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FX Volatility and Central Bank Divergence
With former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, and former head of the Bank of England Mervin King on the program at CME Group’s Global Financial Leadership...
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It’s Showtime for Real-Time Payments
Among the technologies that will transform the financial services sector in the future, real-time payments is entering stage-right. A number of developments in faster network infrastructure, enhanced...
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Awards and Returns: Managed Futures Has Room to Grow
The Managed Futures Pinnacle Awards honored the best of the managed futures industry in Chicago June 24. The event spotlights recent successes for Commodity Trading Advisors (CTAs) in an area of...
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What China’s New Currency Fix Means
The Chinese currency looks set for a new era of volatility after the recent move by mainland authorities to devalue the Renminbi. Although the initial adjustment on August 11 left the RMB just 1.9...
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Quantum Computing is the Future: Q&A with Andrew Fursman of 1QBit
Quantum computers hold the potential to solve extremely complex problems more efficiently than traditional computers. This up-and-coming industry is one of rapid progress and innovation, and 1QBit is a...
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Market Update: Dollar Strength and the Fed
The focus this week has to be the Fed. Jack explains how talk of Fed tightening in December is affecting dollar strength, and why we should pay attention to Fed speakers this week. He also sends a...
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Market Update: Watch the Data
Jack explains why we will see some participants chasing returns going into December. And pay attention to the U.S. GDP Wednesday and the jobs number a week after Black Friday.
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China’s Markets Evolution: Q&A with CME Group’s Christopher Fix
As the world adjusts to China’s new economy – one focused on consumption and more normalized growth – the country is advancing its markets in several key areas. Investing is now more about corporate...
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China Should Follow the Futures Markets Blueprint
During the last century computer technology moved mankind from the vast to the infinitesimal. This fact is of great relevance in understanding the growth of derivatives. In the physical sciences, at...
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What Next, If Fed Hikes Rates in December?
The message is now more transparent from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. In her many speeches of late, she has articulated with considerable clarity the path the Fed is likely to take as the...
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One Belt One Road: China’s Strategic Push Outward
Since Chinese leader Xi Jinping first discussed the “One Belt One Road” (OBOR) concept to revive ancient trade routes from east to west in 2013, it is quickly beginning to take shape. As its name...
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Market Update: What Fed Means by “Gradual”
The Federal Reserve announced its first rate hike in over 9 years today. The Fed’s use of “gradual” in today’s rate hike announcement means the increase is not one and done, and likely to be digested...
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Weekly Outlook: Spending and Holiday Season
No economic data speaks louder during holiday season than consumer sentiment. The University of Michigan releases the latest data Wednesday, which tracks consumer views on the economy and confidence to...
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Should China and the U.S. Be Economic Partners?
China’s economy is decelerating and financial and commodity market participants are worried about the prospect of a recession in the second largest economy in the world. Nourial Roubini, speaking at...
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Our Top 5 Financial Posts of 2015
One of the biggest financial market stories of the year was China’s effort to internationalize the renminbi, from new clearing arrangements to depreciating its currency in August. Two of our top...
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Weekly Outlook: FOMC & Jobs
2016 opens with some key economic indicators that could begin to tell whether momentum can be carried into the new year. Among them, FOMC Minutes come Wednesday and the year’s first unemployment report...
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Market Update: Uncharted Territory
Equity markets have not had this kind of start to the year since the 1930s. The Fed is raising rates, but that’s not the whole story. Jack reviews some of the factors behind the big drops in equity...
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Weekly Outlook: Can Stocks Recover?
Following the worst opening week ever for U.S. equities markets, where do things go from here? The Fed’s first Beige Book release on Wednesday may give some clues. The measure of economic conditions in...
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Market Update: What’s Behind the Equities Drop?
After last week’s staggering drop in equity markets, Jack offers some observations tied to the selling. Also, earnings start this week and a reminder of why you should keep an eye on crude oil markets.
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As Equities Slide, More Access to Global Indexes
Equities markets have been rocked by volatility to start 2016. In the U.S., most news coverage revolves around the Dow and S&P 500 indexes when stocks fall, but global markets are more intertwined...
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