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Guggenheim Funds Distributors Inc. this week launched two new actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFS) that gives investors access to fixed income investment products with the flexibility and tax benefits of ETFs.

The pause in the increase in gas prices and a sense that the job market is improving help lift the RBC Consumer Outlook Index 3.8 points to 46.7 in June, up from 42.9 in May. This is the highest level it has ever been at since the financial crisis struck in September 2008.

T. Rowe Price has launched the T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund, in anticipation of those investors who would like to diversify away from the U.S. dollar.

J.P. Morgan Retirement Plan Services has launched a new social media forum for its plan sponsor clients called “Voice of the Community.”

Global X Funds has launched the Global X Farming ETF, an exchange-traded fund that focuses on companies involved in agricultural products, livestock operations and the manufacturing of farming equipment.

IndexIQ has launched the IQ Japan Mid Cap ETF, which it says is the first exchange-traded fund focused on Japanese mid-cap equities.

BlackRock's Bob Doll says despite short-term issues in the U.S., the United Kingdom and Japan, there are plenty of intriguing investing opportunities out there for those willing to go the distance.

A vast majority, 86%, of the 800 institutional investors and corporate executives surveyed for BNY Mellon believe there are significant opportunities for stock market growth. However, 58% think there are major downside risks preventing them from taking advantage of those opportunities, the survey, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, found.

A new era in retirement of the unprepared is dawning, as the West’s golden age of pensions comes to an end, according to a report from HSBC Insurance Holdings, “The Future of Retirement: The Power of Planning.”

Investors got downright defensive in next-to-last week of May, moving their money from stocks to bonds and money markets in response to persistent concerns about inflation and the debt crisis in Europe.