Arab Spring Comes to Saudi Bourse; BlackRock Leads ETF…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below courtesy of brokerdealer.com blog update Based on recent developments, global investors are now slated to drill for stakes in Saudi Bourse offerings thanks to yesterday’s announcement from ETF behemoth BlackRock, coupled with the next year’s scheduled opening of markets to foreign investors, whose appetite for stakes in Middle East companies is expected to surpass […] Read More

12 November, 2014

SEC Flip-Flops on Non-Transparent ETFs; What’s Next? “NextShares!” ;…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
A MarketsMuse Special column…. Within less than 2 weeks after the all-visionary SEC blocked NYSE Arca from listing non-transparent, actively managed ETFs developed by ETF Industry icon BlackRock Inc., as well as those designed by upstart Issuer Precidian Investments (see MM edition Oct 23), this past Thursday, the same almighty securities regulator over-ruled itself and […] Read More

9 November, 2014

Professional Traders Lining Up to Sell SPX For the…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below commentary is courtesy of extract from a.m. edition of today’s Rareview Macro’s “Sight Beyond Sight” A Simple View:  US Dollar, Gold, SPX, UST’s The objectives we have laid out continue to materialize across the themes we are focused on. The Q&A session with President Mario Draghi following today’s European Central Bank (ECB) meeting has […] Read More

6 November, 2014

Global Macro View: The Best Bet Based On Mid-Term…
In Global Macro Strategy, People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Global macro trading perspective courtesy of Rareview Macro Nov 3 edition of Sight Beyond Sight. MarketsMuse Editor Note: Rareview Macro’s model portfolio has gained 16.5% YTD, during which time the majority of macro-style funds have returned less than 5% on average, illustrating why this newsletter is more than just a newsletter. We start with the […] Read More

4 November, 2014

Wall Street’s Mischler Financial Announces Veteran’s Day Profit Pledge
In People Profiles> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Immediate News Release Newport Beach, CA & Stamford, CT, November 3, 2014—Mischler Financial Group (“MFG”), the securities industry’s oldest minority investment bank and institutional brokerage owned and operated by Service-Disabled Veterans announced today that in connection with the firm’s annual recognition of Veteran’s Day, Mischler has expanded its giving-back program and will be supporting 3 […] Read More

3 November, 2014

ETFs in Europe: What’s Next?: Continent’s First Corporate Share…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below extract courtesy of Wealth Manager Magazine The Invesco subsidiary Powershares officially launched its European PowerShares Global Buyback Achievers Ucits on the London Stock Exchange on 28 October. The ETF, which is the first of its kind to be available in Europe according to Morningstar, invests in companies which have bought back at least 5% of their own shares in the […] Read More

3 November, 2014

Equities Options Marts Bustling: 1 Billion Contracts Trade in…
In Strike Price> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
  Trading in equities options is enjoying a resurgence, thanks to recent volatility in underlying cash markets, a burst in IPO activity and heightened hedging action in the stocks of companies such as Apple, Inc. according to reporting by TradersMag. Citing a TABB Group recent study, 0ptions mart trading volume exceeded 1 billion contracts in […] Read More

31 October, 2014

To Russia With Love: Market Vectors Russia ETF RSX:US
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse update courtesy of extract from Bloomberg LP Elena Popina and Jackie Klauberg Что ты собирáeшься дéлать с таки́ми больши́ми деньгáми? (translation: What are you going to do with all that money?) Investors are piling into the biggest exchange-traded fund tracking Russian equities at a record pace as the cheapest valuations in emerging markets and […] Read More

29 October, 2014

Rare Events Taking Hold: Macro View Looking for Upside…
In Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below excerpt is closing conclusion courtesy of Oct 28 edition of Rareview Macro LLC publication “Sight Beyond Sight” The Federal Reserve (FED) will make its policy announcement tomorrow. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will make its statement at the end of this week. The European Central Bank (ECB) meets next week. All three of them […] Read More

28 October, 2014
non-transparent ETFs

SEC SmackDown of Non-Transparent ETFs-No Secret Sauces!
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Curator
In an effort to reign in a powerful campaign to launch secret sauce ETFs that have no business being used by ordinary investors, the SEC scored a smackdown on the creation of non-transparent ETFs in a recent ruling that blocks plans by ETF giant BlackRock as well as Precidian Investments to issue ETFs’ whose underlying […] Read More

25 October, 2014

Blackrock ETF Blocked By SEC; Non-Transparency is Not Good…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse post courtesy of extract from report by Barron’s Johanna Bennet..our Editorial team leads in with “How could anyone think that an ETF (actively-managed or passive) that doesn’t disclose the underlying components to its investors could pass muster with regulators, no less investors? The SEC has denied requests that would have allowed non-transparent active ETFs […] Read More

23 October, 2014

Europe’s First Bitcoin ETF Comes Courtesy of UK-Based Exchange…
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
    MarketsMuse salutes the news reporting below courtesy of industry news publication CoinDesk and reporter Daniel Palmer Coinfloor has revealed plans to launch a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) and accept additional fiat currencies as part of its efforts to expand internationally. Starting immediately, the UK-based bitcoin exchange is allowing customers to make deposits in US dollars, euros and Polish […] Read More

22 October, 2014

Goldman Smacks ..It’s Lips re: ETFs; In Discussions to…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketMuse update courtesy of exclusive reporting by Reuters’ Jessica Toonkel On the heels of this week’s announcement by Janus Capital to acquire ETF Issuer VelocityShares, presumably as a vehicle for Bill Gross to further package his fixed-income strategies, and this past June’s announcement from the London Stock Exchange to acquire index specialist Frank Russell Company, […] Read More

16 October, 2014

Blood On The Streets; Buy The Bounce? A Sensible…
In Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below extract from this a.m. edition of “Sight Beyond Sight”, the global-macro strategy insight courtesy of Stamford, CT-based, macro strategy “think tank” Rareview Macro LLC Blood on the Streets Provides Counter-Trend Trading Opportunities • Our 30,000 Foot Takeaways • Model Portfolio Update: Closed EUROSTOXX and Dow Jones Index Short • Model Portfolio Update: Opened Long […] Read More

16 October, 2014

Macro View : Bears & Bulls & Sheep; The…
In Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse Editor Note: At risk of pounding the table too frequently by pointing to global macro strategy think tank “Rareview Macro” and their high-frequency of prescient postulating…the below excerpt from this a.m.’s edition of Rareview’s Sight Beyond Sight illustrates why this analyst is become the analyst ..For those confused by our use of ‘high frequency’, […] Read More

15 October, 2014

The Inextricable Liquidity Link Between HY ETFs and The…
In ETF News, Tech Talk> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
MarketsMuse Editor Note: Our editorial team leader has spent more than 15 minutes across the capital markets throughout almost 30 years and in the course of hearing and reading about all of the most recent initiatives to electronify the corporate bond markets so as to ‘get in front’ of the next liquidity crisis, our inspiring […] Read More

13 October, 2014

Junk Bond ETFs: SOS for HY Sector ($USO, $XOP,…
In ETF News, Global Macro Strategy> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Below extract is courtesy of Oct 13 edition of ETFtrends.com and senior editor Todd Shriber The United States Oil Fund (NYSEArca: USO) is off 6.4% in the past month as West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark oil contract, ominously descents to $80 per barrel. Oil’s slide has wrought havoc for futures-based ETFs, such as USO, […] Read More

13 October, 2014

Bill Gross Hire Further Bolstered by Janus; Announces Purchase…
In ETF News> By MarketsMuse Staff Reporter
Janus Capital Group Inc. said Monday it agreed to acquire exchange-traded product firm VelocityShares for at least $30 million. The acquisition comes on the heels of Janus’ hiring of Bill Gross, one of the most successful bond investors in history, from Pacific Investment Management Co., the firm he co-founded in 1971. It positions Janus, a […] Read More

13 October, 2014