Lead Stories Nodal Exchange And Incubex Collaborate To Launch First-of-their-kind Environmental Futures & Options The IncubEx Nodal Exchange and IncubEx announced today the planned launch of new environmental products including several first-of-their-kind futures...
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Will the crypto crash derail the next web revolution? Advocates argue that the blockchain technology that underpins digital assets will withstand the recent fall in values
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Don't forget to sign up for FIA Forum: Frankfurt 2022, to be held on July 12 at the Hilton Hotel in the City Centre from 9 a.m to 5 p.m. CEST. Abaxx Technologies Inc. has seen tremendous interest in their...
Crypto ‘Fear and Greed’ Gauge Improves a Bit After 60% Selloff
Observations & Insight Options Discovery - Intro to risk with Tony McCormick JohnLothianNews.com This week's episode of Options Discovery discusses risk and what it means in the world of options. Alex Teng sits down with Tony McCormick, the CEO of BOX Exchange -...
Natural Gas Soars 700%, Becoming Driving Force in the New Cold War
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff During a Fourth of July parade in the town where I was born, Highland Park, Illinois, a mass shooting incident left six people dead and 31 more injured as a single shooter on the roof of a nearby building...
Bears Picked Right Stocks to Short With Declines Twice the S&P’s
Observations & Insight Editor's Note: The JLN Options Newsletter will not be published on Monday, July 4 in observation of the Independence Day holiday. Have a great weekend! Lead Stories Bears Picked Right Stocks to Short With Declines Twice the S&P's Lu Wang...
Crypto Lender BlockFi, in Talks With FTX, Also Gets Ledn Offer
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Monday is the 4th of July holiday in the U.S. and you can expect to see JLN's annual sharing of the Declaration of Independence edition of the John Lothian Newsletter. We will resume our normal publication...
Goldman Sachs and Charles Schwab Executives Join OCC Board of Directors
Observations & Insight FIA Europe Head Bruce Savage's One-Question IDX Interview JohnLothianNews.com Bruce Savage helped Walt Lukken host his first June IDX and was pleased to see so many people show up and participate. The head of FIA Europe, Savage was...
Crypto: ‘Blockchain is hype’ – MPs warned
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Today we have two videos from my coverage of FIA's IDX in London, which I conducted in the Eurex branded lounge area outside The Brewery's doors. The first is with FIA Europe Head Bruce Savage, whom I literally...
CME looks to lure retail traders with daily options frowned on in Europe
Lead Stories CME looks to lure retail traders with daily options frowned on in Europe; Chicago exchange group launches contracts that track up or down moves in indices and commodities Eric Platt and Joe Rennison - FT CME Group plans to launch binary options in a push...
CME looks to lure retail traders with daily options frowned on in Europe
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The iPhone turns 15 years old today and it has changed my life. My brother Scott introduced me to the iPhone, as he was the first in the family to have one. I was impressed, intrigued and amazed when I saw it....
Explainer: How a massive options trade by a JP Morgan fund can move markets
Lead Stories Explainer: How a massive options trade by a JP Morgan fund can move markets Saqib Iqbal Ahmed - Reuters A nearly $17 billion JP Morgan fund is expected to reset its options positions on Thursday, potentially adding to equity volatility at the end of a...
Ernst & Young to Pay $100 Million Penalty for Employees Cheating on CPA Ethics Exams and Misleading Investigation
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff It is primary election day in Illinois, when we select the nominees from the different parties to run in the fall election. The big race is for Illinois governor, where JB Pritzker will win the Democratic...
Rise of ETFs ‘destabilising’ emerging markets
Observations & Insight Options Discovery JohnLothianNews.com Today John Lothian News is kicking off a new segment of The Spread called Options Discovery, hosted by Alex Teng. In this series viewers will learn the ins and outs of options along with Alex. He will...
‘We will humble them’: four fuel traders took on Wall Street and saved $1.2bn
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Managed Funds Association President Emeritus Jack Gaine passed away on June 25, 2022. His obituary says he died of a broken heart, as his wife of 45 years, Tish, died 11 days earlier. Gaine was also a former...
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Jeff Bergstrom is an editor at John Lothian News and chief information officer of John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. Bergstrom is also a contributing editor of JLN Options and JLN Financials.