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US options traders bet Wall Street stocks will build on record highs; A Speculative Frenzy Is Sweeping Wall Street and World Markets

by Matt Raebel | Dec 21, 2020

US options traders bet Wall Street stocks will build on record highs; A Speculative Frenzy Is Sweeping Wall Street and World Markets

How to End This Pandemic, and Prepare for the Next One; Flood of Day Traders Strains Online Brokers and the Backlash Is Swift

by Matt Raebel | Dec 9, 2020

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

by Matt Raebel | Aug 13, 2020

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

by Thom Thompson | May 13, 2020

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

by John Lothian | Dec 6, 2019

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

by Spencer Doar | Aug 30, 2019

A daily aggregation of financial news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the derivatives industry.

Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament is an affront to democracy

by Spencer Doar | Aug 29, 2019

-A daily aggregation of financial news regarding regulation, market participants, market structure, and trends in the derivatives industry.

U.K.’s Johnson Seeks Suspension of Parliament Ahead of Brexit; Hyannis Port Research’s Little Black Box

by Spencer Doar | Aug 28, 2019

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

by Spencer Doar | Aug 28, 2019

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.