Leo Melamed has lived a life worthy of multiple autobiographies. And he now has written his latest, “The Man of the Futures.” The book encompasses all that occurred in his life and work since 1996, when he published “Escape to the Futures.” A lot has happened in that quarter of a century, and many of Melamed’s dreams and the predictions he made have been realized.
First Read $40,626/$300,000 (13.5%) Anonymous ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Without fanfare or amplification from its executives, the CME Group shut the books on most -- but not all -- of its floor trading history Tuesday afternoon with the...
Electronic trading changed the way quotes are generated, archived and delivered to traders, brokers and their clients over the internet. Barchart was a pioneer in delivering quotes over the internet and providing them for several exchanges. Today it is the largest futures-centric quote provider.
John Van Der Bleek got his start in the markets after working for a hospital part time with someone later hired at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange as an employment manager.
First Read $24,251/$300,000 (8.1%) Scott Parsons, Jeff Bernacchi ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Inquiring minds want to know if the CME Group and ICE and other large corporate and Wall Street players in the markets will be following the lead of...
The following obituary was provided by the Powers family: September 16, 1940 - November 17, 2020 Mark James Powers, aged 80, died peacefully in his home in Durham, NC, on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Mark was born in Mauston, WI on September 16, 1940, to James and...
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As the deadline for the end of the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor) looms at the end of 2021, a host of legacy issues and alternative rate choices remain on the table, members of an FIA Expo panel on short-term interest rate rates agreed. But while the panelists...
Deborah North, partner at the law firm Allen & Overy, moderated the Wednesday morning panel titled “Is Market Fragmentation the Future?” at FIA Expo 2020.
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Observations & Insight $14,541/$300,000 (4.8%) Patrick Kenny and Paul Nockels ++++ ++++ Lead Stories JPMorgan Isn't Sure Why VIX Curve Has Notable December Bump Joanna Ossinger - Bloomberg The Cboe Volatility Index's futures curve jumps higher in December, and...
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
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.
First Read $49,706/$300,000 (16.6%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff I now have a nice gentle electric current buzzing through my lower half to help mask the pain signals being sent by my nerves down there. The full impact of the weeklong trial does...
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Observations & Insight Looking for 'the Right Type of Disruption' in the Wild West of Hemp JohnLothianNews.com After a long career in exchange-traded derivatives, Jack Bouroudjian, chairman of the Global Smart Commodity Group, is doing an about-face, turning to...
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