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Griffin Urges Cooperation Toward Uniform U.S. Listing Standard; Listing on U.S. Exchanges Is a Privilege
Griffin Urges Cooperation Toward Uniform U.S. Listing Standard; Listing on U.S. Exchanges Is a Privilege
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Having Stolen the Spotlight, Now Robinhood Has to Dance
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The insider trading investigation against U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler has been dismissed by the Senate Ethics Committee. That is good news for the senator's reelection chances, but her opponents will still use the issue. I...
Court deals blow to SEC in battle with exchanges over fees
First Read Walt Lukken Invites you to Attend FIA IDX-V JohnLothianNews.com FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken invites you to attend IDX-V on June 23 to 25 in this video shot in his home and edited by John Lothian News. Watch the video » ++++ Hits & Takes By JLN...
Montréal Exchange Launches CORRA Futures
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The FIA has gifted JLN 50 passes to the upcoming IDX-V, or virtual IDX, for JLN readers. This is due to our strong relationship with the FIA and our enthusiasm and ongoing support for FIA events. Typically there are more JLN...
Goldman Says Mom-and-Pop’s Stock Picks Are Trouncing Wall Street
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff The theme of today's top stories in the lead section is the growing influence of retail traders and how the lack of sports betting has propelled millennials into trading stocks. Where would we be without...
What are the differences between ICE Brent and NYMEX WTI futures?
What are the differences between ICE Brent and NYMEX WTI futures?
America is losing the stomach to fight Covid-19
First Read "Nine Out of Ten Doctors Agree"* - Fidelity Cryptocurrency Study Raises Questions By Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Fidelity's Digital Asset business dropped a four page press release on Tuesday about a survey it sponsored. Fidelity says that the survey...
CME Group to reopen Eurodollar options trading floor in August; The U.S. Fed Has Stamped All Over Volatility
First ReadBarchart Survey Provides Customer InsightsBy Thom Thompson - John Lothian NewsBarchart published its futures market survey What Drives Futures Market Participants Tuesday. The report resulted from a survey of more than 400 people, from the...
Hackers for hire targeted ‘hundreds of institutions’, says report; Euro’s Path to Global Prominence Leads Through Green Finance
First Read Unsung Heroes: OCC's Dan Busby By Sarah Rudolph - John Lothian News Dan Busby has his hands full as head of operations at OCC, but he insists he is having fun. He and his team are responsible for the back office operations for the...
Day Traders Are a New Wrinkle in the Negative Oil Price Mystery; Stock Exchanges Win Legal Battle With SEC Over Data Fees
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Saturday morning I took my dogs to the dog park for some exercise, then I did something I had not done since the shelter-at-home order went into effect. I filled up the gas tank in my automobile. Since...
A Goldman Executive Has Advice for His White Colleagues
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Welcome to the weekend, if you remember what those are. They used to be the days where you did not have to get up and go to work, at least for many of us. Instead, they are now just more days for other types of work. One of the...
CBOE delays reopening of trading floor after widespread disruption in the Loop
First Read Vendors, the Virus and Volatility By Sarah Rudolph - JLN How are software vendors managing their businesses in the current pandemic environment? A group of some of the top vendors answered that question Wednesday in a webinar called "Vendors vs. Virus"...
Cboe adds real-time trade alerts and data with latest acquisition
First Read Exchange Leaders Take Stock of COVID-19 Volatility SEC's New Market Data Rules Debated Suzanne Cosgrove - JLN Executives from the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and Cboe Global Markets, in a Tuesday webinar titled, "Equity Markets and the COVID-19...
Colin Kaepernick’s Protest Is Raging Across America
First Read Burton-Taylor Finds U.S. Futures Dominate ICE Revenues Outpace CME in 2019 By Thom Thompson - JLN Consultants Burton-Taylor report today that Intercontinental Exchange and CME Group remain the two largest exchange operators in the world, measured by total...
Protests Hammer U.S. Cities Still Recovering From Lockdown
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Outrage over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a white policeman has sparked protests, violence and looting in the U.S. and protests internationally. Corporate leaders, bank leaders and others...
The World’s Oldest Exchange Is Europe’s Hottest Listing Venue; Battle for Hong Kong Is Shifting to City’s Financial Markets
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Today we have published the Open Outcry Traders History Project video of James Gordon of Straits Financial LLC. Gordon spent eight years on the Cboe trading floor with Timber Hill. His is the first video...