First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today's MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project series video is of Jeff Bernacchi, a CME member and former member of the CME Group board of directors who recently retired from the board...
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The End of the United Kingdom May Be Nearing
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff In the category of GREAT NEWS, the LinkedIn profile of Jim Oliff has the following message "Just successfully completed treatment for throat cancer. Looking to get my gray cells reengaged."~JJL Adam Honoré, executive director,...
War for Madrid Exchange to Widen as Deutsche Boerse Considers Bid
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Donnie Roberts is one of my favorite people and he is the next participant in the MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project. He came to Chicago after graduate school with a Marine Corps...
Hong Kong’s ‘Nasdaq’ GEM market fails to sparkle
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff If you missed the JLN weekend update, sponsored by RJO, you can find it here.~JJL We are rolling out the FIA EXPO JLN Industry Leader series videos every day over the next three weeks. We will also be...
November Rally Weighs on Low-Volatility Funds
Lead Stories November Rally Weighs on Low-Volatility Funds Gunjan Banerji - WSJ Investors are dumping strategies often tapped for protection—like exchange-traded funds promising lower volatility—the latest sign that they are embracing riskier...
Asset allocation specialists are the new snake oil salesmen
First Read Back in Court with Bcause - Year End Report Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Wednesday was the last hearing scheduled for this year for the Bcause bankruptcy. The next court date is January 7 when the bankruptcy trustee's...
Trading Slump Deepens: It’s as If JPMorgan and Goldman Vanished
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The LaSalle Trading Tech Awards event in support of the Pathway to Adventure Council of the Boy Scouts of America went well last night and raised over $114,000. Thank you to Tom Sexton, president and CEO...
Europe’s traders call for shorter working day; Move could boost trading volumes while improving work-life balance
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Bloomberg has a story by Mark Gongloff titled "All Work and No Play Makes Jack an Unproductive Boy; America's long hours aren't helping anybody." I would agree. Work smarter, not longer.~JJL Also, the NY...
Robinhood Traders Discovered a Glitch That Gave Them ‘Infinite Leverage’
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff FIA's Will Acworth's take on CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert's speech at EXPO is titled "CFTC's Tarbert vows to promote 'integrity, resilience and vibrancy' of derivatives markets."~JJL Wedbush Securities...
CFTC, DOJ Enforcement Tag-Team Raising Stakes for Market Fraud
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The signatures on the petition for Justice for Jitesh include some of the top technologists in our industry. They also include a former CFTC official, the head of a prominent FCM and leading compliance...
Large Bitcoin Player Manipulated Price Sharply Higher
First ReadFIA EXPO – Another Perspective on Day TwoThom Thompson – John Lothian NewsDay Two of EXPO provided enough time for at least three substantive and engaging sessions in its short format. On Friday, my colleague Suzanne Cosgrove reported on one of...
Negative Interest Rates
European central banks are beginning to wonder if negative interest rates do more harm than good and should be abandoned.
World Looks Bleak Through the Lens of a Rates Options Trader
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesWorld Looks Bleak Through the Lens of a Rates Options TraderTanvir Sandhu - BloombergThe volatility market shows investors see a sour global economic outlook, with hedges against a...
Negative Interest Rate Skepticism Grows at the European Central Bank
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadFIA EXPO Day One OverviewThom Thompson - John Lothian NewsFIA EXPO rolled into the Hilton on South Michigan Avenue Tuesday night as it does about this time every year. Ending midway...
Jeff Bergstrom
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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.