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Bubble warning: even college kids are touting Spacs; LSE confirms €4.3bn sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext
Bubble warning: even college kids are touting Spacs; LSE confirms €4.3bn sale of Borsa Italiana to Euronext
Cloud Stock Mania Comes With Eerie Echoes of Dot-Com Boom and Bust; A Columnist Makes Sense of Wall Street Like None Other
Cloud Stock Mania Comes With Eerie Echoes of Dot-Com Boom and Bust; A Columnist Makes Sense of Wall Street Like None Other
Newest U.S. Stock Exchange MEMX Debuts, Keeps It Simple
After more than a year of preparation, Members Exchange (MEMX) CEO Jonathan Kellner is more than ready for Monday’s launch of the new U.S. stock exchange at 9:30 a.m. ET.
EU plans flurry of rule changes to boost market recovery; A new age of financial repression may soon be upon us
EU plans flurry of rule changes to boost market recovery; A new age of financial repression may soon be upon us
Pandemic Exercises Helped OCC Manage Record Trading Volumes; Goldman Sachs’ top equity strategist worries markets have rallied ‘too far too fast,’ and is predicting a fresh plunge
Lead Stories Pandemic Exercises Helped OCC Manage Record Trading Volumes Agam Shah - WSJ Options Clearing Corp. saw record-breaking trading volume in March as concern over the coronavirus hit markets. But the OCC, which serves as a guarantor...
Thin Liquidity in Stock Futures Raises Risk of More Wild Market Moves; Aquis gets go-ahead for £2.7 million NEX Exchange takeover
First Read Options thrive as markets nosedive By Matt Raebel - John Lothian News February is known as the month of love - the month in which Valentine's Day takes place. Options traders certainly got a lot of love last week, when the stock...
Traders Flock to Tech Options as Stocks Soar; Options traders have gone full bull — here’s why they might regret it
Observations & Insight Tom Zagara - Part 2 - Open Outcry Traders History Project JohnLothianNews.com Tom Zagara has lots of great stories to tell from his time as a trader at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. There were so many, we broke...
ETrade’s Sale Is the Death Knell for Discount Brokerages; SEC Poised to Rule on Controversial ‘Speed Bump’ Proposal
First Read USDA: Hemp Pilot a Success Thom Thompson - John Lothian News In a report published on Thursday, the USDA announced that the recent state-level industrial hemp pilot programs had helped restart hemp production in the United States...
Coronavirus Closes China to the World, Straining Global Economy; Cboe plans March launch for US market close mechanism
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Eileen Flaherty's book, "The Perilous Step," had its cover reveal on Friday. It was trending number one on Amazon.com for White Collar Crime True Accounts in new releases Friday. It is currently number...
Traders pay up for protection against sharp falls in US stocks; Morgan Stanley Shakes Up Top Ranks of FX Unit at Center of Probe
Lead Stories Traders pay up for protection against sharp falls in US stocks Jennifer Ablan and Robin Wigglesworth - Financial Times Traders have been scrambling to protect themselves from a collapse in US stocks, spooked by the coronavirus...
Judge dismisses Wall Street ‘fear gauge’ lawsuit against Cboe; Morgan Stanley Sees Cheap Emerging Market Hedges Amid Virus Risk
Lead Stories Judge dismisses Wall Street 'fear gauge' lawsuit against Cboe Jonathan Stempel - Reuters A federal judge on Monday dismissed an antitrust lawsuit by investors who accused the parent of the Chicago Board Options Exchange of letting...
Index Fund Giants Draw Antitrust Scrutiny in U.S. Merger Reviews; Free Trade Is Dead. Long Live Managed Trade
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Gemini has launched a new educational campaign titled "20 Things to Know About Crypto in 2020." Gemini has generously listed John Lothian News as a news source to learn more about crypto.~JJL Yesterday,...
Banks Set for Biggest Job Cull Since 2015 as Morgan Stanley Cuts
First Read Hits & Takes By JLN Staff Seventeen years ago today, the John Lothian Newsletter had over 200 new subscribers to this newsletter after the Wall Street Journal piece ran the day after Christmas in 2002. That piece opened up the...
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VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
VIX Spikes to Highest Since June With Economy Threat Growing; Wall Street joins global stock sell-off triggered by rising Covid worries
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