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Kolanovic Says Selloff Over With Market Past Impact From Options; Are higher Treasury yields coming? Options traders bet yes

by Matt Raebel | Sep 16, 2020

Kolanovic Says Selloff Over With Market Past Impact From Options; Are higher Treasury yields coming? Options traders bet yes

What Else Could Go Wrong for World Economy Before 2020 Is Done

by Matt Raebel | Sep 8, 2020

What Else Could Go Wrong for World Economy Before 2020 Is Done

Everything old is new again

by Thom Thompson | May 20, 2020

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.

New York Is the Epicenter of the World; The hidden gift in this pandemic is that we learn how to prepare for the worse one still to come.

by Matt Raebel | Apr 3, 2020

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...

Fed Faces Threat Like Never Before While Virus Petrifies Markets; This Is Starting to Look More Like a Financial Crisis; Stopping the flow of people is stopping the flow of cash.

by Matt Raebel | Mar 19, 2020

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...

VIX Spikes to Highest Since 2008 in Manic Monday Trading; Global Stocks Plunge With Crude Oil in Free Fall: Markets Wrap

by Matt Raebel | Mar 9, 2020

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...

Volatility Gauge Tops 50 for the First Time Since Volmageddon; It’s Time to Really Fret, Says Manager Who Beat 98% of Peers

by Matt Raebel | Mar 6, 2020

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,...

Dead Calm as Fed Vows No Action; No-Deal Brexit Possibility Comes Alive; Short and Distort?

by Spencer Doar | Mar 21, 2019

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...

What’s Trendy? Shining a Light on 2018 Derivatives Volumes and Open Interest

by Spencer Doar | Feb 13, 2019

The totals are in. And the winner is… almost everyone!It was a great year for the global exchange traded derivatives industry as for the first time ever annual volume was more than 30 billion contracts. Volumes grew at a 20.2 percent clip,...

U.S. Treasury Market’s Evolution Likely to Bring More Price Transparency

by Jeff Bergstrom | Dec 13, 2018

Get a FREE 90 day trial of John Lothian Newsletter First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The FIA released it's worldwide exchange-traded derivatives volumes for November. You can download a spreadsheet file with in-depth breakdowns of the volumes...

Treasury Report Calls for Sweeping Changes to Financial Rules

by Jeff Bergstrom | Oct 9, 2017

Observations & Insight Thaler, Famed for 'Nudge' Theory, Wins Nobel Economics Prize Jonas O Bergman - Bloomberg University of Chicago's Richard H. Thaler, one of the founders of behavioral economics and finance, was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economics for...

Deutsche Boerse Plans Revenue-Share Deal to Lure Brexit Clearing

by Jeff Bergstrom | Oct 9, 2017

First Read Hits & Takes EEX staff rode 2,505 km on their bikes at the https://goo.gl/JLiSj6 competition in Leipzig, saving 356 kg in CO2.~JK ICE has a message for you if you are a user of AOL Instant Messenger, which is be decommissioned on December 15.~JJL Kevin...

Exchange data made up a third of revenues in 2016; NEX revenues grow despite tough market conditions; China’s $800 Billion Sovereign Wealth Fund Seeks More U.S. Access

by Jeff Bergstrom | Jul 12, 2017

First Read MarketsWiki Education Kicks Off In The Big Apple MarketsWiki Education events provide interns interested in capital markets with a rare opportunity to hear from established professionals in the industry. In yesterday's two sessions hosted at Nasdaq's...

Deutsche Bank Thinks Draghi’s Gone Over to the ‘Dark Side’; Why Treasury’s plan for government debt transparency falls short; Ripple’s Chris Larsen Steps Down as CEO, Will Remain as Chairman

by Jeff Bergstrom | Nov 2, 2016

First Read 5th Annual WILD Symposium Focuses on Shattering Stereotypes and Glass Ceilings by Jessica Darmoni - The Title Connections Women In Listed Derivatives (WILD), a group dedicated to helping women advance in the listed and over-the-counter derivatives space,...