New York, NY, July 10--OMEX Systems, LLC (“OMEX”), the provider of broker-neutral DMA and OEMS trading systems for broker-dealers and buy-side investment firms active in stocks, options and futures announced the addition of 2 more trading technology veterans to the firm’s New York office, bringing the 5-year old company’s total…Read More

Excerpts courtesy of June 26 NYT column by Nathaniel Popper MarketsMuse Editor's Note:  Though we generally spotlight the most relevant leading news media articles profiling the trading of ETFs and Options, on a selective basis, our editorial team also makes mention of compelling profiles of investment managers, traders and institutional…Read More

Courtesy of Pensions & Investments and independent research firm Elkins/McSherry, here is their latest report listing the industry's top executing brokers...Most of the names are 'industry standards'; new entries to the list are worth noting. Click on the P&I logo to review            Read More

In the wake of the now spirited debate as to the direction of equities markets, the more relevant topic of how/where to move in volatile markets in order to get real best execution when trading in exchange-traded products is particularly poignant. We extend our thanks to the folks at NorthStar…Read More

 Courtesy of John Spence A surge in exchange traded fund trading this week signals that investors should buckle up for a volatile summer. ETF trading soared to about 40% of overall volume on Thursday, one day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed may soon begin tapering its…Read More

Contributed by Chris Hempstead, Head of ETF Execution for WallachBeth Capital [caption id="attachment_965" align="alignleft" width="137"] Chris Hempstead, WallachBeth Capital[/caption] This week we saw 2 large creates in funds we don’t hear much about. The first was FBG (FI Enhanced Big Cap Growth ETN) with what looks to be about a…Read More

[caption id="attachment_920" align="alignleft" width="88"] Ron Quigley, Mischler Financial[/caption] Courtesy of Guest Contributor Ron Quigley, Managing Director of U.S. Syndicate and Primary Sales for Mischler Financial Group.  May 3-2013--We need 200k new jobs a month, or 2.4 million annually just to put a dent in unemployment.  It takes, on average, about…Read More

[caption id="attachment_1359" align="alignleft" width="300"] Spartan Andrew McOrmond[/caption] Editors Note: MarketsMuse is not just an ETF and Options market news aggregator, as we take pride in spotlighting the off-market activity of trading Industry professionals who "do good by giving back." MarketsMuse is pleased to extend a Bravo! and a "bid on"…Read More

According to Nielsen Ratings, Bloomberg LP’s 1st Annual Market Madness 3-on-3 Charity Basketball Tourney, which took place on April 8th at Pier 36’s Basketball City, did not draw as many eyeballs as the NCAA Men’s National Basketball Championship held on the same night, but the event did bring out 25,…Read More

Courtesy of Bloomberg LP reporter Nina Mehta 2013-03-22 22:29:10.364 GMT U.S. regulators approved Nasdaq Stock Market’s request to allow the sponsors of some exchange- traded funds to offer payments to market makers.     The Securities and Exchange Commission decision loosens a ban on the compensation that has been in place since…Read More

Courtesy of WSJ MarketBeat Columnist Matthew Jarzemsky March 20, 2013 Investors are getting awfully creative in the way they play the volatility surrounding Europe and its crisis. Amid a renewed flare-up of worries, one investor placed a big bet on European stocks but with a twist; dodging the impact of…Read More

Refreshing Market Commentary courtesy of Ron Quigley, Mgn.Dir./Head of U.S. Syndicate Desk & Primary Sales for Mischler Financial Group. With Washington in full-out gridlock, Americans should be turning to the best national news, namely corporate profits.  Corporations are driving the resurgence in equity markets posting overall fabulous earnings.  The flight…Read More

Courtesy of John Spence, ETF Trends The percentage of ETF trading relative to overall volume tends to shoot higher in headline-driven markets when asset classes are moving together on macroeconomic or political events. That’s exactly what happened on Monday when global markets swooned on fears parliamentary elections in Italy will…Read More

Courtesy of Jeff Sommer, New York Times THE economy may be lurching into another crisis, but you wouldn’t know it from the stock market, where an epic party is under way. Yet this effervescence belies some ominous developments in politics and the economy. After the State of the Union address…Read More

Courtesy of Olly Ludwig Sooner or later the bond market is going to start falling, and a perfect exchange-traded vehicle to play the unraveling of the more than three-decade rally in fixed-income markets is “LQD,” a corporate bond fund that happens to be one of the largest fixed-income ETF in…Read More

Courtesy of MarketsMedia.com The burgeoning exchange-traded funds sector in Europe is expected to grow still further in the coming years, after the industry recently celebrated its 20th birthday. ETFs, which are funds that track baskets of shares, bonds or commodities and are traded like stocks, were invented in 1993 in…Read More

Solid  WSJ article courtesy of reporter Telis Demos (Jan 27 WSJ).. MarketsMuse has taken liberty and extracted most interesting observations.. ".... In recent years, a computer typically would have swiftly matched such an order with a buyer, sidestepping trading floors altogether.....But more recent soft trading volume has left many traders…Read More

Courtesy of the ETF Professor at Benzinga.com U.S. equities and other riskier assets are in rally mode in the first trading session of 2013 after lawmakers finally got around to agreeing on legislation that steered the U.S. away from the dreaded fiscal cliff. News that a deal was in the…Read More