financial futures

Options Feedback Loop Revives Bust Warnings in Soaring Stocks; Short Interest in World’s Biggest ETF Plunges to Decade Lows

by Matt Raebel | Jan 14, 2021

Options Feedback Loop Revives Bust Warnings in Soaring Stocks; Short Interest in World’s Biggest ETF Plunges to Decade Lows

Ray Carmichael – The History of Financial Futures Part I

by John Lothian | Jan 13, 2021

Ray Carmichael joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1980, hired by then-CBOT president Thomas Donovan to lead communications for the exchange. Carmichael had come from the nonprofit world, so he understood how committees work in organizations.

Mark James Powers, 1940-2020

by Sheila Powers | Dec 18, 2020

The following obituary was provided by the Powers family: September 16, 1940 - November 17, 2020 Mark James Powers, aged 80, died peacefully in his home in Durham, NC, on Tuesday, November 17, 2020. Mark was born in Mauston, WI on September 16, 1940, to James and...

Bridging the Gap Between OTC and Exchange-Traded – Brad Levy, IHS Markit

by Spencer Doar | May 9, 2019

There still exists some polarization between listed derivatives markets and OTC markets. In this video, Global Head of Loans at IHS Markit and CEO of MarkitSERV Brad Levy talks about why the gap between the two is slowly closing and the...

CME clears deal with FEX to compete with ASX; CFTC won’t appeal judge’s DRW ruling

by Spencer Doar | Feb 28, 2019

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First ReadHits & TakesJLN StaffThe DerivCon Conference in New York put on by ISDA and Tabb Group was a success. They had a great representation from the CFTC (3 Commissioners), well...