My esteemed colleague Doug Ashburn (who by-and-large knows more than me about things economic) wrote a piece yesterday about whether the "America" brand is still alive and well on the world stage despite recent budget shenanigans in Congress. I agree that overall, the...
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JLN Options: Options Traders Discard Safety Net as Stocks Rise
Lead StoriesOptions Traders Discard Safety Net as Stocks RiseKaitlyn Kiernan, The Wall Street JournalIn the new year, options traders seem to have settled on a resolution: no more hedging for the worst. http://jlne.ws/10uja49**TD Ameritrade's Joe Kinahan: “What we...
JLN Options: 2012: The Year In VIX And Volatility
Lead Stories2012: The Year In VIX And VolatilityBill Luby, Seeking AlphaEvery year I assemble a chart that is my retrospective look at the year in volatility. While 2012 was the first year since 2006 that the VIX failed to make it out of the 20s, this was not due to...
JLN Options: Volatility Plunges, But Math Still Suggests ‘Shock’ is Coming: MKM
Lead StoriesVolatility Plunges, But Math Still Suggests ‘Shock’ is Coming: MKMBy Brendan Conway, BarronsAs stock indexes surge Wednesday, the market’s worry barometers are plunging. And yet for MKM Partners’ derivatives strategist Jim Strugger, the math of...
JLN Options: Fiscal cliff uncertainty stirs Vix volatility
Fiscal cliff uncertainty stirs Vix volatilityDow Jones NewswiresThe market's so-called fear gauge vaulted above a closely watched level Thursday on "fiscal-cliff" anxiety, before soothing news pulled the Vix down and diminished deep stock-market declines late in the...
JLN Options: ICE to buy NYSE Euronext for roughly $8.2 billion
Lead StoriesICE to buy NYSE Euronext for roughly $8.2 billionBen Fox, MarketWatchIntercontinentalExchange Inc. ICE agreed to buy fellow exchange NYSE Euronext NYX in a roughly $8.2 billion cash-and-stock deal, in a merger that will vastly expand ICE's...
JLN Options: Brokers Face Off Against Exchanges at Today’s Senate Hearing
Lead StoriesBrokers Face Off Against Exchanges at Today’s Senate HearingPeter Chapman, Traders MagazineRepresentatives from two exchanges and two broker-dealers will likely air their differences today during a hearing hosted by the Senate Banking...
JLN Options: European Trading Volumes Rise Before Last Options Expiry
Lead StoriesEuropean Trading Volumes Rise Before Last Options ExpiryNandini Sukumar & Adria Cimino, BloombergEuropean trading volumes surged as investors prepared for the last options expiry of 2012 amid optimism that U.S. President Barack Obama and Republicans...
JLN Options: No Nervousness on ‘Fiscal Cliff,’ but It’s a Headwind
Lead StoriesNo Nervousness on 'Fiscal Cliff,' but It's a HeadwindBob Pisani, CNBCSo the spread between the cash VIX (roughly 16) and the most active front month contract (February, at roughly 17) is about 100 basis points. The normal spread is at least 200 basis...
JLN Options: Indian Options Grow Fastest in World as Sensex Tops BRICs
Lead StoriesIndian Options Grow Fastest in World as Sensex Tops BRICsSantanu Chakraborty and Michael Patterson, BloombergIndia’s options market is growing at the fastest pace in the world, helping restore investor confidence in a stock market yet to recover from a 52...
JLN Options: ETF That Bets Against VIX Rallies Over 200% in a Year
Lead StoriesETF That Bets Against VIX Rallies Over 200% in a YearJohn Spence, ETF TrendsA volatility-linked exchange traded product designed to move in the opposite direction of the VIX has more than tripled in price over the past year.http://jlne.ws/VPmcJO What The...
JLN Options: Options Traders Pile On After Apple Decline
Lead StoriesOptions Traders Pile On After Apple DeclineAlexandra Scaggs, The Wall Street JournalOptions traders piled on to the selloff in Apple Inc. on Wednesday morning, and trading indicates they see more big swings ahead.http://jlne.ws/UpUoL6 Futures merchants...
JLN Options: Cheap volatility, but big potential in China
Lead StoriesCheap volatility, but big potential in ChinaAndrew Giovinazzi, MarketWatchLook at the VIX inch up in the face of very slow market activity . After trading the S&P 500 on the CBOE when I was younger, I can tell you what that feeling is. The paper is...
JLN Options: MIAX Receives Approval Order from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to Become Newest Equity Options Exchange; Trading to Commence on December 7, 2012
Lead StoriesMIAX Receives Approval Order from the United States Securities and Exchange Commission to Become Newest Equity Options Exchange; Trading to Commence on December 7, 2012Press ReleaseMIAX Options Exchange ("MIAX") announced today that on December 3, 2012, it...
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