From the January 01, 2011 issue of Futures Magazine • Subscribe!
Equities
NYSE Euronext (announced plans that its wholly owned subsidiary NYSE Technologies will launch a consolidated tape for European equity markets beginning Q3 2011. http://www.nyx.com
Eurex announced it launched single stock futures on leading Canadian companies on Nov. 25 2010. http://deutsche-boerse.com/
LSE released a new guide for listing on its Main Market, which provides guidance to companies and advisors on the listing process for companies considering an IPO.
Bernanke says Fed on course to end asset buying in mid-2014
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the central bank may start reducing bond purchases later this year and end them in mid-2014 if the economy continues to improve as the central bank forecasts.
Market relationships offer insight into recent turns
This is a market of relationships. The more we understand those relationships, the better we are prepared for the unknown.
Using options to profit from a euro top
The Eurozone would not stand to benefit from a discontinuation of the American central bank stimulus efforts. So with downside pressure likely to continue for the euro, here's how can a trader take a speculative view on the euro with options.
OptionsXpress illegal buy-writes left shorts naked, judge rules
OptionsXpress Inc., a unit of U.S. brokerage Charles Schwab Corp., and its former chief financial officer helped to facilitate sham transactions that violated U.S. securities laws, an administrative court ruled.