US options traders bet Wall Street stocks will build on record highs; A Speculative Frenzy Is Sweeping Wall Street and World Markets
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How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift
How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift
CME jumps into Cboe’s pool; Bitmain spin-off’s crypto exchange to launch bitcoin options as pricing competition heats up
Lead Stories CME jumps into Cboe's pool Lynne Marek - Crain's Chicago Business The futures exchange operator is getting into the volatility business in part because another key business is slumping. Chicago futures exchange operator CME Group...
Reality Check
You could be forgiven for being surprised that global futures markets opened up this morning, or any recent morning, because, at least since trading went electronic and exchanges went for profit, the world has been nearing the end-of-days, lights-out apocalypse for...
Ransomware Attack Hits FIA Tech Managed Service Provider CyrusOne
One of FIA Tech’s managed service providers, CyrusOne, was the target of a ransomware attack that knocked out three services FIA Tech offers from the data center. Two of those three services have been restored, one as of Wednesday morning and...
Rise of MarketAxess mirrors demise of traders on Wall Street; How ETFs Swallowed the Stock Market
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U.K.’s Johnson Seeks Suspension of Parliament Ahead of Brexit; Hyannis Port Research’s Little Black Box
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffReminder, the NIBA September Chicago Conference is September 12, 2019 at The Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, with the theme of...
The Human Element
In this video from MarketsWiki Education’s World of Opportunity event in Chicago, Jason Manumaleuna, the CEO of the RCG division of Marex Spectron, talks about some of the false starts in his life and advises students to focus on soft skills such as public speaking and business writing in addition to academics, and to “be the most impactful person in the room” rather than the smartest.
Japanification – Investors fear malaise spreading globally; Wall Street Preps for End of LIBOR
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe uber talented Spencer Doar has given his notice to John Lothian News and accepted a position in the financial services industry in public relations. We...
Judge’s Order Puts New CFTC Chairman in Unusual Position; Would ICE Really Buy Bloomberg?
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadLunch with the New CME Chairman Terrence DuffyJohn Lothian - John Lothian NewsBefore the CME went public in 2002, there was a change in leadership at the top. Terry Duffy ran for the...
CFTC pulls disputed public statements from its website; Chicago titan Citadel just keeps growing
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadCFTC v. Kraft/Mondelez: Agency Reserves Its 5th Amendment Rights Against Self-Incrimination; Agrees to Remove Offending Statements From WebsiteThom Thompson - John Lothian...
Bakkt to Offer Futures Paying Out in Bitcoin Next Month; LSE needs to beat Bloomberg at its own game
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffLike Leo Melamed in the creation of the CME's International Monetary Market in 1972, Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler channeled Milton Friedman for the support of a...
Food groups’ fight over wheat manipulation re-erupts
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe CFTC Kraft/Mondelez Global announcement is not worth two bits. Claiming to win the case, without clarity of the specific actions that were manipulative,...
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Cboe Says It’s Seeking Approval to List Bitcoin ETF in U.S.; SPACs Are Hot Because They Are the ‘Poor Man’s Private Equity Funds’
Cboe Says It’s Seeking Approval to List Bitcoin ETF in U.S.; SPACs Are Hot Because They Are the ‘Poor Man’s Private Equity Funds’
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Bond selloff eases but risk gauges flash orange; Cboe Seeks Approval to List Trailblazer Bitcoin ETF in U.S.
Bond selloff eases but risk gauges flash orange; Cboe Seeks Approval to List Trailblazer Bitcoin ETF in U.S.
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