Ray Carmichael was in the thick of the new markets, the early days of electronic trading and huge change in the futures industry globally as the head of corporate communications for the Chicago Board of Trade.
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Ray Carmichael – The History of Financial Futures Part I
Ray Carmichael joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1980, hired by then-CBOT president Thomas Donovan to lead communications for the exchange. Carmichael had come from the nonprofit world, so he understood how committees work in organizations.
It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
David Prosperi – A Career in Politics, Government, Futures Trading, Insurance and Clearinghouse Public Relations
https://vimeo.com/486023299 David Prosperi has had a long career in public relations in the markets and politics. John Lothian interviewed Prosperi over Zoom about his career and the events that saw him move from national politics to the White House and to jobs at the...
Confidence in German Capital Markets Has Been Shattered; Lessons From Europe’s Covid Surge: Control Is Fragile and Losing It Is Easy
Confidence in German Capital Markets Has Been Shattered; Lessons From Europe’s Covid Surge: Control Is Fragile and Losing It Is Easy
Forex broker TFS-ICAP fined £3.4m for misleading clients; Funds, index traders carrying big longs in CBOT corn and soybeans
Forex broker TFS-ICAP fined £3.4m for misleading clients; Funds, index traders carrying big longs in CBOT corn and soybeans
2020 Election: VIX Options Show Quick Election Resolution, RBC Says; Hedge funds bet against lasting US election-induced market turmoil
2020 Election: VIX Options Show Quick Election Resolution, RBC Says; Hedge funds bet against lasting US election-induced market turmoil
FIA Data Underscores Explosive 2020 Growth in Equity, Commodity Volume
Global volume in futures and options is on track for a banner year in 2020, with growth fueled largely by equity derivatives amid unparalleled levels of volatility.
How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change
Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just.
The Spread: Remembering Joe Sullivan
This week on The Spread, a binary options fraudster is charged by the CFTC, the father of the VIX publishes a paper on leveraged ETPs, and we take a moment to remember the remarkable life of Joseph Sullivan.
Joe Sullivan’s Influence and Success, Part 2
Wayne Luthringshausen is another person whose career was influenced by the arc of Joseph Sullivan’s option exchange startup crusade to create the Chicago Board Options Exchange.
Volatility and the 2020 U.S. Election; Here’s why it’s time to start shorting overextended markets, says one research firm
Volatility and the 2020 U.S. Election; Here’s why it’s time to start shorting overextended markets, says one research firm
David Johnson – Open Outcry Traders History Project
David Johnson was trading OTC stocks and options for Pershing in 1970. He was in the right place at the right time when the CBOT decided to launch an options exchange.
Chris Hehmeyer: Open Outcry Traders History Project
Chris Hehmeyer started out as a runner in the CBOT grain pits, but he really wanted to get into the financial room – which many of the grain traders sneered at. He did it, trading bonds and eventually becoming a phone clerk.
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First Read $25,451/$300,000 (8.5%) Ricardo Manrique and Philip Slocum ++++ ++++ Elevated Risk Levels, Volatility Seen Continuing as 2021 Debuts Suzanne Cosgrove and Matt Raebel - John Lothian News The pandemic of 2020 and its associated economic fallout pushed the...
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Why everyone is now an options trader; Strategists See Growing Bets on Emerging-Markets Via ETF Options
Why everyone is now an options trader; Strategists See Growing Bets on Emerging-Markets Via ETF Options
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