Observations & Insight Buck Haworth - Open Outcry Traders History Project - Part One JohnLothianNews.com Buck Haworth has been a consultant, a CPA, a back office accountant, an exchange audit department executive, a foreign exchange...
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Rare VIX, Rates Anomaly May Be ‘Powerful’ Stocks Buy Signal; Wall Street volatility raises fears of another selloff
Lead Stories Rare VIX, Rates Anomaly May Be 'Powerful' Stocks Buy Signal Joanna Ossinger - Bloomberg The gap between volatility gauges for stocks and Treasuries has climbed to a level that may portend gains in U.S. equities, according to The...
A Goldman Sachs survey of big-money investors found that half think the stock market has further to fall; These Charts Show the Extent of the Grim Credit Market Reversal
Lead Stories A Goldman Sachs survey of big-money investors found that half think the stock market has further to fall Ben Winck - Markets Insider Half of the institutional investors recently surveyed by Goldman Sachs expect the S&P 500 to...
Fed Hears Urgent Pleas to Ease Rules on Banks in Options Markets; ABN Amro takes $200m hit from failure of a single client
Lead Stories Fed Hears Urgent Pleas to Ease Rules on Banks in Options Markets Silla Brush, Benjamin Bain and Jesse Hamilton - Bloomberg Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the options market has been a crucial tool for investors seeking to protect...
Disease Doubling Faster Now; Deaths Top 10,000: Virus Update; Trump Administration Asks States to Keep Quiet About Jobless Figures
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian The number of cases of coronavirus doubled in the US. in two days. And worldwide cases doubled in the last twelve days, from 100,000 to 200,000. In the US, they are spiking and in New York City alone...
Fed Faces Threat Like Never Before While Virus Petrifies Markets; This Is Starting to Look More Like a Financial Crisis; Stopping the flow of people is stopping the flow of cash.
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian and JLN Staff The NYSE yesterday sent out a notice they are closing their trading floors as of Monday, March 23. This includes their equities and options trading floors in New York and their NYSE Arca...
US bond market volatility hits highest level since 2009; Europe’s stock volatility gauge hits record levels, beats 2008 highs
Lead Stories US bond market volatility hits highest level since 2009 Tommy Stubbington - Financial Times Volatility in US government bonds has reached its highest level since the 2008 financial crisis as coronavirus ricochets through markets....
Options thrive as markets nosedive
February is known as the month of love – the month in which Valentine’s Day takes place. Options traders certainly got a lot of love last week, when the stock market saw its biggest crash since 2008.
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London’s Centuries-Old Insurance Market Investigates Its Slavery Role
First Read $9,641/$300,000 (3.2%) Anthony George Gero and Tom Price ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken personally invites you to join FIA for the virtual Futures and Options Expo this November 10-12. Expo-V brings you three days of...
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VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
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