Bulls are back in the Nasdaq and options are aflutter; Never-Ending Brexit Sends Traders to Distant Market Corners
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The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics
The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics
Trading Ring That Survived Two World Wars May Succumb to a Virus
First Read $8,041/$300,000 (2.7%) Buck Haworth, Mo Guilfoile, JB Mackenzie, Nancy Stern, Hollis Griffin, Thomas Jordan and Jan Waye. Hits & Takes JLN Staff Exchanges: Euronext was down due to technical issues, but has resumed. Coronavirus: India peaking, Sweden...
Bubble warning: even college kids are touting Spacs; LSE confirms €4.3bn sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext
Bubble warning: even college kids are touting Spacs; LSE confirms €4.3bn sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext
Cloud Stock Mania Comes With Eerie Echoes of Dot-Com Boom and Bust; A Columnist Makes Sense of Wall Street Like None Other
Cloud Stock Mania Comes With Eerie Echoes of Dot-Com Boom and Bust; A Columnist Makes Sense of Wall Street Like None Other
As US passes 150,000 coronavirus deaths, experts at Johns Hopkins call for reset in national response
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The FIA has published a primer on Brexit for their members titled "Brexit and its Impact on the Cleared Derivatives Markets: A Primer." Primer is an interesting word. Here are the first three definitions for the noun primer...
The VIX Is Still Flashing Warnings for Stock Bulls on a Rampage; JPMorgan Says Giant Volatility Product May Rise From the Ashes
The VIX Is Still Flashing Warnings for Stock Bulls on a Rampage; JPMorgan Says Giant Volatility Product May Rise From the Ashes
Day Traders Are a New Wrinkle in the Negative Oil Price Mystery; Stock Exchanges Win Legal Battle With SEC Over Data Fees
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Saturday morning I took my dogs to the dog park for some exercise, then I did something I had not done since the shelter-at-home order went into effect. I filled up the gas tank in my automobile. Since...
CFTC warns on return to negative oil prices; The dangers of a US-China financial war
First Read 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, panelists emphasized the...
JPMorgan Extends Banking Services to Bitcoin Exchanges; What the history of market crashes teaches us about the coronavirus crisis
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff JP Morgan has decided to extend banking services to cryptocurrency exchanges, including Gemini and Coinbase. The crypto crowd is sure to crow about the 180 turn from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon's comments about the legitimacy of...
Regulators across Europe clash over bans on short selling; Euronext confirms it will not make bid for BME
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Pat Arbor is the subject of the latest MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders HIstory Project video. Arbor, the longtime chairman of the Chicago Board of Trade in the late open...
Why this wild coronavirus rally has Wall Street experts fearing a bull-market trap; ETFs Have Passed Their Covid-19 Stress Test
Lead Stories Why this wild coronavirus rally has Wall Street experts fearing a bull-market trap Steve Goldstein - MarketWatch Blink and you may have missed it — the Dow Jones Industrial Average is in a bull market, reached on a day when data showed a...
Business lessons from the Spanish flu of 1918; Kraft, Mondelez to End Fight With Regulator Over Manipulation Claims
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff The Options Industry Conference scheduled for April in Puerto Rico has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. It was the Cboe's turn to host the conference. The OCC is encouraging continued...
Online Brokers Go From Zero to Hero; U.K.’s Financial Watchdog Names Chris Woolard Interim Chief
First ReadEndgame vs. Infinity War: Justice for JiteshJohn J. LothianWhen I started writing about the CFTC's civil enforcement case against Jitesh Thakkar and Edge Financial Technologies, I asked for Justice for Jitesh. I asked for the CFTC to drop the...
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First Read $12,791/$300,000 (4.3%) Leticia Manos, Ray Mckenzie and Nils-Robert Persson ++++ Election 2020: Tight Races Set Stage for Continued Period of Volatility By Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News Here's how the presidential election 2020 is unfolding in its...
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Volatility Markets Flash Signs of Distress After Turbulent Week; Bitcoin Traders Can Now Bet on $40K Price With New Deribit Options
Volatility Markets Flash Signs of Distress After Turbulent Week; Bitcoin Traders Can Now Bet on $40K Price With New Deribit Options
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