber from ETF Trends. The Global X FTSE Greece 20 ETF (NYSEArca: GREK) is off 3% to start 2015 and with anxiety running high that Greece is still a candidate for departure from the Eurozone, global equity market volatility and investors’ skittishness is on the rise. With Greek elections slated for Jan. 25, […] Read More

15 January, 2015

Issuers Get Pickier Over Which ETFs to Launch
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of ETF Trends’ Tom Lydon.   In 2014, just over 200 new exchange traded products launched in the U.S., more than double the nearly 90 that closed, but even with launches continuing to easily outpace closures, some major ETF issuers are getting choosy about the new number of rookie products they bring […] Read More

15 January, 2015

New Equity ETF Hopes to Combat Volatility
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Nasdaq’s Len Zacks. 2015 has started out week for the US equity market but Direxion has a plan to change that. After delivering handsome returns last year, the U.S. equity markets have started the year on a weak note.  Slumping crude oil prices, strong dollar and global growth concerns with Europe fighting […] Read More

14 January, 2015

Shanghai Stock Exchange to Launch Options Trading on SSE…
In ETF News, Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update courtesy of AsiaAsset News The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) will unveil its first ETF option next month as a testing ground for the pilot stock option trading program in China. The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said it has authorized the SSE to launch the pilot program with an option based on the […] Read More

14 January, 2015

NASDAQ Challenges the NYSE to Run Dark Pools
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Reuters in CNBC The NYSE has recently come close to completing a deal with some big banks to take over running the banks’ dark pools. Now, NASDAQ is proposing an alternative solution as they eye running dark pools for banks as well. Nasdaq OMX Group has approached several big banks with […] Read More

13 January, 2015

CDS Market Says: “How Crude” 1:3 Chance of Russian…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below extract courtesy of global macro trading think tank Rareview Macro LLC ‘s  Jan 13 edition of daily commentary via “Sight Beyond Sight” To Russia Without Much Love: Crude Catalyst and Credit Impact With another day of lower Crude Oil prices, the vice-grip on the Russian Federation continues to be tightened. The 5-year credit default […] Read More

13 January, 2015

Egypt to Allow ETF Trading for the First Time
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Reuters. Egypt prepares for the first ETF to be traded on their stock exchange for the first time ever on Wednesday, January 14. They hope that this will help gain more foreign investors and boost cash flow.  Egypt’s stock exchange will allow trading in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) for the first […] Read More

12 January, 2015

Steven Wallman’s Holistic Approach to Trading
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of ETF.com’s Cinthia Murphy Steven Wallman was a commissioner with the SEC in the mid-1990s. An authority on securities markets and trading, today he leads an ETF-centered online brokerage, Folio Investing. Wallman is also keen on seeing the SEC start using a thoughtful “holistic” method to evaluate the worthiness of new ETFs […] Read More

12 January, 2015

Dark Trading Pools: Deconstructing Market Structure?
In Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of Anna Bernasek 9 January article in The New York Times. JUDGING solely by the name, stock trading in so-called dark pools may conjure up images of mysterious deals cut beyond public view. Also called simply “dark trading,” it happens when computers serve as matchmakers and bid-and-ask quotations aren’t displayed to all […] Read More

12 January, 2015

Philippines Has Rising Star in the ETFs Market
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of ETF Trends’ Todd Shriber. After finishing lower for a second consecutive year in 2014, diversified emerging markets exchange traded funds are off to decent though not spectacular starts in 2015. Off to a more impressive start than broader peers, such as the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEArca: EEM) and the Vanguard FTSE Emerging […] Read More

9 January, 2015

Turm- Oil: Black Gold Turns to More than 50…
In ETF News, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update on the downtick in oil prices and impact on high yield bond ETFs, including energy-sectory junk bonds includes extract from Institutional Investor Jan 7 coverage by Andrew Barber. MarketsMuse editor note: The recent implosion of crude oil prices has triggered a conundrum for almost every investment analyst who prides themself on pontificating the […] Read More

8 January, 2015

Euro Exposure? Eurozone Bond ETFs In Advance of ECB’s…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse.com update courtesy of extract from Jan 6 ETF.com article by Dennis Hudacheck, with a look at Eurobond ETFs $HEDJ,$DBEU, $HEZU, $EZU, $DBEZ, $VGK, $FEZ, $DFE All eyes are on the European Central Bank’s Jan. 22, 2015 meeting, as it’s no secret that ECB President Mario Draghi has been hinting at a large-scale quantitative easing […] Read More

8 January, 2015

Backdoor Way to Hedge Crude Oil Bounce; Exiting China:…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below fast market update courtesy of Rareview Macro LLC a.m. edition of global macro strategy commentary “Sight Beyond Sight”; MarketsMuse is re-publishing this extract no more than 10 minutes of current subscribers receipt..Our thanks to the folks at Rareview! • New Position: Long Canadian Dollar versus Short Swiss Franc (CAD/CHF) • Existing Position: iShares China […] Read More

8 January, 2015