From the December 01, 2010 issue of Futures Magazine • Subscribe!
Options
CBOE launched its all electronic options exchange, C2, on Oct. 29.
ACTIV FINANCIAL became the first to distribute premier data feed from Nasdaq OM PHLXSM (PHLX).
Derivix offered clients connectivity to BARX equities options algorithms from Barclays Capital.
Goldman Sachs’s Trott tells jury of Buffett deal secrecy
Warren Buffett’s investment in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in September 2008 was so confidential that even his chief financial officer was unaware of it before being briefed on the details by a Goldman Sachs executive.
Market plunge removed over $40B from exchange-traded products
The total U.S. ETP flows from all products registered $1.7 billion of inflows during last week vs $0.4 billion of inflows the previous week.
Euro sinks to lowest since 2010 as stocks, commodities tumble
The euro sank to an almost two-year low, while stocks and commodities tumbled, as European leaders prepared to meet in Brussels amid concern Greece will exit the currency union.
Crude options volatility rises as futures near $90 a barrel
Crude-oil options volatility rose for the first time in three days as underlying futures slipped below $90 a barrel.
