The Weekend Update: March 27-May 1, 2020
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Jack Sandner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part One
John F. (Jack) Sandner is a boxer, lawyer, trader and former CME chairman who served as a director of CME Group from July 2007 to February of 2018.
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JACK SANDNER – OPEN OUTCRY TRADERS HISTORY PROJECT – PART TWO
Jack Sandner is a former chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and longtime board member of the CME Group. In part two of this interview with John Lothian News for the MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project he talks about how the S&P 500 and Eurodollars started, the tax straddle that caused tax laws to change and his take on spoofing.
AUTOMATION IS KEY TO MANAGING MARGIN CALLS
Since the start of the coronavirus-induced market volatility, margin calls have been a frequent headline in the news. After all, the global grab for liquidity has set off a chain reaction of asset sales, unwinding trades, and margin calls.
CHARTIQ’S JULIE ARMSTRONG ON THE CHALLENGES OF THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Julie Armstrong is the chief commercial officer of ChartIQ. She talks with John Lothian News about the challenges of firms adapting to working and home and the opportunities for firms like ChartIQ.