First Read $34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff There is a new Van Gogh exhibit in New York billed as Van Gogh - The Immersive Experience. The site of this exhibit is the former trading floor of the NYMEX. The NYMEX trading floor...
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SGX and NZX seal partnership on dairy derivatives to unlock growth
First Read $34,126/$300,000 (11.4%) Andrew Mauck, Ernesto Pinto and Brian Rice ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The NFA is holding a Town Hall Webinar on Tuesday, April 20, at 9:30 a.m. CT. NFA Board Chairwoman Maureen Downs, NFA Public Directors Ron...
How Ken Griffin rebuilt Citadel’s ramparts
First Read $33,626/$300,000 (11.2%) Charlie Carey ++++ Trading Technologies Announces Matching Program to Benefit GoFundMe Campaign for MarketsWiki Education Video Series and John Lothian News As a pioneer of electronic trading, we at Trading Technologies value our...
China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy
First Read $32,626/$300,000 (10.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff JLN published two videos yesterday, one with SGX CEO Loh Boon Chye and the other with The Full FX Co-Founder Colin Lambert. Lambert talks about the new publication he and Michelle...
The New York Stock Exchange’s massive post-COVID question
First Read $32,626/$300,000 (10.9%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff The OCC reported that March 2021 total volume was up 34.8 percent from a year ago and that it was the highest total volume month on record for U.S. equity options. March also marked...
A Traditional Wall Street Advantage Is Suddenly Being Threatened; From Tokyo to Bordeaux — the future of work takes shape
A Traditional Wall Street Advantage Is Suddenly Being Threatened; From Tokyo to Bordeaux — the future of work takes shape
EU leaders clash over vaccine distribution in tense summit
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Hits & Takes JLN Staff The Wall Street Journal's owner is buying Investor Business Daily for $275 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. "News Corp NWS 3.08% agreed to buy digital-first financial news and research...
Cboe Global Markets Agrees to Acquire Chi-X Asia Pacific, Expanding Global Footprint into Australia and Japan
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Eurex Derivatives Forum: Fixed Income Looks For a Recipe For ESG Success Suzanne Cosgrove -- John Lothian News Sustainable investments are new by most measures. This is especially true in the fixed-income sector, where ESG...
We Must Start Planning For a Permanent Pandemic
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Eurex Derivatives Forum Takes a Look At German Blockchain Innovation Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Day One of the Eurex Derivatives Forum, held this week on Tuesday and Wednesday, offered a discussion of German developments...
London Metal Exchange’s Overhaul Meets Resistance
First Read ++++ $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff Don't miss the Derivatives Forum Frankfurt 2021. It has a whole bunch of different speakers than last week's FIA Boca and is a great perspective on European and global market...
The New Stock Influencers Have Huge—and Devoted—Followings
First Read $32,426/$300,000 (10.8%) Brian Price ++++ Coinbase Hit With $6.5 Million Fine By CFTC; Market Debut Rumored To Be Delayed Thom Thompson - John Lothian News Digital asset trading platform Coinbase took a $6.5 million hit on Friday when the Commodity Futures...
Trader Arrested as WallStreetBets Phenomenon Finds Echo in Japan
First Read $31,376/$300,000 (10.5%) ++++ ++++ Net-Zero Commitment 'Not Concessionary' Amid Climate Transition Suzanne Cosgrove - John Lothian News A slow march toward climate-friendly investments appears to be picking up the pace just as global asset managers,...
Goldman Sachs Unveils $10 Billion Push to Invest in Black Women
First Read $31,376/$300,000 (10.5%) ++++ ++++ BitVol, A "VIX-Like" Volatility Index for Bitcoin, Makes Its First Trade Matt Raebel - John Lothian News The first-ever over-the-counter (OTC) trade of BitVol, the options-fuelled volatility index for bitcoin developed by...
Why Won’t Libor Die? It’s Complicated
First Read $31,376/$300,000 (10.5%) Anonymous ++++ Hits & Takes John Lothian & JLN Staff I published a story yesterday on JohnLothianNews.com titled, Harry Potter - Sending My Oldest Son and His Friends to Hogwarts. Longtime readers may remember this story. I...
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Stocks edge back to kick off earnings week as Powell says U.S. economy at ‘inflection point’; Money managers flirting with all-time record CBOT corn long
Stocks edge back to kick off earnings week as Powell says U.S. economy at ‘inflection point’; Money managers flirting with all-time record CBOT corn long
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