First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff FIA's Will Acworth's take on CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert's speech at EXPO is titled "CFTC's Tarbert vows to promote 'integrity, resilience and vibrancy' of derivatives markets."~JJL Wedbush Securities...
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Paul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff It is a somber morning in October, given the terrible shooting news in Pittsburgh, PA over the weekend.~JJL In the Best Execution 10th...
Crypto Markets News from John Lothian News – May 16, 2018
Notes from Consensus 2018 - Day 2 By Chuck Mackie - JLN As expected, Day 2 of Coindesk’s Consensus conference lacked some of the energy and fireworks of the first day but it did manage to defy what seems to be a law of nature:...
Notes from Consensus 2018 – Day 2
As expected, Day 2 of Coindesk’s Consensus conference lacked some of the energy and fireworks of the first day but it did manage to defy what seems to be a law of nature: fewer people in attendance at the second day of an industry...
Thesys vs. Goliath: That’s One Big CAT
Small company wins big with opportunity to build the Consolidated Audit Trail covering U.S. equities and options. FINRA, FIS, Cinnober, Thomson Reuters - what do they have in common? They are just a few of the 30 bidders who lost out on developing the Consolidated...
Ethereum Co-Founder Says Crypto Coin Market Is a Time-Bomb; Prosecutor offers to drop Deutsche Börse CEO insider trading probe; Singapore traders regain appetite for lunch
First Read Hits and Takes By JLN Staff Today is day two of the Chicago version of MarketsWiki Education World of Opportunity at the Stuart School of Business at Illinois Tech. We have the largest audience scheduled today for two sessions, one at 1 PM and another at 3...
IBM Launches Watson for Financial Regulation; Trump’s Wall Street game plan needs players; Dutch Speed-Trader Turns to Currencies After Conquering ETFs
First Read Bits & Pieces By John J. Lothian Congratulations to our friends in London for raising £30,000 for the inaugural David Setters cricket tournament on behalf of research into MND. Well done! Welcome back to work for Terry Duffy. We hope you are fully...
High-frequency trading has reshaped Wall Street in its image; IBM launches enterprise-ready blockchain service; EU’s flawed claim to a global financial hub
First Read FIA Recap: Finding Technology Solutions Everywhere By Jim Kharouf, JLN The FIA Boca 2017 conference was revealing in subtle ways, well beyond the big names that impressed the audience. In numerous talks with attendees, we found that technologies are...
IBM Partners With Wall Street to Bring Blockchain to CDS Market ; India International Exchange To Go Live On January 16 With New ‘Sensex 50’ Index; FX ‘Cartel’ Traders Said to Face U.S. Rigging Charges
First Read The tasty nation adds an entree, tastyworks: Tom Sosnoff and the tastytrade crew are "going to murder passive investing" Spencer Doar - JLN Editor's note: This story contains language that some readers might find offensive. Also, the subject matter contains...
John Lothian Newsletter: Peak Finance Looks Like It’s Over; Banks Lead Charge to Adopt AI for Business; U.S. to expand rules for ‘too-big-to-fail’ clearing houses
First Read Invest in the Future; Trading Tech Awards Event to Launch Merit Badge Workshop Program Expansion By John Lothian Trading Tech Awards Event - Register Here For 45 years the financial community of Chicago has been supporting the Boy Scouts of America with an...
JLN Options: CBOE, Makers of VIX, To Launch a Fearless Index
Lead StoriesCBOE, Makers of VIX, To Launch a Fearless IndexBrendan Conway, Barron'sMy headline is a bit cheeky, but watch tomorrow for the first dissemination of the CBOE Low Volatility Index, brought to you by the makers of the “fear gauge.” This index is actually...
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First Read $16,961/$300,000 (5.7%) Raymond McKenzie ++++ FIA Asia-V: Are Data and Technology the New Drivers for the Business? Jeff Bergstrom - John Lothian News There is perhaps nothing more central to trading than data. The numbers flashing across your computer...
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It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
It’s time for stock market investors to get in caution mode; Tech stock boom a ‘bubble waiting to burst’: Amundi CIO
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