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 -...
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...
Observations & Insight Editor's Note: The JLN Options Newsletter will not be published on Monday, July 4 in observation of the Independence Day holiday.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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lead Stories Recession Trades Mount as Powell Triggers Rush to Defensives Cormac Mullen and Abhishek Vishnoi - Bloomberg Global stock investors may be excited with gains this week but the rally is looking like a run for defensive plays rather than a risk-on roar. A...
First Read Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Ken Griffin has moved his family to Florida and now is taking his firm, Citadel, with him, according to a multitude of press reports. The stories cite crime in Chicago as the cause of the move to the sunshine...
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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.