Ken Corner
Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity COM ETF ...

The Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity COM ETF which tracks the Auspice Broad Commodity ER Index has reached 5-star status by Morningstar (here) on a 5 and 10 year basis. More info about the Auspice strategy and Direxion linked fund.

AUSPICE ANNOUNCES INVESTOR WARNING IN RESPECT OF CCX CLOSURE MARKET PRICE DIFFERENTIAL FROM NET ASSET VALUE

Toronto, Ontario – April 2, 2020 - Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd. (“Auspice”) is providing an update in respect of the previously announced termination of the Canadian Crude Oil Index ETF (“CCX”), which trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) under the ticker symbol CCX, on or about May 22, 2020, and the delisting of units of CCX from the TSX on or about May 19, 2020.
As previously indicated, in accordance with applicable securities laws, no further direct subscriptions for units of CCX have been permitted since March 12, 2020.
AUSPICE IS CONCERNED THAT INVESTORS ARE BUYING UNITS OF CCX ON THE TSX AT A TRADING PRICE PER UNIT OF CCX THAT IS WELL ABOVE THE NET ASSET VALUE (“NAV”) PER UNIT OF CCX.

Link to full press release here.

AUSPICE ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF CCX ETF

Toronto, Ontario – March 12, 2020 – Auspice Capital Advisors Ltd. (“Auspice”) announced today that it will be terminating Canadian Crude Oil Index ETF (the “ETF”) (ticker symbol: CCX) effective at the close of business on or about May 22, 2020 (the “Termination Date”).

Link to full press release here.

Direxion Launches Quantitative, Rules-Based Commodity ETF

Direxion has launched the Direxion Auspice Broad Commodity Strategy ETF (Ticker: COM), which seeks to provide total return that exceeds that of the Auspice Broad Commodity Index. The rules-based index attempts to capture trends in 12 diversified commodity markets using a quantitative methodology.

Tim Pickering: Investing In The Unknown

2016 was a year of volatility inducing events, which caused many markets to move in surprising ways on the back of results that separated themselves from popular consensus or polling. Brexit, the US election, a new OPEC narrative, and the US Fed raising rates were all tough on trends, inducing whips and reversals. Despite this, equities rallied while broad commodities had their first positive year in many.