Year-end declines sour local exchanges (Chicago Sun-Times)
Chicago's futures and options exchanges reported mostly record-setting trading volumes again in 2008, continuing a decade-long pattern, but their business has begun to slow from the financial crisis. With hedge funds and investment banks disappearing or locked down because they need to conserve cash, longtime players began retreating from the Chicago markets in the fourth quarter of 2008.
ICE Announces Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Trading Schedule (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. , a leading operator of regulated global futures exchanges and over-the-counter markets, announced the 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday trading schedule for ICE Futures U.S.
Hartford Financial Services Rallies 12 Percent on 'Outperform' Reiteration (Schaeffers Research)
Hartford Financial Services (HIG: sentiment, chart, options) was one of many insurance firms today to attract the attention of analysts at Bernstein...( Read More )
Schwab Adds New Features to Its Trading Platforms to Help Clients Better Manage Market Volatility (Centre Daily Times)
Charles Schwab continues to improve its trading platforms for its active traders with upgrades to its StreetSmart Pro trading software and web-based trading platform, StreetSmart.com. The firm's clients will now have real-time performance reporting for closed positions, new short-selling tools and more advanced options order types.
RCN Metro Optical Networks Enables Ballista Securities' Clients to Trade at the Speed of Light (Centre Daily Times)
RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation (NASDAQ: RCNI) and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that Ballista Securities, operator of the new Ballista ATS for block options and delta neutral orders, will be using RCN Metro's Ethernet network to connect to the major trading floors in New York and Chicago.
Scottish & Southern To Issue Shares, Says Trading In Line (Fox News)
Scottish & Southern To Issue Shares, Says Trading In Line
RCN Metro Optical Networks Enables Ballista Securities Clients to Trade at the Speed of Light (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
HERNDON, Va.----RCN Metro Optical Networks, a division of RCN Corporation and a premier provider of fiber optic-based network solutions, announced today that Ballista Securities, operator of the new Ballista ATS for block options and delta neutral orders, will be using RCN Metro's Ethernet network to connect to the major trading floors in New York and Chicago.
The Knot, Inc. Shrugs Off a Downgrade, Toasts the 9 Level (Schaeffers Research)
Despite The Knot, Inc. (KNOT: sentiment, chart, options) outpacing the S&P 500 Index (SPX) by more than 62% during the past 40 trading sessions, the wedding market services website fell victim to a downgrade today...( Read More )
The Options Clearing Corporation Formalizes Agreement With Quadriserv to Launch Centralized Securities Lending ... (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
The Options Clearing Corporation today announced it has reached an agreement with Quadriserv, Inc. to combine their efforts to provide transparency and efficiency to the securities lending industry.
Schwab Adds New Features to Its Trading Platforms to Help Clients Better Manage Market Volatility (Broadcast Newsroom)
Charles Schwab continues to improve its trading platforms for its active traders with upgrades to its StreetSmart Pro trading software and web-based trading platform, StreetSmart.com.
