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Short Interest: Nasdaq Actively Traded Stocks (FB, SIRI, INTC, MSFT, ZNGA, AAPL, ORCL, YHOO, CSCO, DELL)

Posted: September 13, 2012 at 8:28 am

We tracked the short interest in the following Nasdaq most actively traded stocks: Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI), Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: ...
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NYSE Trading Volumes Dive in July (NYX)

Posted: August 9, 2012 at 10:49 am

Trading volumes for global derivatives and cash equities exchanges fell across the board in July on exchanges operated by NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX). According to company’s report, average daily volume ...
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Nasdaq Earnings Manage to Overcome Weak Trading Volumes

Posted: July 25, 2012 at 8:07 am

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has just reported a gain in its quarterly earnings due to its growth of the market data operations. Earnings were $0.53 per share, but ...
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PIIGS Shifting Attention To Spanish Bond Yields Again (EWP, BBVA, SAN, NBG, IRE, DB)

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 8:15 am

A 2014 bond auction in France went off at 0.54% this Thursday, while the same maturity in 2014 went for a yield of 4.70% in Spain.  The fear is that ...
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NASDAQ Going After Derivatives Market in London

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 7:48 am

NASDAQ OMX (NASDAQ: NDAQ) has now announced that it intends to launch a new London-based trading venue called the NLX, which will offer derivatives on both short-term interest rates and long-term ...
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London Metals Exchange Moving to Hong Kong (NYX, ICE, CME)

Posted: June 15, 2012 at 7:40 am

The world’s largest base metals market is moving to the Far East. The 135-year-old London Metals Exchange (LME) has agreed to be acquired by Hong Kong Exchange & Clearing (HKEx) ...
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Nasdaq Shuffles Q-50 Index (NDAQ, ADI, FTNT, IACI, LECO, NTES, PDCO, ARMH, FLIR, GNTX, RGLD)

Posted: June 11, 2012 at 9:41 am

The Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) will make some changes to its Nasdaq Q-50 index next Monday, June 18th. The index will add Analog Devices Inc. (NASDAQ: ADI), Fortinet ...
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NASDAQ Tries To Make Good On Facebook IPO SNAFU, Too Little Too Late (NDAQ, FB, NYX, IBM)

Posted: June 6, 2012 at 1:23 pm

The NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is going to try to make good on its botched IPO of Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB).  This is not really good to the public, ...
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CME Group OKs 5-for-1 Stock Split (CME, ICE)

Posted: May 25, 2012 at 7:31 am

After markets closed last night, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ: CME) announced a 5-for-1 stock split which will be accomplished as a 400% stock dividend. The dividend will be paid on ...
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Zynga Halted Following Delay in Facebook IPO

Posted: May 18, 2012 at 12:54 pm

Shares of Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA) were halted shortly afterFacebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) launched this morning as the delayed opening caused the game-maker’s shareholders to run away from the stock ...
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CBOE Heads To China, Sort Of

Posted: May 16, 2012 at 10:31 am

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) has announced that the Chicago Board Options Exchange has signed a memorandum of understanding with the China Financial Futures Exchange.  The MOU is meant to establish ...
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BATS Volume Gains Despite IPO SNAFU

Posted: May 2, 2012 at 8:40 am

BATS Global Markets was the worst of the worst of botched initial public offerings in recent financial history.  How bad is it when an exchange cannot adequately handle its own ...
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NASDAQ Joins NYSE & CME In Paying Dividends, Finally (NDAQ, NYX, CME, CBOE, ICE)

Posted: April 25, 2012 at 6:55 am

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) is finally going to start paying out a cash dividend to its shareholders.  The company announced its plans to initiate a quarterly cash ...
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Splunk Underwriters Did Huge Disservice (SPLK, MS, CS, JPM, BAC)

Posted: April 20, 2012 at 6:35 am

Splunk Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLK) was touted as a hot IPO but became a sizzling hot IPO. The company priced 13.5 million shares at $17.00 per share, but this was a premium ...
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Facebook Opts For NASDAQ IPO & Listing Over NYSE (FB, NDAQ, NYX)

Posted: April 5, 2012 at 2:09 pm

CNBC has reported that Facebook is choosing to list on the NASDAQ rather than on the NYSE.  The move seems a better fit considering the history of technology and internet ...
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