What types of asset classes can ETFs reach?

 

The Horizons Exchange Traded Products consist of the Horizons Index ETFs (”Index ETFs”), Bull Plus and Bear Plus ETFs (”Plus ETFs”), Inverse ETFs (”Inverse ETFs”), VIX ETFs (defined below) and active ETFs. The Plus ETFs and certain other Horizons Exchange Traded Products use leveraged investment techniques that can magnify gains and losses and may result in greater volatility of returns. These Horizons Exchange Traded Products are subject to leverage risk and may be subject to aggressive investment risk and price volatility risk, which, where applicable, are described in their respective prospectuses.

Each Plus ETF seeks a return, before fees and expenses, that is either 200% or -200% of the performance of a specified underlying index, commodity or benchmark (the ”Target”) for a single day. Each Index ETF or Inverse ETF seeks a return that is 100% or – 100%, respectively, of the performance of a Target. Due to the compounding of daily returns, a Plus ETF’s or Inverse ETF’s returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the performance of their respective Target(s) for the same period.

The Horizons Exchange Traded Products whose Target is the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index™ (the ”VIX ETFs”), one of which is a Plus ETF and one of which is an Index ETF, as described in their prospectus, are speculative investment tools that are not conventional investments. The VIX ETFs’ Target is highly volatile. As a result, the VIX ETFs are not generally viewed as stand-alone long-term investments. Historically, the VIX ETFs’ Target has tended to revert to a historical mean. As a result, the performance of the VIX ETFs’ Target is expected to be negative over the longer term and neither the VIX ETFs nor their Target are expected to have positive long term performance. Investors should monitor their holdings, as frequently as daily, to ensure that they remain consistent with their investment strategies.

Take a Fresh Look at Oil

Take a Fresh Look at Oil

Take a Fresh Look at Oil Jan van Eck, CEO, discusses whether oil has found its bottom.

”We now firmly believe that oil is in a bottoming process and this is a good time for investors to either market-weight oil or tactically add to targeted oil exposure.”

Van Eck is a U.S.-based asset management firm with more than five decades of global investment expertise.

Founded in 1955 by John C. van Eck, Van Eck Global was among the first U.S. money managers helping investors achieve greater diversification through global investing. Today, the firm continues this tradition by offering innovative, actively managed investment choices in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals, fixed income, and other specialized, domestic and international asset classes. Van Eck currently manages assets on behalf of more than 400 institutions including endowments, foundations, hospitals, pensions, and private banks. The firm’s traditional and alternative strategies are offered in both fund and separate account portfolios.

Market Vectors Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) have been offered by Van Eck since 2006 when the firm launched the United States’ first gold-mining ETF. Today, the firm offers over 50 ETFs which span several asset classes, including equity, fixed-income and currency markets. Many of the ETFs are based on pure-play indices, whose constituents must derive a majority of revenues from the target region/sector. Market Vectors is one of the largest ETP families in the U.S and worldwide.

Headquartered in New York City, Van Eck Global has a presence in other cities worldwide, including Shanghai (China), Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Pfaeffikon SZ (Switzerland) and Sydney (Australia).

Short and leverage exchange-traded products AUM hits $60 billion after build-up of bullish positions

Short and leverage exchange-traded products AUM hits $60 billion after build-up of bullish positions

Boost ETP  Short and leverage exchange-traded products AUM hits $60 billion after build-up of bullish positions

Short and leverage exchange-traded products AUM hits $60 billion after build-up of bullish positions

Assets under management in short and leverage exchange-traded products reached $60 billion at the end of August, according to Boost ETP.

This figure was unchanged from the end of July but up 3 percent on the end of December 2013.

August saw short and leverage investors repositioning bullishly in European equities and bearishly in US equities, commented Viktor Nossek, head of research at Boost ETP.

“Tactical, contrarian-style allocations, underpinned by macro risks surrounding Ukraine and the Middle East have triggered the build-up of bullish positions in markets most affected by the crises, in particular helping to drive flows of short and leverage exchange-traded products tracking German and Russian equities.”

The unwinding of large long positions in US equities in turn is likely a result of the robust showing of US equities, he added.

“With broad and tech equities having attained new highs, it has given short and leverage investors an excuse to position bearishly in August. Germany’s record low bond yields have also brought contrarians to the fore, driving the bearish flows seen in exchange-traded products tracking German debt.”

About Boost

Boost ETP, a WisdomTree Company, is an award winning Exchange Traded Products ETP provider and one of few providers of specialised ETPs in the European market, and is the first to focus on Short and Leveraged ETPs. BOOST’s offering targets sophisticated investors including day traders, stock brokers, wealth managers, high frequency traders and institutional investment managers.  Boost is spearheaded by Hector McNeil and Nik Bienkowski who are two veterans of the ETP industry. Both were Managing Partners and major shareholders of ETF Securities (ETFS) and were pivotal in growing ETFS from start-up to $22bn of assets under management by October 2010.

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. is a New York-based exchange-traded fund (”ETF”) sponsor and asset manager. WisdomTree offers ETFs across Equities, Fixed Income, Currency Income and Alternatives asset classes, and is currently the world’s eighth largest ETF issuer. To learn more about parent company WisdomTree Investments, Inc., visit the Investor Relations website.

Boost brings something new to the European market with the aim of adding value to investors. This is in contrast to the broad ’supermarket’ offerings that the majority of ETP Issuers provide today. Boost’s offering targets sophisticated investors including day traders, stock brokers, wealth managers, high frequency traders and institutional investment managers.   Our emphasis on thought leadership in the investment management sector will focus significant efforts on educating clients on how to best use the products.

The opportunity to launch one of only a few European independent ETP issuers has arisen from the significant changes currently affecting the ETP world. In a market dominated by large investment banks and diversified financial institutions significant questions are being asked about their respective ETP business models and potential conflicts of interest. Investors and regulators have been looking for more transparency around practices such as stock lending, collateral management and use of in-house hedging techniques.

US Exchange Traded Products May 2014

US Exchange Traded Products May 2014

Listing & Trading US Exchange Traded Products May 2014 

In May , 11 new ETPs listed on NYSE Arca

At the end of May, 1,442 ETPs (including certificates) with over $1.69 trillion in AUM were listed on NYSE Arca

US ETP notional volume represented 24.22% of all CTA issues in May

US ETP CADV in May was at approximately 0.8 billion shares versus 1.1 billion in April 2014

US ETP daily average turnover was approximately $55.1 billion in May—down 21% from April 2014

The most recent copies of the US ETP1 Monthly Flash and the European ETF Monthly Flash can be found in the links below:

 

 

 

 

 

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  1. Exchange Traded Products (ETPs) are defined by NYSE Arca as derivatively priced security that can trade intraday on a securities exchange ETPs are typically benchmarked to indices or static baskets of stocks, futures, swaps and commodities or may be actively managed. Products that fall under the ETP umbrella include Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange Traded Vehicles (ETVs), Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) and Certificates
  2. NYSE Arca ETP Database
  3. Source: ArcaVision