The Post-Covid Trading Floor Is Here — With Buffet Lunches, No Masks; Turns Out Good Covid Management Is Good Politics and Economics
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Trading Ring That Survived Two World Wars May Succumb to a Virus
First Read $8,041/$300,000 (2.7%) Buck Haworth, Mo Guilfoile, JB Mackenzie, Nancy Stern, Hollis Griffin, Thomas Jordan and Jan Waye. Hits & Takes JLN Staff Exchanges: Euronext was down due to technical issues, but has resumed. Coronavirus: India peaking, Sweden...
Stock and Bond Market Volatility Diverges on ‘Blue Wave’ Bets; Joseph Sullivan III Helped Create Chicago Options Exchange
Stock and Bond Market Volatility Diverges on ‘Blue Wave’ Bets; Joseph Sullivan III Helped Create Chicago Options Exchange
CFTC Votes to Pass Final Rule on Position Limits
First Read ++++ $6,491/$300,000 (2.2%) Thank you today's backers: Rama Pillai and Blake Brockway ++++ Joe Sullivan's Influence and Success, Part 2 John Lothian - JLN Wayne Luthringshausen is another person whose career was influenced by the arc of Joseph Sullivan's...
Water futures meet cool reception
First Read $5,291/$300,000 (1.8%) Thank you today's backers: Les Male, Ananda Radhakrishnan, Julie Bauer and a donation in honor of TJC. ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff It is with sadness I report to you the death of longtime SG/Newedge technology executive Ed Netter....
One of Chicago’s biggest high-speed trading firms makes a surprising move
First Read Joe Sullivan's Influence and Success By John Lothian - John Lothian News Joseph Sullivan's life impacted so many others, including many or even most reading this newsletter, because of the successful launch he led of the first new securities exchange since...
Cboe mourns the death of first president and founder
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff Joseph Sullivan, one of the founders of the Chicago Board Options Exchange and its first president, has passed away at the age of 82. He was such an influential figure in the establishment of the CBOE, and the U.S. options...
Whale’s Resurfacing Shows Danger Persists in the Options Market; How Investors Are Trading November’s Election
Whale’s Resurfacing Shows Danger Persists in the Options Market; How Investors Are Trading November’s Election
The Great Wall (Street) of China
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The JLN MarketsWiki Education GoFundMe campaign had some additional contributions on Friday and over the weekend. Thank you to Russell Levens, Tony Pettipiece, Cliff Histed, Joanna Mallers, and Third Street Ag Investments for...
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
The Race to Replace the City of London Begins; JPMorgan Probe Revived by Regulators’ Data Mining
The Race to Replace the City of London Begins; JPMorgan Probe Revived by Regulators’ Data Mining
President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for the Coronavirus
First Read Healthy Outlook for 2020 Hemp Production Thom Thompson - John Lothian News There is some good news about industrial hemp production buried in PanXchange's September 2020 report, Hemp: Benchmark and Analysis. Like last year, there has been a big jump this...
Tokyo Stock Exchange Trading Is Halted by System Problem
First Read Hits & Takes JLN Staff The thing I like about JPX is that when one of their markets has an issue, they apologize for the inconvenience to investors. I appreciate their apology, even if it was the hardware's malfunctioning's fault. Bloomberg is reporting...
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How Many Americans Will Ayn Rand Kill? Liberty doesn’t mean freedom to infect other people; EU explores tougher curbs on City hedge fund managers
First Read $9,041/$300,000 (3%) How we think and what we think about Peak6 is about to change By John J. Lothian Peak6 was founded as a proprietary trading firm in Chicago by Matthew N. Hulsizer and Jennifer Just. We might think of Peak6 as the firm with the...
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If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
If Trump’s Election Prospects Were an Option, It Would Be Out-of-the-Money; Bitcoin’s market run-up sends options to all-time high for open interest
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