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Clients Bullish on Stocks and Gold as Stimulus Reigns, OCBC Says; Robinhood’s Day Trading Surge Will End Badly For Investors Money Managers Warn
Clients Bullish on Stocks and Gold as Stimulus Reigns, OCBC Says; Robinhood’s Day Trading Surge Will End Badly For Investors Money Managers Warn
We’re now seeing the sharp edge of market volatility’s sword and it cuts deep; Coronavirus Shutdown Casts Doubt on Value of Exchange Trading Floors
Observations & Insight SC: For novice constituents who need volatility basics, as well as for the veterans who might want some bedside reading, the CFA Institute Research Foundation recently published "The VIX Index and Volatility-Based...
A US regulator warned that oil traders should prepare for negative prices again as soon as next week
Observations & Insight FIA Negative Price Webinar Emphasizes Proactive Communications John J. Lothian, Publisher - JLN During the webinar put on yesterday (Wednesday, May 13, 2020) by the FIA about negative prices and their impact,...
ESG: We’re Only at the Tip of the Iceberg
At FIA IDX 2019 in London, John Lothian News sat down with Clive Furness, the managing director of Contango Markets Ltd., to talk about ESG (environmental, social and governance) and how it fits into commodity and index products, and why it’s a “social revolution” and not a fad.
Where Satellite Imagery for Agriculture is Headed
In this video, UrtheCast’s SVP of Data Analytics David Gebhardt talks about the applications of high quality satellite imagery for farmers and what is holding back full-scale adoption of the technology. Produced by Mike Forrester John...
CME’s Hours-Long Trading Malfunction Halts Markets; Goldman Traders Had Most Losing Days in 7-yrs in Q4
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffWe have some big news here in Chicago today as the city is about to elect its first African-American female mayor after Lori Lightfoot, a former federal...
What’s Trendy? Shining a Light on 2018 Derivatives Volumes and Open Interest
The totals are in. And the winner is… almost everyone!It was a great year for the global exchange traded derivatives industry as for the first time ever annual volume was more than 30 billion contracts. Volumes grew at a 20.2 percent clip,...
We live in an age of unprecedented risks; Supply crunch looms in commodities
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff If you are a U.S. citizen registered to vote, GET OUT AND VOTE! If you are not registered to vote and live in Illinois, you can register to vote...
The Man Who Triggered a $10 Billion Commodity Collapse Finally Speaks; Big Ag Firms Face New Threat
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Bailey Kessing of Trillium is the focus of today's video from our MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity series in New York. I believe...
Binary options are dead; Heat wave slowing markets; LCH’s record first half
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Sunday members of the JLN team head to New York for the summer's first sessions of MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity. On Monday we are at Thomson Reuters in Times Square for one session....
Sweeping Overhaul of Bank Rules Clears U.S. House
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff A follow up to our top read article yesterday: A story in the Mid Sussex Times on the death of HSBC's Cian Burke reported that he died after a collision with a tractor near Splayne's Green in the...
Why Germans Are Getting Fed Up with America
First Read Notes from Consensus 2018 - Day 2 Chuck Mackie - John Lothian News As expected, Day 2 of Coindesk's Consensus conference lacked some of the energy and fireworks of the first day but it did manage to defy what seems to be a...
CFTC Official Urges SEC to Clarify Ether’s Status
First Read Notes from Day One at Consensus Chuck Mackie - JLN If you had any doubts about the swelling surge of interest in cryptoassets, you only had to try and check in to Coindesk's Consensus conference in midtown Manhattan around...
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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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