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• Bill Brodsky: Lead-off man who played all leagues

  By Ginger Szala  |  May 24, 2013

  With a 40-year plus career spanning all segments of the financial industry, Bill Brodsky, Chicago Board Options Exchange executive chairman, talks about the events that shaped the modern trading landscape, his role in them, and what’s next for the industry.

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  CBOE says systems preparation for extended trading led to outage

  By Nina Mehta and Nikolaj Gammeltoft  |  April 29, 2013

  CBOE said preliminary work in preparation for reconfiguring its computer systems caused the three-and-a-half-hour shutdown on April 25.

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  When will the equity market run out of steam?

  By Toni Hansen  |  March 6, 2013

  Everyone loves a good rally. Traders love it. Investors love it. Businesses love it. And of course politicians love it (well, at least the ones in power). But what happens when the market runs out of steam? We may find out quite soon!

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  Credit-spurred job growth to ease blow from U.S. cuts

  By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg  |  March 4, 2013

  Americans are finding it easier to borrow from banks, supporting consumer spending and business investment and helping fuel employment just as U.S. government budget cuts start to take hold.

• Tops & bottoms of 2012

  By Futures Staff  |  February 1, 2013

  Stormy in more ways than one, 2012 was a rough year. Here is our tongue-in-cheek look back over its defining events.

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  Facebook disappoints market with Graph Search

  By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee  |  January 16, 2013

  Facebook held its widely anticipated press event on Tuesday to show the press what it is working on, unveiling a new search service. The markets didn't seem impressed.

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  Google free to extend web search lead as U.S. FTC ends probe

  By Eric Engleman, Sara Forden and Brian Womack, Bloomberg  |  January 4, 2013

  Google Inc. is free to extend its dominance of the $50 billion Internet-search market after U.S. regulators ended an investigation into whether the company unfairly disadvantaged competing websites

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  Facebook still overpriced says Barron's

  By Canaccord Genuity Morning Coffee  |  September 25, 2012

  Facebook’s 40% plunge from its initial-public-offering price of $38 in May has millions of investors asking a single question: Is the stock a buy?

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  Philip McBride Johnson: If you weren't in the grain business, who cared?

  By Philip McBride Johnson  |  September 19, 2012

  Former CFTC chairman recalls milestones of nascent futures industry.

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  Gold traders factor in Fed easing

  By Jon Nadler  |  September 10, 2012

  Gold is pricing in a Fed QE of as much as $500 billion. Anything less than that figure is seen as having the potential to push gold prices lower late in the week.