First Read $25,451/$300,000 (8.5%) Ricardo Manrique and Philip Slocum ++++ ++++ Elevated Risk Levels, Volatility Seen Continuing as 2021 Debuts Suzanne Cosgrove and Matt Raebel - John Lothian News The pandemic of 2020 and its associated economic fallout pushed the...
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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...
Global Banks Warn of Market Chaos If Court Abolishes Libor
First Read $24,451/$300,000 (8.2%) Larry Arnowitz and Mark Spanbroek ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Vice President Mike Pence rebuffed the U.S. House of Representatives' call for implementing the 25th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, so the...
Wall Street Visionaries Provide Chilling Views on Next Big Risk
First Read $24,251/$300,000 (8.1%) Scott Parsons, Jeff Bernacchi ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Inquiring minds want to know if the CME Group and ICE and other large corporate and Wall Street players in the markets will be following the lead of...
U.K. Regulator Warns Crypto Investors Risk Losing ‘All Their Money’
First Read $23,651/$300,000 (7.9%) Matt Wolfe ++++ JLN Launches The History of Financial Futures Episode: Game Changers, Part II The creation of Liffe, DTB and Eurex By John Lothian Productions Eleven years ago John Lothian News began work on a video series about the...
Stock Option Volume ‘Exploded’ in 2020; Future Volatility in Stocks Will Be About Vaccines, Not a Blue Wave
Stock Option Volume ‘Exploded’ in 2020; Future Volatility in Stocks Will Be About Vaccines, Not a Blue Wave
Stress test looms for financial system in 2021; Nikkei 225 Options Interest Drops to Decade Low After Rally
Stress test looms for financial system in 2021; Nikkei 225 Options Interest Drops to Decade Low After Rally
Divided U.S., Not Covid, Is the Biggest Risk to World in 2021, Survey Finds; EU share trading flees London on first day after full Brexit
Divided U.S., Not Covid, Is the Biggest Risk to World in 2021, Survey Finds; EU share trading flees London on first day after full Brexit
HKEX’s New Big Boss Will Face Hong Kong’s Uncertain Future
First Read $22,051/$300,000 (7.4%) Edward Boyle and Patrick Gardner ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian and JLN Staff The team at John Lothian News wishes you and yours a very Happy New Year and a better 2021. This last year has been one for the history books and shall...
How NYSE’s Top Salesman Fought for IPOs in 2020
First Read $21,601/$300,000 (7.2%) David Johnson and Dan Pritchard ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff Tomorrow is our last edition of the John Lothian Newsletter for 2020. We shall return on January 4, the same day everyone's out of office notice seems to be set...
Covid Has Transformed the Psychology of Ambition
First Read $21,001/$300,000 (7.0%) James McNulty ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff Jim McNulty, former Chicago Mercantile Exchange CEO and longtime industry and civic leader, is the latest to give to the JLN MarketsWiki Education GoFundMe campaign. McNulty was a...
A $280 Billion Unicorn Just Had its Legs Broken
First Read $20,001/$300,000 (6.7%) Sam Gaer and Joanne Morrison ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The holidays can be difficult for many people in normal years. This pandemic year presents special risks because of the way we are all separated. I...
SEC Charges Robinhood Financial With Misleading Customers
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Who Wins From Brexit? New York
First Read $18,761/$300,000 (6.3%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff We have new remembrances of the late George Gero from Sam Glasser, former energy editor at the Journal of Commerce, former NYMEX member and board member Harvey Wachman, Fred Mascia,...
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