With Nordic high-yield borrowing costs about 200 basis points higher than in the euro market, investors from Europe are crowding into Nordic junk bonds. Issuance of Nordic high-yield corporate bonds soared 122% in the first quarter from a year earlier to $7.6 billion....
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JLN Regions Summary: Vickers Venture Partners Falls Prey to Nickel Scam in Singapore; Chinese-Australian Dialogue Suspended; Argentina Adopts Meatless Mondays
Vickers Venture Partners, a technology startup investor founded by Finian Tan, has fallen victim to an alleged nickel trading scheme fronted by Singaporean company Envy Global Trading. Ng Yu Zhi, the businessman at the head of this scheme, has been charged with faking...
The First Microservices-based Clearing System with AI-Capabilities; GameStop Mania Drives Scrutiny of Payments to Online Brokers
The First Microservices-based Clearing System with AI-Capabilities; GameStop Mania Drives Scrutiny of Payments to Online Brokers
Singapore and India exchanges end dispute over derivatives; CME, Nasdaq to Launch Water Futures Contract
Singapore and India exchanges end dispute over derivatives; CME, Nasdaq to Launch Water Futures Contract
Billions Rotate Through Giant Tech ETF Thanks to Options Boom; Short Sellers Are Rushing Back Into Stocks as Volatility Returns
Billions Rotate Through Giant Tech ETF Thanks to Options Boom; Short Sellers Are Rushing Back Into Stocks as Volatility Returns
Oil Crash Crushes Individual Investors, Prompts Trading Overhaul; How Wall Street internships are going virtual
Oil Crash Crushes Individual Investors, Prompts Trading Overhaul; How Wall Street internships are going virtual
Traders Position For Lower Volatility; Stock Valuations Are ‘Frightening’
Traders Position For Lower Volatility; Stock Valuations Are ‘Frightening’
Will quadruple witching mark the start of a rocky stretch for U.S. stocks? Wall Street Rewrites Market Playbooks for Pandemic’s Second Wave
Will quadruple witching mark the start of a rocky stretch for U.S. stocks? Wall Street Rewrites Market Playbooks for Pandemic’s Second Wave
Hedge funds braced for second stock market plunge; Airlines Lose Billions of Dollars in the Oil-Market Casino
Lead Stories Hedge funds braced for second stock market plunge Laurence Fletcher - Financial Times Hedge funds are getting ready for another slump in stock markets after growing uneasy that surging prices do not reflect the economic problems...
Cboe adds real-time trade alerts and data with latest acquisition; Someone Just Made a Big Bullish Options Bet on a Singapore ETF
Observations & Insight ****JJL: Ed Tilly and his team at Cboe Global Markets have done it again, buying one of the leading data firms in the markets, Henry Schwartz's Trade Alert LLC, which happens to be a sponsor of JLN. They are starting...
The Spread: Moving Out, Moving Back In
This week on The Spread – the CME Group announces new options products, MSCI moves from Singapore to Hong Kong, and more.
The 20 Minutes That Broke the U.S. Oil Market; Coronavirus pandemic will cause global famines of ‘biblical proportions,’ UN warns
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff Today's first story in Leads is a must read: "The 20 Minutes That Broke the U.S. Oil Market." One of the issues that contributed to the negative prices was the breakdown of the trade...
SEC Decision on 4 p.m. Closing Trades Deals Blow to NYSE, Nasdaq; The new kings of the bond market
First Read Cboe Wraps Up Tech Migration, Expands in Products and in Europe Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News With its multi year technology migration finally wrapped up, Cboe Global Markets is returning its focus in 2020 to the expansion of...
SOFR Options Debut; A War With Iran Would Make Markets Crazy
Lead Stories SOFR Options Debut; First Trades Anticipate Higher Volatility Elizabeth Stanton - Bloomberg Options on SOFR futures became available for trading Monday, and 10 contracts changed hands -- five lots of a straddle, in which a put and...
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From Dutch Tulips to Internet Stocks, Bubbles Often Burst
First Read $40,951/$300,000 (13.7%) Brian Duff ++++ JLN Editor-in-Chief Sarah Rudolph to Return to Full-Time Duties Monday; Suzanne Cosgrove Named JLN Deputy Managing Editor JLN Editor-in-Chief Sarah Rudolph has been working part time for the past few weeks and will...
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Traders Ramp Up Bets on a Hawkish Fed Surprise at Jackson Hole; Fed Stability Report Comes as Close as It Can to Saying ‘Bubble’
Traders Ramp Up Bets on a Hawkish Fed Surprise at Jackson Hole; Fed Stability Report Comes as Close as It Can to Saying ‘Bubble’
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