First Read $28,251/$300,000 (9.4%) ++++ ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The DePaul University's Arditti Center for Risk Management's Annual Risk Conference virtual event will be on February 23rd, 2021 from 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM. The event starts with a...
President-elect Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary nominee, Janet Yellen, upset the cryptoverse yesterday with her response to a senator’s question about terrorism during her Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing. With regard to terrorist financing, she said,...
Low Treasury Volatility Is Key to Equity Rally, Tallbacken Says; A record $3.7 billion in Bitcoin options are set to expire on January 29 as interest in cryptocurrencies surges
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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is picking up where it left off in 1986 with regular issuances of bonds with nominal 20-year maturities. (“Nominal” because the bond will be issued on June 1 and pay out 19+ years later on May 15.) The bonds will pay semi-annual interest.
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian & JLN Staff The world hit one million confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus. The US saw cases hit almost a quarter of the total, with deaths exceeding the 1000 level for the first time Wednesday. If this were...
First Read Hits & Takes By John Lothian and JLN Staff The NYSE yesterday sent out a notice they are closing their trading floors as of Monday, March 23. This includes their equities and options trading floors in New York and their NYSE Arca...
Observations & Insight The Spread: Coronavirus Causes Conference Cancellations JohnLothianNews.com This week on The Spread - FIA Boca and OIC canceled due to coronavirus concerns, and record-smashing options trading and clearing volumes...
Lead Stories Volatility Gauge Tops 50 for the First Time Since Volmageddon Luke Kawa - Bloomberg The Cboe Volatility Index has surpassed 50, a threshold last breached when the complex broke down in February 2018. The VIX, as it is known,...
Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter Lead StoriesDead calm in markets unsettles Wall Street as Fed vows no actionPeter Wells and Robin Wigglesworth - Financial Times (SUBSCRIPTION)Volatility across several major asset classes has...
A ‘Mind-Boggling’ Individual Investor Boom Stirs Up Markets in Asia; Brazil’s Covid Crisis Is a Warning to the Whole World, Scientists Say
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