IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (NYSE:ICE)

Starbucks Won’t Be Accepting Bitcoin After All

Posted: August 6, 2018 at 9:00 am

Last Friday, Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE), owner of the New York Stock Exchange, announced a plan to launch a cryptocurrency platform and a bitcoin futures contract. According to the ...
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Intercontinental Exchange to Launch WTI Futures Contract for Houston Delivery

Posted: July 18, 2018 at 8:40 am

The Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ICE) announced plans Tuesday to launch a Permian West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures contract with delivery in Houston. The contract is expected to ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: AIG, Expedia, FireEye, Nvidia, 3D Systems, Teva, Twitter, Disney, Wayfair, Wynn and More

Posted: February 9, 2018 at 9:00 am

Investors have been handed a solid reminder that the bull market can still have a correction. Shares are down 10% off the highs, but it had been two years since ...
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Stock Markets and Volatility: When the Tail Wags the Dog — and Yes, It Did

Posted: February 6, 2018 at 1:05 pm

Explaining volatility in the stock market is no simple process. To much of the investing public, stock market volatility just sounds like price gyrations. To professional investment managers, volatility is ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Abbott Labs, Amazon, CME, Foot Locker, GE, Home Depot, Lam Research and More

Posted: January 25, 2018 at 9:15 am

Stocks were indicated to open higher on Thursday after strong earnings reports. Investors are looking to position their portfolios for 2018 and beyond. The bull market is nearing nine years ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Alcoa, Extreme Networks, Gilead, MGIC, Micron, Noble Energy, Twitter, US Steel, Wendy’s and More

Posted: December 20, 2017 at 9:05 am

Stocks keep hitting all-time highs, with over 70 trading days of new market highs so far this year alone. Despite a small "sell the news" sell-off on Tuesday, the Senate's ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Agilent, AT&T, Halcon Resources, HP, International Paper, Seagate, Snap and More

Posted: July 13, 2017 at 9:05 am

Stocks closed sharply higher on Wednesday after Fed Chair Janet Yellen signaled that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may be close to having rates at a normalized level and reconfirming ...
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CME, NYSE Are the World’s Most Valuable Stock Exchange Brands

Posted: September 2, 2016 at 9:35 am

Compared to establishing the brand value of a company, valuing a company's assets is a piece of cake. After all, if a thing physically exists, someone, somewhere will be able ...
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17 Key Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades for Friday

Posted: May 6, 2016 at 9:25 am

Friday was a day full of analyst calls, and due to timing issues we have broken it up into two segments. The first was the top analyst calls from the major ...
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London, Deutsche Börse Agree to Merge

Posted: March 16, 2016 at 11:40 am

The two largest stock exchange operators in Europe have agreed to combine in a merger that would create an exchange operator with a market cap of around £21 billion (about ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Cerner, Intel, Peabody Energy, Rackspace, Weyerhaeuser, Whole Foods and More

Posted: February 17, 2016 at 8:55 am

Stocks were indicated higher again on Wednesday, which might make for a three-day rally. Is it possible that investors are wanting to rejoin their prior four-year trend of buying pullbacks? ...
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Top Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades: Agilent, CSC, Intel, Jabil, Kinder Morgan, Nasdaq, Square, Yahoo and More

Posted: December 9, 2015 at 8:50 am

Stocks were indicated lower again on Wednesday, making the expected gains in December more in question ahead of an expected rate hike. The one trend that has lasted for over ...
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Hot Biotech Stocks Highlight Jefferies Top Growth Stocks to Buy This Week

Posted: November 16, 2015 at 8:40 am

Despite a very difficult week for investors, more data came in to support the huge jobs number at the beginning of the month. The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index held ...
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ICE Buying Interactive Data

Posted: October 26, 2015 at 11:35 am

While the consolidation of the actual exchanges has largely come to an end, the desire for exchanges to take on new products and new opportunities remains. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (NYSE: ...
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Credit Suisse Adds Blue Chip Dividend Stocks to Prestigious Top Picks List

Posted: October 5, 2015 at 8:20 am

As we set sail to wrap up the year in the fourth quarter, many of the top Wall Street firms that we cover are making changes to their lists of ...
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