Lead Stories Volcker Rule Rewrite to Drop Trading Burden on Banks, Sources Say Jesse Hamilton and Benjamin Bain - Bloomberg Wall Street is poised to get a big reprieve from the Volcker Rule, as U.S. agencies prepare to scrap a...
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VIX Surge Is Unwelcome Lesson in Duplicity of Volatility Wagers; The Volatility Buyer Known as ’50 Cent’ Just Had a Huge Payday; Don’t Fear The Fear Gauge
Observations & Insight CBOE Celebrates Exit of Long-tenured Employees at Chicago Gala By John J. Lothian The CBOE held a gala event at the Aon Grand Ballroom at Navy Pier in Chicago last night to celebrate the long and successful careers of several key employees...
JLN Options: Options Week in Review
ETFs on volatility were big news this week. Brendan Conway reported in Barron's that a couple of relatively new low volatility ETFs are getting bigger returns than the S&P 500, which hit a record high on Thursday. The most widely-owned fund, PowerShares S&P...
JLN Options: Leveraged Volatility Funds Get Biggest Inflows in a Year: Bloomberg
Commentary & InsightChris Ferreri of ICAP on SEFs, IDBs and the Futurization of SwapsMarketsWiki.tvChris Ferreri is a managing director at ICAP North America, where he oversees ICAP ETC, the company's hybrid brokered OTC solution. He was the first chairman of the...
Commentary: SPXpm Options Launch on C2
Today is the long-awaited launch of the new SPXpm options on C2, the all-electronic second options exchange created by the CBOE. The contracts are similar to the CBOE’s benchmark S&P 500 Index options, except that they are electronically traded, are cash-settled,...
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Pandemic’s latest spread triggers surge in VIX ‘fear gauge’ for U.S. stocks; Bitcoin’s Options Market Sees Just 6% Chance of $20K Before Year’s End
Pandemic’s latest spread triggers surge in VIX ‘fear gauge’ for U.S. stocks; Bitcoin’s Options Market Sees Just 6% Chance of $20K Before Year’s End
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