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BOB AND BRAD, the World-Famous Physical Therapists Trusted By 4.8 Million Followers, Launches the First Mini Deep Tissue Massage Gun For Affordable On-The-Go Relief

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Monday, October 30, 2023

WINONA, Minn., Oct. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- BOB AND BRAD, a Minnesota-based physical therapists' brand known for helping millions of people navigate health challenges, is pleased to announce that the Air 2 Massage Gun, a portable deep tissue massage gun, is now available on Amazon for a retail price of $89.99.

Key Points: 
  • "As physical therapists, we know how important it is to take care of your body and support muscle recovery.
  • That's why we're so excited about the new Bob and Brad Air 2 mini massage gun.
  • That's why we're so excited about the new Bob and Brad Air 2 mini massage gun.
  • More information about BOB AND BRAD is available at the BOB AND BRAD Amazon storefront, or on YouTube @BobandBrad.

First Trust Expands Target Outcome® Lineup with Launch of BUFZ, a Laddered Portfolio of Moderate Buffer ETFs

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Thursday, October 26, 2023

BUFZ is designed to provide equity investors with an ongoing risk management strategy by investing substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs (“Underlying ETFs” or “Target Outcome® Buffer ETFs”).

Key Points: 
  • BUFZ is designed to provide equity investors with an ongoing risk management strategy by investing substantially all of its assets in a portfolio of FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Moderate Buffer ETFs (“Underlying ETFs” or “Target Outcome® Buffer ETFs”).
  • The buffer is only provided by the Underlying ETFs and the fund itself does not provide any stated buffer against losses.
  • The Underlying ETFs held by the fund each have a Target Outcome Period that resets annually at different rolling intervals, creating a diversified or “laddered” Target Outcome strategy.
  • The relevant Underlying ETF’s cap is reset at prevailing market conditions at the onset of each new Target Outcome Period.

OptionMetrics Exhibiting at Futures and Options Expo Chicago

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Friday, September 29, 2023

OptionMetrics , an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, is announcing it will exhibit at Futures and Options Expo Chicago, FIA , October 2-3 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Booth #210.

Key Points: 
  • OptionMetrics , an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, is announcing it will exhibit at Futures and Options Expo Chicago, FIA , October 2-3 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago Riverwalk, Booth #210.
  • OptionMetrics IvyDB Futures offers high quality historical future option price data for 30 of the most liquid optionable US exchange-traded futures in six sectors.
  • OptionMetrics’ IvyDB equities options databases include its flagship IvyDB US options database covering 10,000+ underlying stocks and indices from 1996 onward, as well as options databases for Europe , Canada , and Asia .
  • Futures and Options Expo presents a great opportunity to interact with clients, partners, and prospects,” said OptionMetrics CEO David Hait, Ph.D. “We look forward to meeting them in the ‘Windy City.’”

State Street Opens New Global Headquarters

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today marked the opening of its new global headquarters building at One Congress Street, located in the Bullfinch Crossing area of downtown Boston.

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  • State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today marked the opening of its new global headquarters building at One Congress Street, located in the Bullfinch Crossing area of downtown Boston.
  • “Boston has been home to State Street for more than 230-years and today’s opening further demonstrates our commitment to the city as a hub for both innovation and financial excellence,” said Ron O’Hanley, chairman and chief executive officer of State Street Corporation.
  • “Boston’s diverse business sector has played an invaluable role in shaping our city over the years, and State Street has roots centuries deep in Boston,” said Mayor Michelle Wu.
  • “I’m grateful that State Street has chosen to continue making Boston its home and look forward to their continued positive influence in our city at the new One Congress headquarters.”
    Additionally, State Street is launching a new brand and digital-first visual identity to better reflect the future of the organization.

OptionMetrics Exhibiting at BattleFin Discovery Day London

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

OptionMetrics , an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, is announcing it will sponsor and exhibit at BattleFin Discovery Day London , September 26-27.

Key Points: 
  • OptionMetrics , an options database and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, is announcing it will sponsor and exhibit at BattleFin Discovery Day London , September 26-27.
  • With the conference’s focus on unlocking the power of alternative data to find alpha, OptionMetrics with showcase its full line of historical equity and futures options and implied volatility data .
  • IvyDB US , comprehensive US options data, covering 10,000+ underlying stocks and indices from 1996 onward, considered the “gold standard” in investment strategies and academic research
    IvyDB Europe , IvyDB Canada , IvyDB Asia , options databases for evaluating risk models, testing trading strategies, performing sophisticated research in their respective markets
    IvyDB Beta , option implied betas and correlations for constituents of the SPY, for a prospective view of the US market's perception of systematic risk, over traditional historical beta
    IvyDB Signed Volume , data on detailed option trading volume, assigned as either buyer-initiated or seller-initiated, for insights into option market order flows, participant activity, directional trading strategies
    IvyDB Futures , historical future option price data of the highest obtainable quality for the US futures markets, to evaluate risk models, test trading strategies, and perform empirical and econometric research
    Real-time Dividend Forecast Data from OptionMetrics’ acquisition of Woodseer, with algorithm+analyst methodology and human and machine intelligence, to backtest dividend strategies, anticipate portfolio income.
  • “As the volume, complexity and speed of financial markets grows, options can offer profound insights on stock market sentiment, earnings and volatility expectations, and geopolitical, regulatory and other event risk,” said OptionMetrics CEO David Hait, Ph.D. “We look forward to connecting with alpha-seekers, risk managers, investment fund managers and others at BattleFin London to discuss these rapidly involving landscapes and how high-quality historical data offers essential trading and risk management insights.”

First Trust Launches XISE, the First U.S. Buffer ETF Designed to Provide a Level of Income

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Monday, September 18, 2023

First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust” or “FTA”), a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and outcome-based strategies, today announced it has launched the FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF (Cboe: XISE ).

Key Points: 
  • First Trust Advisors L.P. (“First Trust” or “FTA”), a leading provider of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and outcome-based strategies, today announced it has launched the FT Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer & Premium Income ETF (Cboe: XISE ).
  • First Trust’s suite of Target Outcome ETFs has amassed approximately $11 billion in total net assets as of 8/31/2023.
  • * “We are thrilled to expand First Trust’s lineup of outcome‐based buffer ETFs with the launch of XISE,” said Ryan Issakainen, CFA, Senior Vice President, ETF Strategist at First Trust.
  • However, investors will be subject to losses of SPY below the buffer level.

Miami International Holdings Announces that MGEX has Filed a Petition for Rehearing Following Court's Decision to Vacate SEC's Exemptive Order Related to SPIKES Volatility Index Futures

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Thursday, September 14, 2023

The Order permits the listing of SPIKES Futures as a futures contract on MGEX, which serves as the exclusive market for this contract.

Key Points: 
  • The Order permits the listing of SPIKES Futures as a futures contract on MGEX, which serves as the exclusive market for this contract.
  • If the petition is denied, then the new date for the vacatur is three months after the end of the month in which such denial is issued.
  • If the petition is granted, then the Order would remain in effect until the Court hears the matter again and/or issues a new opinion.
  • Accordingly, the earliest date on which SPIKES Futures will be required to cease trading on MGEX is January 1, 2024.

Miami International Holdings Announces that MGEX has Filed a Petition for Rehearing Following Court's Decision to Vacate SEC's Exemptive Order Related to SPIKES Volatility Index Futures

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, September 14, 2023

The Order permits the listing of SPIKES Futures as a futures contract on MGEX, which serves as the exclusive market for this contract.

Key Points: 
  • The Order permits the listing of SPIKES Futures as a futures contract on MGEX, which serves as the exclusive market for this contract.
  • If the petition is denied, then the new date for the vacatur is three months after the end of the month in which such denial is issued.
  • If the petition is granted, then the Order would remain in effect until the Court hears the matter again and/or issues a new opinion.
  • Accordingly, the earliest date on which SPIKES Futures will be required to cease trading on MGEX is January 1, 2024.

OptionMetrics Makes New IvyDB Beta Dataset Available to Academic Researchers for Prospective Equities Research

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

OptionMetrics , a financial data and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, is making the world’s first implied beta dataset – IvyDB Beta – available to academic researchers conducting research on equities, systematic risk, factor investing, and other topics.

Key Points: 
  • OptionMetrics , a financial data and analytics provider for institutional investors and academic researchers worldwide, is making the world’s first implied beta dataset – IvyDB Beta – available to academic researchers conducting research on equities, systematic risk, factor investing, and other topics.
  • The comprehensive implied beta dataset includes the top 500 SPY constituents and market capitalization single-name US securities from January 2007 onwards and provides a prospective view of the market's perception of systematic risk, a departure from traditional historical beta.
  • OptionMetrics IvyDB Beta can be used by researchers to perform research on:
    Sentiment for equities alongside corporate, macroeconomic, and/or global events
    IvyDB Beta is used by institutional investors, quants, risk managers, hedge fund managers, researchers, and other financial professionals for risk modeling and factor investing.
  • IvyDB Beta is a first-of-its-kind dataset giving academic researchers and financial professionals reliable forward-looking equities data.

Innovator Announces Launch of Equity Defined Protection ETF

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

CHICAGO, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovator Capital Management , LLC (Innovator), pioneer and provider of the largest lineup of Defined Outcome ETFs, today announced the launch of the Equity Defined Protection ETF (TJUL).

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovator Capital Management , LLC (Innovator), pioneer and provider of the largest lineup of Defined Outcome ETFs, today announced the launch of the Equity Defined Protection ETF (TJUL).
  • With the availability of these strategies now in the ETF structure, investors have flocked to defined outcome ETFs, bringing Innovator’s suite to over $13 billion in AUM (as of 7/17/2023).
  • The Equity Defined Protection ETF expands Innovator’s industry-leading range of defined outcome offerings.
  • With this strategy, Innovator hopes to help investors shift their portfolios for downside risk, without having to sacrifice equity market exposure by moving to cash.