Think Small with the ERShares ERSX ETF February 16, 2021
There are often scenarios when investors bid up assets with little regard for fundamentals. The opposite is true of the recent small cap rally and for exchange traded funds such as the
ERSX selects the most entrepreneurial, primarily Non-US Small Cap companies, that meet the thresholds embedded in its proprietary Entrepreneur Factor (EF). ERShares’ ETF delivers strong performance across a variety of investment strategies without disrupting investors’ underlying risk profile metrics. Their geographic diversity enables them to harness global advantages through additional returns associated with currency fluctuations, strategic geographic allocations, comparative trade imbalances, and relative supply/demand strengths.
By Linda Zhang, CEO of Purview Investments, Portfolio Manager of ECOZ, Low-Carbon ESG ETF
In the upcoming series of Investment Insights, Linda Zhang, CEO of Purview Investments, PM of low-carbon ETF (ticker ECOZ), will explore several key trends in the global industry transitions toward a carbon-neutral economy. The scale and acceleration of these green transitions represent long-lasting investment opportunities while leaving a positive mark on the journey toward a clean environment and equitable society.
Purview Investments is an SEC-registered firm that specializes in climate resilience and ESG investments. Purview is the subadvisor for
TrueShares ESG Active Opportunities ETF, ticker ECOZ, an actively managed US Equity product that focuses on radically reducing portfolio carbon footprints. Linda Zhang is a co-founder and board member of non-profit organization Women in ETFs and the committee co-head of Speakers’ Bureau.
February 16, 2021
Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin. While interest in the latter is soaring, Ethereum is growing in popularity as well.
Ethereum is an open-source, blockchain-based distributed computing platform that can support smart contract functionality. That’s a complicated way of saying that Ethereum not only makes a cryptocurrency called ether possible, but it can also support the launch of new cryptocurrencies and make it possible to crowdsource funding for new projects.
“According to data presented by Aksje Bloggen, Ethereum’s daily trading volume hit $48.2bn this week (second week of February), a 220% increase year-over-year,” writes the research firm. “In February 2019, the 24-hour trading volume of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency amounted to $2.6bn, revealed the CoinMarketCap data. Over the next twelve months, this figure jumped by more than 470% and hit $14.9bn in February last year.”
India Balance of Trade Final Jan (05.50 pm) Japan GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel Q4 (05:20 am) Japan Industrial Production MoM Final Dec (10:00 am) Euro Area Balance of Trade Dec (03:30 pm) Euro Area Industrial Production YoY Dec (03.30 pm)
MACROS
Economy may see modest growth in Q3. The Indian economy is likely to post modest growth in the December quarter, reversing the technical recession caused by Covid-19, following a strong recovery towards the end of calendar 2020. An ET survey of economists estimated a median of 0.32% growth in the third quarter of FY21, marking a bounceback from the previous two quarters of contraction in gross domestic product (GDP).
EURONEXT S STATEMENT ON GOVERNANCE EVOLUTION Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Oslo and Paris – 15 February 2021 – Euronext today confirms that Piero Novelli has been nominated by the Supervisory Board as an independent member of the Supervisory Board, to become the next Chairman of Euronext N.V. Mr. Novelli will step down from all executive positions before becoming Chairman. The appointment of Mr. Novelli remains subject to the approval of the relevant regulatory authorities and of Euronext shareholders.
The convening notice for the General Meeting of Euronext shareholders will be sent in due course. Biography of Mr. Piero Novelli
Piero Novelli has been Co-President of the Investment Bank of UBS and a member of UBS Group Executive Board since October 2018. He was appointed Co-Executive Chairman of Global Investment Banking in 2017 and in 2016 became sole Global Head of Mergers and Acquisitions (M & A). Mr. Novelli was a member of the UBS Deutschland AG Superv