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John Sodergreen Wants enelyst to be the CNBC of Chat

by John J. Lothian | Apr 16, 2019

Scudder Publishing’s John Sodergreen is trying to create the CNBC of chat in order to attract chat-native energy-focused traders to his enelyst platform. “Enelyst” comes from a combination of energy and analyst.Sodergreen claims enelyst is the...

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Kenny Polcari, O’Neil Securities – Charting a Career

by JLN Staff | Sep 28, 2016

"Let me go and check this out. I'm either going to love (an intern job at the NYSE) or I'm going to hate it. If I hate it, OK, chalk it up to experience, but if I love it, it may change the course of my life. And, in fact, it changed the course of my life." Market...

John Lothian Newsletter: Inside the Secretive Circle That Rules a $14 Trillion Market; Carlyle-Owned Hedge-Fund Firm Hands Investors a Big IOU; SEC Takes Tougher Stance on Enforcement

by JLN Staff | Oct 28, 2015

First Read US banks hit out at collateral rules on derivatives trade Joe Rennison and Ben McLannahan - FT Banks are reeling after rules finalised by US regulators, aimed at reducing the risk of trading esoteric derivatives, are set to increase trading costs and...

CNBC Debate Stills NYSE Trading Floor

by John Lothian | Apr 2, 2014

The best financial news television in years happened yesterday on CNBC when author Michael Lewis, IEX’s Brad Katsuyama and BATS’ Bill O’Brien faced off in a hexabox along with Bob Pisani, Tyler Mathisen and Sue Herera. O’Brien was aggressive and combative in his...

Monster Volumes: Jon Najarian Says Weeklys Are Powering Options Volumes

by JLN Staff | Feb 7, 2014

US options volume reached its second highest level in 2013 but can it continue to grow in 2014? Jon Najarian, co-founder of OptionMONSTER, said the key drivers for the options industry are: weekly options, a strong economic recovery and continued demand for more...

The Memory of an Elephant: Asking are we better off than four years ago

by John Lothian | Sep 4, 2012

It has become a quadrennial tradition for presidential candidates and their campaigns to ask if the voters were better off now versus four years ago. It worked for candidate Ronald Reagan and has become part of the modern political playbook since. Mitt Romney and the...

Interview with Anthony Neglia of Tower Trading

by JLN Staff | Dec 12, 2011

Anthony Neglia is president of Tower Trading of New York City, an open outcry floor brokerage firm specializing in options on precious metals at the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). His commentary regularly appears on CNBC and TheStreet.com. John Lothian News...