The Spread – A Big Deal
Spencer Doar
Editor
If LSEG’s purchase of Refinitiv goes through, it would be quite the mega deal for capital markets. This episode of “The Spread” examines the tie-up’s potential.
Produced by Mike Forrester
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The Spread – For Cheddar or Worse
This week on The Spread: MIAX scores another legal win, Nasdaq raises fees to pay for upgrades they hope will give them a competitive edge, and the CME Group gets cheesy with new options and futures contracts.
The Spread: MIAX and BSX; Robinhood Infinite Leverage; VIX
MIAX acquires a controlling interest in BSX, the Bermuda Stock Exchange; a trader named MoonYachts manipulated a programming error in Robinhood to turn $2,000 into $1 million; and the VIX had a quiet week.
The Spread: Stocks rise and snow falls
A Halloween snowstorm plays a trick on FIA Expo; new research says the stock market has become more volatile each year since 1958, but the VIX was down significantly the week of Oct. 28 – Nov. 1 after a positive jobs report sent the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to record heights.
The Spread: All is Vanity
Short vol trades, CME’s response to the notorious Vanity Fair article, bitcoin options competition, and Cboe decommissions its legacy physical port connectivity for Cboe Futures and Cboe Options.
