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 offering? It…
Jon C. Ogg This was a huge week in dividends, particularly for the key DJIA components. We had a report calling for more and more dividend hikes of about 8% from the DJIA components in…
Markets are lifted by Fed comments that the economy is recovering and that it will keep rates low. (Reuters) Chrysler posts its best earnings since being partially taken over by Fiat. (Reuters)…
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 dividend at…
Markets opened lower this morning and there was no news sufficient to unleash significant buying. The report on new claims for unemployment benefits came in about as expected (our coverage here), and…
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 companies through…
If you were not sure about the IPO market being hot, you better take note. PWC has issued its first quarter review and the market is hot. Last week had about ten offerings…
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX), NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: NDAQ) and CBOEÂ Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) are all about to have yet one more public exchange competing against them for the attention of…
A new exchange is coming to the world of public stock and financial market exchanges this week. The initial public offering for BATS Global Markets is going to be highly watched because…
NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) is going to have to take a go-it-alone approach now that its merger with Deutsche Boerse has been blocked. As a fan of America and keeping certain American…
Jon C. Ogg All three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning, and spent the rest of the day bouncing around the neutral line. The reports from retailers on same-store sales in January were…
Earnings season is still going strong and Wednesday will have many big earnings reports to watch. These are not the only earnings reports coming from big companies, but these are the ones…
The proposed NYSE Euronext, Inc. (NYSE: NYX) merger with Deutsche Bourse may be getting more scrutiny. The merger has been questionable from the start, even though the Department of Justice in the United…
Jon C. Ogg Most investors either do not know of the National Stock Exchange or they forgot about the Cincinnati Stock Exchange. This was became the first all-electronic exchange in the U.S., back in 1980. …
UBS (NYSE: UBS) trader loses $2 billion in unapproved trades. (Reuters) The head of the World Bank says the global economy has entered a danger zone. (Reuters) General Motors (NYSE: GM) and…
