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Revisiting A Popular Multi-Asset ETF
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 9:19am | 494During the go-go days of the Federal Reserve's various versions of quantitative easing, a slew of high-yield sector and asset classes became investor favorites. That includes multi-asset exchange-traded funds, such as the First Trust Multi-Asset Diversified Income Index Fund (First Trust...
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Jeff deGraaf On What Happens When Quantitative Easing Ends
Monday, October 27, 2014 - 12:38pm | 474Jeff deGraaf is the co-founder, chairman and head technical analyst at Renaissance Macro Research. Three weeks ago, his firm had a call that the 10-year bond market would trade under 2 percent. While the call was for the end of the first quarter, the firm still got it within three weeks....
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Euro Sinks As The Fed And The ECB Diverge
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 9:14am | 309The euro fell below $1.36 on Tuesday morning as markets began to digest the European Central Bank’s (ECB's) stimulus efforts. The common currency traded at $1.3591 at 7:45 GMT as the gap between eurozone and US Treasury yields widened. Reuters reported that analysts see the euro facing...
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Eurozone Manufacturing Contracts Less Than Expected In June, Spain Improves
Monday, July 1, 2013 - 10:56am | 553A key measure of manufacturing output in the eurozone rose in June to the highest level in sixteen months amid the continent wide recession that has seen unemployment, specifically of the younger population, rise to record levels. Spain and Italy both showed notable strength in June the...