On Monday morning, February 9, 2015, the CME Group-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Applications was awarded to Jose Scheinkman, economics professor at Columbia and Princeton Universities and one of the world's leading experts on financial modeling. Since much of...
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MarketsWiki Education Website Launched
Education Events & Videos from John Lothian News John Lothian News is pleased to announce the launch of the MarketsWiki Education microsite (http://education.marketswiki.com), which will be the home to announcements and information about John Lothian News...
John Lothian Announces Summer Intern Industry-wide Education Program in Chicago
John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. is pleased to announce today the creation of a Chicago-based industry-wide summer intern education series to introduce the history, innovation, key leaders and future opportunities to participating interns, summer workers, new...
John Lothian Newsletter: ICE Seeks EU Merger Review for NYSE Takeover; MCX-SX to launch equities trading on February 11; Berkshire Said to Have Made NYSE Euronext Bid
ICE plans to ask the EU to review the takeover plans for NYSE Euronext. India’s new exchange MCX-SX targets February 11 as the day to begin stock trading. Berkshire Hathaway is said to have been seeking a takeover last year of NYSE Euronext along with ICE, injecting a...
Eulogy: Barry Lind
by Leo Melamed At the height of the 2008 financial crisis, when scores of financial giants such as Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Baer Sterns and Lehman Brothers were in distress, some of them ending in bankruptcy, the one financial institution in the US that...
John Lothian Newsletter: CFTC Won’t Delay Position Limits; Regulators inching forward on Dodd-Frank rules; Bring Back Boring Banks
The CFTC rejects the idea of further consideration on position limits, and moves forward with its rules. With regard to Dodd-Frank, however, rule adoption continues at a snail's pace. Calls arise from economists and bloggers to return banks to an old and tested...
Futures Seeing Blue
As regulators, exchanges and firms comb through the mess that is MF Global, its painfully clear that this industry needs some self-examination. One of the life bloods of the futures business has come from retail and individual traders who help pump in liquidity. One...
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Here are some captions that have been suggested for this picture of CME Chairman Emeritus Leo Melamed, captured in this picture by Nikkei.com. The story is located here. Top Caption Suggestions: Screw the CFTC! Trade Free or Die! Free Markets, or Freeze! Buy CME, Sell NYSE! Two Daleys, Only One Melamed! Sell Before The Bell, […]
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Big Business Backs Away From Trump’s Party But Longs for Old GOP
First Read $24,451/$300,000 (8.2%) ++++ A more perfect union; FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken shares a personal perspective on Washington riots Walt Lukken - FIA Normally, this column offers opinions on the global policies and trends of our industry, but last week's...
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Options Feedback Loop Revives Bust Warnings in Soaring Stocks; Short Interest in World’s Biggest ETF Plunges to Decade Lows
Options Feedback Loop Revives Bust Warnings in Soaring Stocks; Short Interest in World’s Biggest ETF Plunges to Decade Lows
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