Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa)

The other week I had dinner with one of our contributors, a trader/broker who is in the know....

While many in the fixed-income trading world were surprised by the Treasury's Halloween announcement to no longer issue...

The long-anticipated moniker -- OneChicago -- for the Chicago exchange joint venture for individual equity futures was finally...

Business will be done differently at the CBOT now that a new fee structure has passed a membership...

Out-trades have always been one of the messier aspects of working on a trading floor, and they're turning...

Theoretically, the marriage of semistandardized OTC transactions and central clearing is a match made in heaven, with bilateral...

Even closer network Archipelago and REDIBook announced a merger that likely will resonate across industry lines into the...

X-cited Interest in the CBOT's new X-Fund futures is gaining prior to the Feb. 1, 2002, launch date....

Elevating grains The CBOT isn't the only exchange trying an unorthodox approach to contract development. The Minneapolis Grain...

Money to burn With only 21 companies so far announcing public offerings in Germany for 2002, Deutsche Borse...

Stepping stone A U.K. parliamentary committee is expected to publish a report in January critical of the London...

Link me up The Singapore Exchange (SGX) and Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) have launched a pilot test of...

For a man who has season tickets to the New York Knicks, taking on the director of business...

The Art Institute of Chicago has enjoyed above average returns since it began investing in hedge funds in...

Wild ride Stating the obvious, IFR Pegasus Senior Analyst Tim Evans calls natural gas a boom-and-bust market. Considering...

Cascading cattle Like many other commodities, live cattle took a hit following Sept. 11 due to a drop...

Cocoa on top? While most commodities remain in a terrorist-induced bear market, cocoa has rallied and is moving...

Interest rate cuts, tax rebates, government spending, lower energy prices, stack market recovery -- all point to a...

The Treasury bond market will face a turbulent and somewhat bearish atmosphere over the first half of 2002....

After lowering short-term inter rates 450 basis points in 11 months -- an unprecedented pace of monetary easing...