Lead Stories An AQR Warning and a 3,612% Return Fire Up the Black Swan Debate Sam Potter, Yakob Peterseil and Ksenia Galouchko - Bloomberg The biggest shock in modern market history made black swan insurance the hottest trade of the year. It...
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Finance chiefs warn on Big Tech; Trading venues buzzing; China to stamp out cryptocurrency trading
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Richard Sandor has a new book coming out, "Electronic Trading & Blockchain: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow." The book tells the story of his experience leading the first project to design and establish an electronic trading...
Christian Nentwich, Duco – Selling Change to Giants
Christian Nentwich, Duco - Selling Change to Giants from John Lothian News on Vimeo. "Many technology companies never make it over the first hurdle. They get so fixated on their technological achievement that they never find a business problem to solve."The financial...
Paul McCormick, Opening City Doors – Finding your First/Next Financial Job
"There is a mismatch between the way companies like to hire people and the way graduates and young professionals like to get hired."Paul McCormick has represented a half dozen of the biggest names in the banking world in his 30 years as a fixed income trader. Now he...
Terry Duffy, Executive Chairman & President , CME Group – My Road and the Industry Challenge
"Take a deep look at where you could possibly go...and if you don't do that and take the near-sighted approach, you'll be sorry." When starting your career, it's best to think about where each opportunity can take you, rather than being envious of your peers. Terry...
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GameStop and Bitcoin Renewed a Push to Digitize the Stock Market
First Read $34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff There is a new Van Gogh exhibit in New York billed as Van Gogh - The Immersive Experience. The site of this exhibit is the former trading floor of the NYMEX. The NYMEX trading floor...
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Big $40 million options trade bets on near-term stock market tumble; London Whale lessons for Credit Suisse and Nomura
Big $40 million options trade bets on near-term stock market tumble; London Whale lessons for Credit Suisse and Nomura
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