Constituent Change Announced for the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index
S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following change in the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index…
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Turnover at Deutsche Börse’s cash markets at 84.6 billion euros in August
Order book turnover on Xetra, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Tradegate stood at €98.5 billion in July (July 2012: €95.8 billion). Of the €98.5 billion, €90.9 billion were attributable to Xetra (July 2012: €88.3 billion). €4.1 billion were attributable to…
Conflict Fears Drive Gold and Oil Higher
Investors flocked to safe haven assets including gold, silver and the US dollar, as Western nations debated their response to an alleged chemical-weapons attack in Syria. Fears of supply constraints also boosted oil prices…..
Key figures for SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach August 2013
Since the start of 2013, a total of 23,420,091 transactions have been conducted on SIX Swiss Exchange and Scoach Switzerland. This marks a year 21,817,313 trades in the equities including funds + ETPs segment, equating segment also posted strong growth.…
The Spanish stock exchange traded €36.27 billion in August, up 8% year on year
It marks the second consecutive month with a year-on-year increase in Equity trading The number of trades in August was up 54% from a year earlier ETF trading to the end of August was up 9.7% year on year…
In Defence of Short and Leveraged ETFs
Boost response in defence of Short and Leveraged ETFs following the paper published by the Fed’s Mr Tuzun……
Investors focus on safe havens and oil as Syria crisis escalates
US equities and precious metals rose last week despite the spike in US bond yields and a stronger US dollar. The silver price rose 1.1% last week, bringing gains over the past 8 weeks to 27%. The gold price also…
September 2013: SC – Approaching September with less risk
The euro zone delivered better-than-expected growth data, finally indicating an end to the recession after six quarters. We maintain our over-weight in European equities in light of this positive development. Political tensions caused by a …