The SEC approved Eaton Vance’s and NASDAQ’s application for creating a new innovative ETF structure called Exchanged Traded Managed Funds (ETMFs). So, now non-transparent actively-managed ETFs can come to market, even though the SEC...
Calamos Funds has created an online quiz illustrating the diversity of emerging markets and the type of exposure investors get when investing in a fund or ETF that tracks an emerging market index. The eight-question quiz isn't as interesting as f...
Something’s afoot with interest rates. At least that’s what option market makers are telling us. Take a look at the expense trend for calls and puts on 10-year Treasury futures.
If you compare the volatility assumption embedded in T-note options...
You may need some Dramamine - or just a stiff drink - if you've been following the equity markets the past week. After metronomically lulling us to sleep for most of the year with low volatility, and predictable "mini-dips" of 3-4% followed by...
Oct 13 (Reuters) - Janus Capital Group Inc, fresh from hiring bond star Bill Gross, said on Monday it planned to make its first foray into the booming exchange-traded funds space through the acquisition of VelocityShares parent, VS Holdings Inc...
Alt ETF of ALT ETFs
ProShares has partnered with Morningstar to launch an alternative investments ETF that is meant to be a one-stop diversified portfolio of alternative strategies in a single, low-cost ETF wrapper, with the ticker ALTS. The fun...
Worthwhile
Hightower CEO Elliot Weissbluth is profiled in this month’s Worth magazine, which also named him No. 91 on the publication’s list of the 100 most powerful people in finance, along with New York attorney general Preet Bharara (No. 1)...
