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…Read More
Below excerpt is closing conclusion courtesy of Oct 28 edition of Rareview Macro LLC publication "Sight Beyond Sight" [caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignleft" width="200"] Neil Azous, Rareview Macro LLC[/caption] The Federal Reserve (FED) will make its policy announcement tomorrow. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will make its statement at the end of…Read More
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…Read More
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 •…Read More
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…Read More
If this week's volatility has unnerved you, take a deep breathe, sit back and consider the following assessments courtesy of global macro strategy think tank Rareview Macro and extracts of this a.m. edition of "Sight Beyond Sight." The Puzzle [caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignleft" width="200"] Neil Azous, Rareview Macro LLC[/caption] Today's edition…Read More
CT - October 7, 2014 - Renaissance Capital LLC, a global IPO investment advisor providing institutional research, investment management and indexing services, announced today the launch of the Renaissance International IPO ETF, an exchange traded product that tracks an index of newly public international companies prior to their inclusion in…Read More
MarketsMuse Editorial Note: Below is extract from Oct 1 edition of macro-strategy commentary courtesy of Rareview Macro LLC's daily publication "Sight Beyond Sight"..We often profile this content from macro strategy expert and author Neil Azous, simply because since we first started following SBS commentary, it has become one of those…Read More
Below courtesy of extract from Bloomberg LP 29 Sept reporting. International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. applied to create its third U.S. options exchange, to be called ISE Mercury. ISE, a unit of Deutsche Boerse AG that already operates two options venues in the U.S., said the new venue’s structure, fees…Read More
MarketMuse.com post made possible through FINalternatives.com and Neil Azous The 2008 financial crisis exposed institutional money managers to a range of risks for which they were not prepared. Some of these were market risks, in which the value of their investments declined more than they had previously imagined possible.…Read More
This is a MarketsMuse Editorial Comment in response to a group email sent yesterday by Paul Singer of Elliott Management to his DL. That email sought to raise awareness about both the recent "under-reported" events in France in which 2 synogogues were burned by so-called Pro-Palestinian youth..who are presumably Islmaic…Read More
Below is the lead-in to this morning's edition of Rareview Macro's "Sight Beyond Sight"; the 'read more' link below provides additional extracts that caught the eye of more than a few folks who follow macro-strategy themes.. [caption id="attachment_1904" align="alignleft" width="100"] Neil Azous, Rareview Macro LLC[/caption] Three Day Trickle Down Rule…Read More
MarketsMuse Editor Note: Finally, the topic of payment for order flow, the questionable practice in which large brokerage firms literally sell their customers' orders to "preferenced liquidity providers", who in turn execute those orders by trading against those customers orders ( using arbitrage strategies that effectively guarantee a trading profit…Read More
Below excerpt courtesy of this a.m. edition of Rareview Macro's "Sight Beyond Sight" "..The call today by the professional community for a retracement of the recent weakness in Equities is very loud... This viewpoint disregards the fact that S&P 500 futures are already 2.5% higher than Monday's intra-day low. The…Read More
MarketsMuse Editor Note: For those with a "macro mindset", i.e. investment strategy with focus on global economic events and related opportunistic and/or risk reduction themes, a.m. note from Rareview Macro's Neil Azous in the "Sight Beyond Sight" note struck a chord, if only because Azous seems to be continuously ahead of…Read More
Courtesy of Dennis Hudacheck, Index Universe WisdomTree’s new long-dollar currency ETF is truly one for the ages, literally. I’ve long felt that we’ve needed an alternative to the decades-old US Dollar Index, which was created back in 1973. So how does the WisdomTree Bloomberg US Dollar Bullish Fund (USDU) differ…Read More
Courtesy of John D'Antona, TRADERS magazine. Recognizing today’s and tomorrow’s leaders, the Rising Star Award is intended for high-impact professionals who will continue to lead the industry for years to come. Rising Star: Jennica Ross, Director of Strategic Relationships, WallachBeth Capital To fully understand the business of trading, one must…Read More
Courtesy of Brendan Conway A new exchange-traded fund that invests in newly public companies isn't as speculative at it seems at first glance. Almost every day, I get word of a shiny new exchange-traded fund for some ephemeral trend or market sliver. So when news of an ETF of…Read More