First Read Goldman Sachs files patent for virtual settlement currency Jennifer Hughes in Hong Kong - FT Goldman Sachs has made a patent application for a cryptocurrency settlement system in a move that underlines bank hopes that the architecture behind bitcoin can...
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FIA Expo: Acid washed options
The clear message from FIA Expo was that the options industry needs market makers and regulators are making it hard on market makers. At the risk of sounding like "South Park's" Mr. Mackey, that's bad, m'kay?Adding to the current quandary of market makers in the...
John Lothian Newsletter: Accused Spoofing Trader Tells Jury His Orders Helped Market; Richard Ketchum to Retire From Finra; New York’s ‘snarling watchdog’ seeks new maste
First Read John Lothian News Out of PhillipCapital's Trading Asia Program By John J. Lothian John Lothian News and its staff will not be participating in the Trading Asia program sponsored by PhillipCapital on Tuesday as previously announced. PhillipCapital has...
John Lothian Newsletter: HK plans retail investor dark pool ban; Fed extends comment period for new commodity rules; SEC Urged to Scale Back 'Crowdfunding' Rules
First Read JLN/MarketsWiki 2014 Annual Survey - Please Give us 30 Seconds of Your Time John Lothian News We say “annual” but, quite frankly, it has been three years since we’ve conducted one, so the last one is getting a little, shall we say, stale. Please click the...
John Lothian Newsletter: U.S. SEC releases 'crowdfunding' rule; Nasdaq CEO Says Nasdaq Is a 'Credible Buyer' for Euronext; BATS-Direct Edge Merger Receives Anti-Trust Clearance
First Read Options’ Glass is Half Full: Gary Katz Says Industry is Doing WellJohnLothianNews.com Gary Katz, president and CEO of the International Securities Exchange (ISE), has seen the options markets change dramatically since he co-founded the all-electronic...
JLN Options: VIX Climbs with Stocks; Hedge funds hunger for lost oil volatility; Has the Market Gotten Greedy?
Observations & Insight Editorial Optionsby Doug Ashburn, John Lothian NewsRegular readers of JLN Options know that options editor and company CIO Jeff Bergstrom has fled the country and crossed the pond for a few days in London and Paris. In his absence, duties...
John Lothian Newsletter: Europe agrees on high-speed trading regulation; IEX to Reveal Dark Pool Operations Data in Challenge to Peers; U.S. SEC to release long-awaited 'crowdfunding' rule
First Read John’s Kaleidoscope Column of Comments Pat Kenny, my friend I designated The Most Interesting Man in the World, was recently diagnosed with a cancerous mass on his tonsils. Pat had the mass successfully removed and will be undergoing radiation and...
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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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