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By Ginger Szala |
January 30, 2013
Though the fiscal cliff was avoided narrowly, it wasn’t without bad feelings, threats (from both sides), anger and deal-making. The best that can be said of it is, it’s done for now.
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By Michael Gutmann |
January 24, 2013
How many losses should you accept before mothballing your system? Simple statistics can help you decide how much pain to bear.
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By Matthew Leising |
January 9, 2013
ICE, which agreed to buy NYSE Euronext last month, was downgraded by Macquarie Group Ltd. as revenue growth slows and cost-cutting and integrating the two companies become a focus until 2014.
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By Ye Xie, Bloomberg |
January 7, 2013
China’s economy has the potential to grow 8% annually over the next 20 years should the nation reduce support for state companies and unshackle banks, according to Lin Yifu, a former World Bank chief economist.
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By Philip McBride Johnson |
December 26, 2012
In both the securities and derivatives worlds, new rivals have emerged to offer comparable services for similar transactions. Here we question whether exchange mergers can stem the gains made by those alternatives.
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By Matthew Leising |
December 20, 2012
In 2001, power company executive Jeffrey Sprecher wandered the exhibits of the futures-trading industry’s annual convention with an idea nobody wanted to hear.
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By Daniel P. Collins, Michael McFarlin |
December 20, 2012
The proposed acquisition of NYSE Euronext by ICE would be highly profitable for ICE, leading to a 10% plus increase in ICE stock according to a preliminary analysis by financial services firm Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
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By Nina Mehta and Jeffrey McCracken |
December 19, 2012
Bloomberg is reporting that the offer for the owner of the New York Stock Exchange may be made public this week.
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By Stephanie Ruhle, Zachary R. Mider and Nina Mehta, Bloomberg |
December 19, 2012
Knight Capital Group Inc.’s decision to pursue a takeover by Getco LLC gives its shareholders, mostly Wall Street firms, an opportunity for stock appreciation while surrendering the certainty of cash.
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By Rita Nazareth and Namitha Jagadeesh, Bloomberg |
December 5, 2012
U.S. stocks were little changed, after a two-day decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as China eased restrictions on investing in banks and investors watched developments on budget negotiations in Washington.