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JLN Launches The History of Financial Futures Episode: Game Changers, Part II
Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the history of financial futures.
FIA EXPO 2020: Lots of Ideas, But Little Agreement, As Libor Faces Deadline
As the deadline for the end of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) looms at the end of 2021, a host of legacy issues and alternative rate choices remain on the table, members of an FIA Expo panel on short-term interest rate rates agreed. But while the panelists...
THE JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS DAILY UPDATE (WEEKLY ROUNDUP) – WEEK OF 9/28/2020
The John Lothian Daily Update is a podcast turning the daily JLN hits and takes comments, our original content and the stories and quips in the top box of First Read into a daily podcast.
Tim McCourt from the CME Group – Micro E Mini Options
Tim McCourt, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Products at the CME Group, discusses the launch, reception, and use of the CME’s new options contracts on its Micro E Mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures.
Analysis: Fed’s Hold On Economy Challenged As Virus Eludes Policy Outlook
While the Federal Reserve is known for its laser focus on goals that include maximum employment, price stability, moderate interest rates and a stable financial system, those goals have proven slippery as the coronavirus persists and continues to tamp down progress, exposing some structural gaps in the process.
The Spread: Until We OCC You Again
This week on The Spread, we catch up on the last two week’s news, including a number of exciting updates from our friends at the OCC.
JLN Bachelier Options Model Virtual Panel Podcast
John Lothian News is presenting the May 14 Bachelier Options Model virtual panel as a podcast.
Everything old is new again
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is picking up where it left off in 1986 with regular issuances of bonds with nominal 20-year maturities. (“Nominal” because the bond will be issued on June 1 and pay out 19+ years later on May 15.) The bonds will pay semi-annual interest.
Electronic Algo Execution Competition Poised for Unique Opportunity
Ten Trades a day in the last four to five weeks have made up about 50% of the Eurodollar option volume at the CME Group, says Thomas Fitch of RVassets.
The Spread: Quarantined
This week on The Spread, bitcoin option volume spikes as bitcoin craters, the VIX closes at an all-time high due to coronavirus concerns, the NYSE closes its doors as two traders test positive for COVID-19, and more. Produced by Mike Forrester. Transcription Welcome...
The Spread: MIAX Makes Moves
This week on The Spread – MIAX keeps expanding, Cboe veteran Tom Zagara spins us a yarn about the early days of the exchange, and JLN prepares for the Options Industry Conference in April.
Life and Times of Navinder Sarao
Navinder Sarao pleaded guilty to roughly $13 million worth of spoofing on his first visit to the United States in November 2016. Wearing leg irons and an orange prison jumpsuit in a Chicago federal court, Sarao was freed on bail pending final sentencing, which occurs today, January 28, 2020.
Bill Dudley – Open Outcry Traders History Project
Bill Dudley sat for an interview for John Lothian News’ MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project.
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of the CFTC Case Against Jitesh Thakkar, Part I
Cost-benefit analysis is an important part of the regulatory process and even more so after Dodd-Frank became the law of the land. The CFTC does not have an unlimited budget, though it is attempting to throw the legal version of the kitchen sink at Jitesh...
Gary Sagui – Open Outcry Traders History Project
Gary Sagui started his career at Harris Bank in the foreign exchange, then moved to New York for a bond trading job at firm that later failed. However, a chance meeting at a cocktail party for the failed firm and Paine Webber, which took over his firm, introduced him to Bill Dudley.
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ETF trading surges on European stock exchanges
First Read $26,851/$300,000 (9.0%) Denise Knabjian ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff The U.S. has surpassed the 25 million Covid-19 infections level, according to data reported Sunday by Johns Hopkins University. JPX has signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU,...
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Tencent’s $251 Billion Rally Triggers Frenzy in Shares, Options; Investor anxiety mounts over prospect of stock market ‘bubble’
Tencent’s $251 Billion Rally Triggers Frenzy in Shares, Options; Investor anxiety mounts over prospect of stock market ‘bubble’
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