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8-08-05 |
John Lothian: Was Someone Squeezing Treasuries?; CBOT warned on futures contracts change; NASDAQ ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO WITHDRAW FROM ITS PLAN |
8-05-05 |
John Lothian: Making the big trade-off; RHS graduate returns with political ties; KCBT Wheat Futures Set New Open Interest Record |
8-04-05 |
John Lothian: NYMEX Chairman Provides Strategic Update; Big Board Seat Sells for a Record $3 Million; Environmental damage on Earth seen from shuttle |
8-03-05 |
John Lothian: CFTC Suspends and Restricts Registration of CME Cattle Trader Dean Kaulentis; Russell 2000 hits a record high; Nymex gets $240 million equity offer |
8-02-05 |
John Lothian: Streamlining regulation; OneChicago Reports Record Monthly Volume, Open Interest In July; Amex grapples with setback |
8-01-05 |
John Lothian: NYSE's bell tolls for its trading floor; Loophole allows currency schemes to flourish; Refco Group Ltd., LLC Launches Refco Private Client Group, Goodbye Lind-Waldock |
7-29-05 |
John Lothian: Antitrust Watchdog Comments on LSE; Economy kept growing solidly; More Shameless Self-Promotion |
7-28-05 |
John Lothian: NYSE Criticized Over Governance Policies, JLN Blog Update, Lessons About Trusting Family Members To Write Your Newsletter |
7-27-05 |
John Lothian: Hedge fund cash flow still strong; Merc's Rally May Spur Rivals to Test IPO Waters; Random Thoughts of a Man Leaving Town |
7-26-05 |
John Lothian: OneChicago Volume Breaks 1 Million Open Interest Milestone; CME profits skyrocket on record volumes; John Lothian Newsletter Now Features a Blog Format |
7-25-05 |
John Lothian: Free Market, Cleaner Air; London at risk from full-scale campaign; Philly and Fran: The action is inside the BOX; Archipelago amends PCX offer |
7-22-05 |
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7-21-05 |
John Lothian: Trading Technologies sues futures firm Peregrine; Nymex nears approval from London authorities; CBOT Holdings Second Quarter 2005 Revenue Up 18 Percent |
7-20-05 |
John Lothian: Amex Losing iShares Listings; Boston Options Exchange Says SEC Broker Probe May Be a Boon; OneChicago Sets 8th Open Interest Record in July |
7-19-05 |
John Lothian: OneChicago Select Indexes To Launch July 20; CBOE seat fetches $755,000, an all-time high; ISE Initiates Trading In ISE 250 Index |
7-18-05 |
John Lothian: Wider probe into US exchanges; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Creating an invincible international finance fortress; We Were Soldiers Once, and Broke |
7-15-05 |
John Lothian: NYMEX Revises Date of e-miNY Futures Contracts Migration; Refco Group Ltd., LLC Responds To Sillam Press Release; TT and Ninja Consent Judgment |
7-14-05 |
John Lothian: Emissions prefer regulated market; LSE hints it may turn the tables on bidders; Understanding of market risk measure "spotty", report says |
7-13-05 |
John Lothian: NYMEX's London move will tackle IPE Brent head on; IPE Sets Daily Volume Records; Europe's Patent on Failure; London Stock Exchange Says Not for Sale |
7-12-05 |
John Lothian: Reuben Jeffery III Sworn In As CFTC Chairman; Hedge funds consider code of conduct; My Broker's Out to Get Me; CBOT extending electronic trading hours |
7-11-05 |
John Lothian: The Rich Boys; Open Letter Feedback in Other Voices; Nasdaq to transfer control of OTC market to NASD |
7-08-05 |
John Lothian: OneChicago Reaches New Open Interest Record; Volume Surpasses 2004 Total; CBOE LAUNCH OPTIONS AND FUTURES ON NEW FAMILY OF SECTOR INDEXES, "POWERPACKS," Today |
7-07-05 |
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7-06-05 |
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7-05-05 |
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7-01-05 |
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6-30-05 |
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6-29-05 |
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6-28-05 |
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6-27-05 |
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6-24-05 |
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6-23-05 |
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6-22-05 |
John Lothian: China Demand Draws $50 Billion Into Commodity Funds; REFCO to Acquire Global Operations Of Cargill Investor Services; Futures & Options For Kids Teams Up With NYBOT |
6-21-05 |
John Lothian: Paving the Way for U.S. Emissions Trading; NYSE.com Now Accepting Online Complaints, Inquiries; CME Appoints Kelly P. Brown As Director, Equity Index Products |
6-20-05 |
John Lothian: Has Wall Street Changed Its Tune?; Broker wars: Whose clients are they, anyway?; Wall Street Journal Plans Softer Edition for Saturdays |
6-17-05 |
John Lothian: Eurex throws in towel on US Treasuries, eyes FX; Eurex issues a challenge to CME; Citigroup Cleared by Eurex in Bond Trading Probe |
6-16-05 |
John Lothian: FX comes to Eurex; New trading developments in China; Marin Capital shuts down |
6-15-05 |
John Lothian: Treasury Sec. Snow says No to more hedge fund regs; Are we done prosecuting white collar investment crime?; Mysterious illness plagues Internet |
6-14-05 |
John Lothian: NASD v. SEC - SRO Challenges Commission In First-Of-A-Kind Fight; CME to List Seven New Weather Contracts in the U.S. and Europe; CME in Other Voices; Leo Melamed's "Knowledge Tag" |
6-13-05 |
John Lothian: FSA 'open to change' on hedge fund access; Duopoly Alert!; NYMEX and PHLX Get Together on Patent for Securitizing Commodities |
6-10-05 |
John Lothian: Eurex move on forex signals clash with CME; Nasdaq sees 'window' as NYSE changes; Changes in SEC Leadership May Spark Review of Reg NMS |
6-9-05 |
John Lothian: CBOT statues return home from suburbs; CBOT Chairman Rededicates Statues Lost for 76 Years; CME FX Sets Overall and CME(R) Globex(R) Volume Records; OCC Lowers Fees |
6-8-05 |
John Lothian: The CBOT is for sale?; NYMEX May Launch Mideast Energy Exchange; Greed Is Still a Sin |
6-7-05 |
John Lothian: Nymex approaches fork in road as it weighs expansion; Archipelago Exchange to Offer Index Services IPO; A Cubs Fan with a Big Heart! |
6-6-05 |
John Lothian: NYMEX Revises Date of e-miNY Futures Contracts Migration; NYSE rebels plot union against deal; Turning the wholesale foreign exchange markets into electronic exchanges? |
6-3-05 |
John Lothian: May 2005 Volume At NYBOT Up 15% YTD; Moose trading planned on Swedish bourse; ROCKIN ON THE RIVER - Jennifer Justice Band |
6-2-05 |
John Lothian: CME Buries the Lead and Trading Records, Stock Traders Dig for Gold; A Legacy That May Not Last; Merrill funds Sesame St to boost money know-how |
6-1-05 |
John Lothian: CME Reports Average Daily Volume of 4.0 Million Contracts in May, Up 18 Percent from Year-Ago Period; ECB sees danger in hedge funds; Energy on your screen |
5-31-05 |
John Lothian: ECX sees record trading in carbon futures; DB rolls out world's first commodity ETF; Other Voices - Overview of Commodity Hedgers, Satellite Derived Products and Models |
5-27-05 |
John Lothian: LSE Head Warns About U.S. Market Mergers; First-Ever Algorithmic Trading Survey Shows Industry Ascending Learning Curve, Strategy Gaining Traction With Buy-Side |
5-26-05 |
John Lothian: New Issue of Futures Industry Magazine; Ex-trader gets 9-year term, will appeal; Senate committee pumps up ethanol; Russell to Launch New Microcap Index |
5-25-05 |
John Lothian: Bush renominates Lukken to CFTC; NYMEX Sets Annual e-miNYsm Futures Volume Record; KCBT Announces Value Line® Market Maker, Reduced Contract Size |
5-24-05 |
John Lothian: ISE Trades One Billionth Contract; Eurex may get link approval within months -CFTC; FT: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Why not unify US regulatory regimes for futures and securities trading? |
5-23-05 |
John Lothian: Hard to find gold in field of commodities; Introduction to NFA brochure; LME bends toward plastic; Options Trading Grows Up; The Coffee Maven |
5-20-05 |
John Lothian: Greenspan Says Economy Will Survive Oil Prices; CBOT Starts S.Am. Soybeans Today |
5-19-05 |
John Lothian: Greenspan Goes After Freddie and Fannie Again; Annette Nazareth proposed for SEC; CBOT Exchange-Wide Open Interest Surpasses 15 Million Contracts |
5-18-05 |
John Lothian: Bush nominates commodity chairman; Globalization and Convergence Fuels Need for Reinvention of U.S. Exchange Models; Other Voices: IFM - The Review of Futures Markets is Back! |
5-17-05 |
John Lothian: Chicago Stock Exchange plans electronic trading system; ISE Chairman Receives Industry Award; The Derivatives Guy |
5-16-05 |
John Lothian: SEC mulls execution quality data for options market; Drowning by numbers; South American soybean contract coming to CBOT |
5-13-05 |
John Lothian: Goldman Role in NYSE Deal 'Dumb'; Ameritrade Says NO; MGE has a new Prez |
5-12-05 |
John Lothian: Strong retail sales; Deutsche Bank finds trouble in Korea; Jon Matte institutes Newsletter Austerity Program |
5-11-05 |
John Lothian: Key U.S. Lawmaker sees single exchange watchdog; FIA to Hold Beijing Conference in August; Defender's Jon Matte to Guest Edit Newsletter; Request for Input - CBOT Metals Options |
5-10-05 |
John Lothian: BW Commentary: The Merc's Bad Example; How the Merc Defends Its Board; Redesigned Reuters CRB Index At New York Board Of Trade |
5-09-05 |
John Lothian: Deutsche Boerse's Seifert Quits After LSE Bid Failure; Pat Arbor: 'Why I favor CBOT-Merc merger'; OV-Price Group's Jack Scoville on CBOT SA Beans |
5-06-05 |
John Lothian: Market mergers pressure Amex; EX-TRADER'S PULITZER SURPRISE; London Oil Exchange Thwarts Nymex Expansion With Online Trading |
5-05-05 |
John Lothian: Single-stock futures fight back; La Salle Street cheers revival of 'long bond'; CFE Sets New Single-Day Trading Record |
5-04-05 |
John Lothian: Treasury says may reintroduce 30-yr bond; Eurex gets a jump on the competition; Golf Thoughts of the Day; April Equity Option Highlights |
5-03-05 |
John Lothian: APRIL WAS BUSIEST MONTH IN CBOE HISTORY; KCBT, MGEX, OneChicago Set April Volume Records; Don't blame funds for high oil - CFTC economists |
5-02-05 |
John Lothian: Montreal Exchange bemoans shortage of derivatives proficiency among brokers; Two Plus Two Equals What?; Eurex Turnover up 21 Percent Year-On-Year |
4-29-05 |
John Lothian: Citadel Returns 26 Percent, Breaks Hedge Fund Mold, Sees IPO; CBOT plans to join the fray of US exchange IPOs; NYSE, Nasdaq mergers seen changing landscape |
4-28-05 |
John Lothian: Changes at the Exchanges Bring Their Self-Regulation Into Question; A Poor Fit for Investors?; INSTINET SUED OVER NASDAQ |
4-27-05 |
John Lothian: CBOE begins initiatives to boost competitiveness; CME to Dual List on The NASDAQ Stock Market; Langone's Follies News |
4-26-05 |
John Lothian: CME quarterly profit up on record trading volume; Exchange Consolidation Contagion News; Price Asset Management Adds San Diego Office |
4-25-05 |
John Lothian: Dissidents vow to derail NYSE merger deal; Dealers May Revisit 30-Year Bond At Quarterly Meeting With Treasury; LANGONE'S LULU |
4-21-05 |
John Lothian: NYSE, Chicago's Archipelago to merge; Investment Firms Bid $185M for Nymex Stake; 2005 CME Global FX Summit Comes to London in May |
4-20-05 |
John Lothian: Nymex eyes Budapest for futures market; New Index Family to Track German, Swiss and Eurozone Volatility; TT Awarded Yet Another Patent? |
4-19-05 |
John Lothian: Euronext.liffe buys CScreen pre-trade price discovery platform; Regulators look at CME cheese market; CME Seminar: How to become an Introducing Broker |
4-15-05 |
John Lothian: CBOT Members Overwhelmingly OK Restructuring Proposal; Forgotten Fifty - The O'Connor Impact - Then and Now; Big Numbers from NYMEX and CBOE |
4-14-05 |
John Lothian: CBOT Votes on For-Profit Move; IPO May Follow; The SEC Loses a Tough Guy; Trading Scandal May Strengthen NYSE; TT Sues Man Group over Patents |
4-13-05 |
John Lothian: Nybot hires bank, considers co-op structure; NYSE looks to future after settling with SEC; CBOT South American Soybean Industry Meetings |
4-12-05 |
John Lothian: NYSE charged with failing to police specialists; Feds Indict Former, Current NYSE Traders; IPE Screen Volumes Robust For 2nd Day, But Nymex Gaining |
4-11-05 |
John Lothian: FIA Branching into Asia; Refco plans IPO; up to $575 million may be raised; Seifert says he will not quit Deutsche Börse |
4-08-05 |
John Lothian: FT's Jeremy Grant Leaving Chicago, Futures & Options Coverage; The Moment of Truth?; CBOT Member Carl Zapffe in Other Voices Forgotten Fifty Nomination |
4-07-05 |
John Lothian: Last orders loom at oil trading pit; Leaning Too Heavily On Commodities; Clearing Corp for Sale, or Not for Sale? |
4-06-05 |
John Lothian: Last orders loom at oil trading pit; Leaning Too Heavily On Commodities; Clearing Corp for Sale, or Not for Sale? |
4-05-05 |
John Lothian: Futures Hall of Famer John Gilmore in Other Voices; CBOE regains top spot in U.S. March option volume; NYC Environmental Commodity Workshop Invite |
4-04-05 |
John Lothian: CME Establishes New Single-Day Volume Records; Deutsche Boerse chief Werner Seifert to step down in 2006 |
4-01-05 |
John Lothian Newsletter April 1, Q&A with TT's Steve Borsand; Nymex member calls for IPO partner at closed-door meeting; Global Futures and Options Volume |
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