US ETF Assets Could More Than Double by 2017
Lately, it seems we can’t go more than a few days without seeing a headline about the phenomenal growth of the ETF industry. Fast on the heels of last year’s record setting global inflows, ETFs in...
View ArticleSmall Cap Value Report (20 Jun) - SID, HHR, PURI, GTC, CRX
Good morning! It looks like a fairly nasty open is in the offing, with the FTSE 100 futures indicating a 100 point drop to 6,252, on the back of some comments made by Ben Bernanke in the USA last...
View ArticleThursday’s ETF Chart To Watch: FXF Flirts With Resistance Level Ahead Of...
Stocks oscillated cautiously yesterday ahead of the anticipated FOMC press conference, which ended up being quite anti-climatic after policymakers announced no changes, and major equity indexes...
View ArticleTen Developments to Note
The dollar is the king of castle, extending yesterday's post-Fed rally across the board. Emerging market currencies have been particularly hard hit and we note that the Turkish lira is at new record...
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China's Central Bank Silence Risks Derailing The Global Recovery
It is remarkable that China's central bank has been unable or unwilling to contain the spike in short-term rates, as the interbank liquidity squeeze continues. This is roughly the equivalent of the Fed...
View Article7 Articles ETF Investors Must Read: 6/20
After months of speculations, the Fed finally answered investors’ lingering questions – though perhaps not to Wall Street’s expectations. At the highly anticipated FOMC meeting, the Fed decided that it...
View ArticleGreat Graphic: US House Prices
This Great Graphic comes from the NY Federal Reserve. It shows the changes in US house prices as of April from a year ago by county. The darker the green the larger the increase. The red reflects...
View ArticleAll Hail King Dollar!
The US dollar — “King Dollar” — is kicking ass and taking names. Which is fine by us, as we’ve got a nice piece of the action.The following was posted this morning in the Mercenary Live Feed:06/20...
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There's A Sect Of Successful Traders Who Couldn't Care Less What Bernanke...
Naturally, when markets go up or down, people look for cause and effect. We went up because of X, or we went down because of Y. The market “liked” this or it did not “like” that.But in many cases...
View ArticleChina ETFs Tumble After Disappointing Flash Manufacturing Data
All eyes were on the Federal Reserve ‘s policy announcement yesterday, as investors finally got “some” answers to their lingering questions. In the highly anticipated report, the central bank announced...
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Mom-And-Pop Investors Are Dumping Bond Funds Like Crazy
In his press conference, Bernanke also specified, for the first time, that 7% is the jobless rate threshold that would mark a substantial improvement in the labor market. The Fed will start reducing...
View ArticleGold and Silver Outlook for June 20
Gold and silver remained flat during most of the day but the latest press conference of the Fed stirred up the forex markets. This press conference is among the reasons for the current sharp drop of...
View ArticleBriefing by BOJ Executive Director: More to Come on Abe's Third Arrow
As part of a continuing effort by the Bank of Japan to increase the investment community's understanding of its policies, the representative office here in NY hosted a meeting with a Tokyo-based BOJ...
View ArticleDaily ETF Roundup: Stocks Nosedive, VXX Spikes and XLP Tumbles
U.S. equities took a steep nosedive today, marking their biggest one-day drop of the year. Investors’ anxiety of Fed tapering nearly reached a boiling point today after the Fed hinted yesterday that...
View ArticleFriday’s ETF Chart To Watch: EWC Rebound Hinges On Canada CPI Data
The bears arrived on Wall Street with fury on Thursday as selling pressures hit virtually every corner of the market, sinking stocks, commodities and even bonds lower across the board. Investors locked...
View ArticleShould dividend hunters look to Europe for quality income?
Dividend income funds have apparently seen record-breaking levels of investor cash flow their way so far this year. In the scramble for yield, it seems many are convinced that equities offer the least...
View ArticleThe Inflation Predictions Were Just Wrong, And Now They're Hurting People
Remember back when QE started and we saw charts of high powered money going vertical all over the place and everyone who didn’t understand modern banking said that the reserves would flood out into the...
View ArticleSmall Cap Value Report (21 Jun) - VLK, CUP, CRA, CTG, FLYB
Good morning! Am running a bit late today, apologies. The deadline is 11 a.m., as that's when our automatic email goes out, with a link to this report. If you haven't added your email to our list yet,...
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Municipal Bond Market Rocked As Interest Rates Spike
(Reuters) - The possibility of rising interest rates rocked the U.S. municipal bond market on Thursday, with prices plunging in secondary trade, investors selling off the debt, money pouring out of...
View ArticleFragile Markets Trying to Stabilize Ahead of Weekend
A somewhat calmer tone has emerged in the global capital markets, encouraged more, it appears, by position adjusting ahead of the weekend, rather new fundamental developments. China did inject a...
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