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Yen Jumps on BOJ Decision as Japanese Bonds Sink; Gold Climbs
July 29th, 2016
Kuroda expands ETF purchase target, leaving policy rate steady BOJ release will be followed by Europe stress tests, U.S. GDP The Bank of Japan’s most anticipated policy announcement in years left investors underwhelmed, sparking a surge in the yen ...
E*TRADE Announces Acquisition of OptionsHouse
July 26th, 2016
E*TRADE Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:ETFC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Aperture New Holdings, Inc., the ultimate parent company of OptionsHouse, for $725 million in cash. The transaction will boost E*TRADE’s derivatives capabilities while expanding its customer profile with the ...
There’s a group of investors waiting in the shadows with $200 billion to spend
July 21st, 2016
Money managers are saving up and eager to be the lenders of first resort. Private-debt fund managers have amassed a record high $199 billion in untapped capital as of June, according to the latest report by Preqin. That’s a ...
Robo-Advisor reached $5 billion in assets under management
July 18th, 2016
Betterment Becomes First Independent Robo-Advisor to Surpass $5B of Assets Under Management Company Also Welcomes Amy Shapero as Chief Financial Officer Betterment announced that it is the first independent robo-advisor to reach $5 billion in assets under management. The ...
BlackRock Reports Second Quarter 2016 financial results
July 14th, 2016
AUM of $4.9 trillion, up 4% year-over-year and 3% sequentially $2 billion of long-term net inflows in the second quarter of 2016, and $126 billion over the last twelve months, demonstrate strength of diversified business model 2% decline in base fees year-over-year, driven ...
ISE Holdings Reports Business Activity for June 2016
July 13th, 2016
ISE’s options exchanges combined to represent 15.2% of equity options market share, excluding dividend trades. ISE’s options exchanges reported a combined ADV of 2.2 million contracts. Dividend trades made up 0.4% of industry volume in June 2016. The International Securities ...
Risk On/Risk Off: What Schizophrenic Markets Are Telling Us
July 11th, 2016
These trends cannot be reversed with yet another rate cut or another “whatever it takes” announcement. In the conventional investment perspective, risk-on assets (i.e. investments with higher risks and higher potential returns) such as stocks are on a see-saw ...
U.S. Stocks Advance Amid Drug-Maker Rally as Caution Subsides
July 7th, 2016
Fed minutes show heightened uncertainty on job data, U.K. vote Banks, commodity shares rise after erasing early losses U.S. stocks advanced, led by gains among drug companies, as cautious sentiment eased amid speculation the American economy can weather the ...
Monex Group reports business metrics for June 2016
July 5th, 2016
Monex Group Inc. issued an announcement of Monthly Disclosure for June 2016 Monex Group, Inc. today reported the following monthly business metrics of its subsidiaries in June 2016. (Notes) 1. DARTs stand for Daily Average Revenue Trades meaning the number of ...
Something Huge Is Coming From Japan
July 4th, 2016
Pretend, for a minute, that your country responds to the bursting of a credit bubble by borrowing unprecedented amounts of money and using it to prop up banks and construction companies. This doesn’t work, so you create record amounts ...
