CME Group has launched the latest version of CME E-quotes(TM), a premiere real-time streaming market data application offering quotes, charting, advanced analytics and news on CME Group traded products.
E-quotes will enable users to access prices for all CME Group listings, including interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, commodities, energy, metals and alternative investments. In addition, there is also access to prices for products listed on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and the Kansas Board of Trade, which are available for electronic trading on CME Globex(R).
"CME Group partnered with Chicago-based Computer Voice Systems Inc. to transform their data system into a platform that will provide market participants a sophisticated and intuitive tool to reliably engage the latest news, analytics and quotes," said Brian McElligott, CME Group Director of Information Products Management. "This is another example of our continued focus on providing our customers with the latest market data technology at a significant value to view and analyze our markets and to better reach more informed decisions."
The E-quote Basic, Advanced and Professional editions enable users to track the markets with customizable features including quote monitors, market depth, advanced charts, time and sales and more. E-quotes supports Simplified Chinese, Russian and Japanese languages and is expandable to add additional languages.
Features of E-quotes include:
-- Free bundled delayed quote/chart access to all CME Group exchanges
-- Bundled Dow Jones News Select news in E-quotes Advanced and Professional editions
-- Cutting edge technology and a robust, growing feature set
-- Advanced edition is packed full of top analytics and powerful quote display features plus bundled news and free agricultural weather maps
-- Professional edition is everything obtained in Advanced plus sophisticated new quote views and options analytics
-- All new Wireless edition to track the markets on the go; around the world
-- The best market combination of sophistication, usability, performance and price for accessing CME Group products
Monday, 6 October 2008
Markets Crash Around The World
Today has been another crazy day on the markets. On Wall Street the Dow Jones closed 363.35 points or 3.5% at 9,962. Although a massive shock, that was a remarkable recovery having seen the index be on target for a jaw-dropping record of 800 points, beating last weeks 777 point drop.
The broader S&P 500 also fell by 3.8%.
Gloom shifted from American banks to Europe with the disjointed and messy response from the continent's governments. The U.S. Government in the shape of the Federal Reserve. would significantly expand the amount of money it made available to major banks. The Fed will now lend up to $900 billion in credit. The sheer size of the new figure, they hope will reassure the markets.
London, did not recover from its own massive fall off a cliff. The Flagship FTSE 100 fell by 391 points or 7.85%. This represents the largest ever points drop and the third largest in percentage terms since its launch in 1987.
The broader S&P 500 also fell by 3.8%.
Gloom shifted from American banks to Europe with the disjointed and messy response from the continent's governments. The U.S. Government in the shape of the Federal Reserve. would significantly expand the amount of money it made available to major banks. The Fed will now lend up to $900 billion in credit. The sheer size of the new figure, they hope will reassure the markets.
London, did not recover from its own massive fall off a cliff. The Flagship FTSE 100 fell by 391 points or 7.85%. This represents the largest ever points drop and the third largest in percentage terms since its launch in 1987.
eToro Forex Trading
eToro's Groundbreaking Visual Software Presents a new Approach to Forex Trading (http://www.etoro.com): Innovative Visualization and Adjustment of its Features According to the Level of Experience of Each Particular Trader, all Enabling eToro to Cater to Traders of all Levels of Experience
Once in a while, a product comes along and revolutionizes a whole industry. This has been the case with the unique eToro forex trading platform. Due to its incredible appeal, in just one year eToro has drawn in thousands of people of all ages, from all over the world. From Canada to China, from Spain to Australia, people who have never considered trading forex before - have discovered the wonders of the Forex (http://www.etoro.com) world with eToro.
eToro utilizes an innovative visual interface (a registered patent!) that simplifies forex trading and makes trading user-friendly for traders of all levels of experience. eToro's trading arenas use visualizations that enable traders to trade forex intuitively, for example by trading on an animated world map. By using visual trade representations, eToro makes the complex forex market understandable even to first time traders.
Furthermore, eToro has drawn in countless experienced traders who have opted to switch trading platform in order to benefit from eToro's user-friendly interface and superb trade execution. eToro's 'Expert Mode' allows seasoned traders to focus solely on trading, with all the features a professional trader needs, combined in one all encompassing trading screen that also provides forex news and calendar.
One of the unique characteristics of eToro is its emphasis on community which includes chats, forums and contests. Furthermore, eToro's community can help the trader make his trading decisions with a tool called 'Top Traders' Insight', which lets traders see the most popular trades of eToro's 100 top profiting traders. This tool provides traders with a fantastic opportunity to use the expertise of the pros instead of doing their own market analysis.
Once in a while, a product comes along and revolutionizes a whole industry. This has been the case with the unique eToro forex trading platform. Due to its incredible appeal, in just one year eToro has drawn in thousands of people of all ages, from all over the world. From Canada to China, from Spain to Australia, people who have never considered trading forex before - have discovered the wonders of the Forex (http://www.etoro.com) world with eToro.
eToro utilizes an innovative visual interface (a registered patent!) that simplifies forex trading and makes trading user-friendly for traders of all levels of experience. eToro's trading arenas use visualizations that enable traders to trade forex intuitively, for example by trading on an animated world map. By using visual trade representations, eToro makes the complex forex market understandable even to first time traders.
Furthermore, eToro has drawn in countless experienced traders who have opted to switch trading platform in order to benefit from eToro's user-friendly interface and superb trade execution. eToro's 'Expert Mode' allows seasoned traders to focus solely on trading, with all the features a professional trader needs, combined in one all encompassing trading screen that also provides forex news and calendar.
One of the unique characteristics of eToro is its emphasis on community which includes chats, forums and contests. Furthermore, eToro's community can help the trader make his trading decisions with a tool called 'Top Traders' Insight', which lets traders see the most popular trades of eToro's 100 top profiting traders. This tool provides traders with a fantastic opportunity to use the expertise of the pros instead of doing their own market analysis.
Friday, 3 October 2008
Knight Capital Group
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NITE) is a leading financial services firm that provides electronic and voice access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes for buy-side, sell-side and corporate clients. In Global Markets, we provide market access and trade execution services in nearly every U.S. equity security and a large number of international securities, futures, options, foreign exchange and fixed income. In Asset Management, Knight owns a 51 percent stake in Deephaven Holdings with Deephaven Partners controlling the remaining 49 percent as of February 1, 2008. Deephaven (www.deephavenfunds.com) is a global, multi-strategy alternative investment manager serving institutions and private clients. More information about Knight can be found at www.knight.com.
Thursday, 2 October 2008
Wall Street Stil Not Sold on Bailout
Wall Street appears not to believe the $700bn rescue package is going to save the U.S. from recession, even if it does alleviate the credit crunch if the House of Representatives vote for it. The Senate passed it yesterday.
The Dow Jones Industrial Index closed 3.2% or 348 points to close at 10,482. The broader S&P 500 dropped even more with a 46.78 drop or 4% to 1,114. Traditional cyclical sectors, manufacturing, chemical production and mining industries fared worst. These typically are hit hardest by recessions.
The FTSE 100 fell 1.8%
In other news, the European Central Bank left interest rates at 4.25%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Index closed 3.2% or 348 points to close at 10,482. The broader S&P 500 dropped even more with a 46.78 drop or 4% to 1,114. Traditional cyclical sectors, manufacturing, chemical production and mining industries fared worst. These typically are hit hardest by recessions.
The FTSE 100 fell 1.8%
In other news, the European Central Bank left interest rates at 4.25%.
The Clearing Corporation
The Clearing Corporation provides clearing services for global exchange and over-the-counter (OTC) traded derivatives. As an independent derivatives clearinghouse, The Clearing Corporation is in a unique position to provide innovative and customer-focused OTC and exchange-traded derivatives clearing services. The Clearing Corporation is a stockholder-owned, Delaware corporation, now in its 83rd year of business and serves numerous clients in a variety of markets. Additional information on The Clearing Corporation is available at www.clearingcorp.com.
New Stream Capital
New Stream Capital, based in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is a private investment firm with over $1 billion of assets under management. New Stream Capital is focused on providing funding solutions for unique, complex and opportunistic transactions for a wide range of industries. These direct investments offer customized structured finance solutions for growth capital, working capital, acquisition, project finance, regulatory capital, and other specialty finance opportunities. (www.newstreamcapital.com)
ICE Executives In Institutional Investor List
Institutional Investor Magazine has named two ICE executives to its Online Finance 40 list. The annual ranking of "top executives and innovators in the world of financial technology" includes Jeff Sprecher, ICE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Sunil Hirani, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Creditex, which was acquired by ICE in August 2008.
Institutional Investor's Online Finance 40 ranks the top executives and innovators in the world of financial technology. This year's ninth annual Online 40 listing highlights influential leaders in areas of e-finance such as electronic trading, banking, transaction processing and data management.
Sprecher's ranking as number 8 on the list moved him up 12 places over his number 20 spot on last year's list. Appearing on the list for the first time at number 34 is Hirani, whose innovative approach to the credit derivatives markets was a driving force in the acquisition by ICE.
"Jeffrey Sprecher has never been one to think small," leads off the paragraph detailing why he was selected. The entry details a series of acquisitions that have made ICE a multinational company. Sprecher is quoted in the entry: "A year ago we were an energy exchange; now we have Russell indexes, credit and OTC options. We are positioning ourselves to provide the data and tools" to address the continuing regulatory pressures for transparency in OTC markets.
The article describes Creditex, launched in 1999, as a "key intermediary in the burgeoning credit derivatives market." The entry on Hirani's ranking states: "Hirani has added some juice of his own, with a string of infrastructure-enhancing initiatives, including the 2005 formation of CDS affirmation subsidiary T-Zero; the 2006 acquisition of London-based CreditTrade, which strengthened Creditex's voice-electronic hybrid approach; and the 2007 introduction of the Q-WIXX electronic platform for trading large CDS portfolios." The entry also addressed ICE's acquisition of the firm: "Hirani says Creditex and ICE have a 'complementary ability' to help dealer clients as they face 'greater capital constraints, regulatory scrutiny, processing challenges and heightened focus on counterparty credit risk.'"
Institutional Investor's Online Finance 40 ranks the top executives and innovators in the world of financial technology. This year's ninth annual Online 40 listing highlights influential leaders in areas of e-finance such as electronic trading, banking, transaction processing and data management.
Sprecher's ranking as number 8 on the list moved him up 12 places over his number 20 spot on last year's list. Appearing on the list for the first time at number 34 is Hirani, whose innovative approach to the credit derivatives markets was a driving force in the acquisition by ICE.
"Jeffrey Sprecher has never been one to think small," leads off the paragraph detailing why he was selected. The entry details a series of acquisitions that have made ICE a multinational company. Sprecher is quoted in the entry: "A year ago we were an energy exchange; now we have Russell indexes, credit and OTC options. We are positioning ourselves to provide the data and tools" to address the continuing regulatory pressures for transparency in OTC markets.
The article describes Creditex, launched in 1999, as a "key intermediary in the burgeoning credit derivatives market." The entry on Hirani's ranking states: "Hirani has added some juice of his own, with a string of infrastructure-enhancing initiatives, including the 2005 formation of CDS affirmation subsidiary T-Zero; the 2006 acquisition of London-based CreditTrade, which strengthened Creditex's voice-electronic hybrid approach; and the 2007 introduction of the Q-WIXX electronic platform for trading large CDS portfolios." The entry also addressed ICE's acquisition of the firm: "Hirani says Creditex and ICE have a 'complementary ability' to help dealer clients as they face 'greater capital constraints, regulatory scrutiny, processing challenges and heightened focus on counterparty credit risk.'"
Wednesday, 1 October 2008
BluePhoenix
BluePhoenix Solutions (NASDAQ: BPHX) is a leading provider of value-driven modernization solutions for legacy information systems. BluePhoenix offerings include a comprehensive suite of tools and services from global IT asset assessment and impact analysis to automated database and application migration, re-hosting, and renewal. Leveraging over 20 years of best-practice domain expertise, BluePhoenix works closely with its customers to ascertain which assets should be migrated, redeveloped, or wrapped for reuse as services or business processes, to protect and increase the value of their business applications and legacy systems with minimized risk and downtime.
BluePhoenix provides modernization solutions to companies from diverse industries and vertical markets such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, CareFirst, Citigroup, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Desjardins, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, Rabobank, Rural Servicios Informaticos, SDC Udvikling, TEMENOS, Toyota and Volvofinans. BluePhoenix has 15 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Australia, and Israel.
BluePhoenix provides modernization solutions to companies from diverse industries and vertical markets such as automotive, banking and financial services, insurance, manufacturing, and retail. Among its prestigious customers are: Aflac, CareFirst, Citigroup, Danish Commerce and Companies Agency, Desjardins, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, Merrill Lynch, Rabobank, Rural Servicios Informaticos, SDC Udvikling, TEMENOS, Toyota and Volvofinans. BluePhoenix has 15 offices in the USA, UK, Denmark, Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Cyprus, South Korea, Australia, and Israel.
NSX
NSX is the cost-effective provider of exchange services, committed to aligning its interests with those of its customers. Founded in 1885, NSX has been a driving force for change in the world of securities exchanges and continues to lead the way in exchange innovation. For more information on NSX, visit http://www.nsx.com/.
Protegent
SunGard's Protegent solutions for compliance, suitability and new account opening help retail and institutional investment firms oversee business processes relating to client acquisition and suitability, including Know Your Customer and OFAC list checking, as well as employees' personal trading and code of ethics, while helping reduce expenses and address regulatory requirements. Protegent supports supervision and practice, helps streamline the compliance life cycle, proactively monitors trades and provides comprehensive auditing and reporting.
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