Here’s a look at The Options Insider’s favorite tweets of the week.
Financial exchanges/Options markets
Making a two-sided market? http://on.wsj.com/1kdOYzm? Repetto Accuses Schwab of Dueling Messages on High-Frequency Trading, via @JBSteins #HFT?(Jacob Bunge??@jacobbunge)
European investors’ risk appetite has increased over the past six months, but the growth is slowing http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/04/29/whats-happening-to-risk-appetite-in-europe/??(WSJ MoneyBeat??@WSJMoneyBeat)??
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The S&P futures have closed higher 8 out of the last 9 session …(Mr TopStep??@MrTopStep)?
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OIC and Saxo Bank sign content sharing agreement; announce options education roadshow http://bit.ly/1jirFq6?(OIC??@Options_Edu)??
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Yikes: $SPY has fallen in the two hours after FOMC statements for 23 straight meetings | http://blogs.marketwatch.com/thetell/2014/04/30/sp-500-has-fallen-after-the-last-23-fomc-statements/??(Chris Dieterich??@chrisdieterich)?
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Dow Jones industrial average closes at an all-time high of 16,580, erasing loss for the year http://yhoo.it/1fR2Blr?(Yahoo Finance??@YahooFinance??(on Wednesday)
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#OIC2014 @tabbman puts it back into perspective: retail investors have access to as powerful trdng systems as hedge funds #options?(Joy Rosenstein??@akaiJoy)
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SEC Charges NYSE, NYSE ARCA, and NYSE MKT for Repeated Failures to Operate in Accordance With Exchange Rules | More: http://wsj.com/markets?(WSJ Markets??@WSJmarkets)?
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Chicago futures exchange @CMEGroup plays down role (and revenue) of high-frequency traders in its markets: http://bit.ly/1fC0Hun?(LynneMarek??@LynneMarek)
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OIC Announces April Options Volume Down 4% http://bit.ly/1iIaael?(OIC??@Options_Edu)??
@CBOE Holdings total trading volume in April, by exchange… CBOE: 96.9M contracts, C2: 6.6M, CFE: 3.7M. http://ir.cboe.com/releases.cfm?(Gary Compton??@GaryCompton)
The 2014 Joseph W. Sullivan Award is presented to Mr. Blair Hull! #OIC2014 pic.twitter.com/ujXa0VigmX?(Options Conference??@OptionsConf)??
Economic News
Low-wage jobs account for 44% of jobs during recovery — @aarontask & @hblodget discuss on the latest @DailyTicker http://yhoo.it/1iwZp3q?(Yahoo Finance??@YahooFinance)
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Most important overlooked U.S. econ data of the day: @DallasFed report shows Texas business activity up, company outlook at four-year high (Ann Saphir??@annsaphir)?
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Fischer gets nod to be new No. 2 at the #Fed, via @flahertyreuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/29/us-usa-fed-nominees-idUSBREA3S0N720140429??(Ann Saphir??@annsaphir)
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U.S. consumer confidence near six-year high, home prices rise http://reut.rs/1rBctoH? via @reuters So we’re all good now, I guess? (Ann Saphir??@annsaphir)??
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News China’s economy could overtake the U.S.’s this year is only part of the story: http://on.wsj.com/1jgeBBK? pic.twitter.com/ZpxJ9laiMu?(Wall Street Journal??@WSJ)?
2013/2014
64% of consumers surveyed indicated rising food prices were a major factor limiting their spending in mid-2013 http://ow.ly/wdlVX?(Nielsen Perishables??@NielsenPrshbles)?
Commodities
?Starbucks Buyers Sit on Sidelines As Coffee Prices Soar ~90% http://on.wsj.com/1gYSQ5a? Brazilian drought the culprit, via @lesliejosephs $SBUX?(Jacob Bunge??@jacobbunge)
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Farmers not selling, weather in the way: ‘That was the combination’ http://on.wsj.com/1koq2XF? Archer Daniels Midland’s Profit Slips $ADM?(Jacob Bunge??@jacobbunge)??
This and That
People seem to have more heart attacks on Mondays than any other day of the week: http://buswk.co/QPdH4z??(Businessweek??@BW)?
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2/3 of Shoppers Don’t Trust #Retail After #Data Breaches http://trib.al/86aVYI5?(TheStreet??@TheStreet)??
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Peru is exporting a record amount of guinea pig meat, all to the United States. http://glpo.st/1rwT6Nx? pic.twitter.com/k3MQbOmHwA?(GlobalPost??@GlobalPost)?
?About 342 million shares of $BAC traded today –highest volume since Dec. 2012. The stock fell 6.3%, or its worst day in 1.5-years. @CNBC?(Giovanny Moreano??@GiovannyMoreano)
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For the first time, high school graduation rates in the U.S. are above 80 percent. http://mktplc.org/1iwzGZD?(Marketplace??@Marketplace)?
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Facebook still has 1 BILLION more users than Twitter has: http://cnb.cx/1hsQGKi?(Eli Langer??@EliLanger)
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Detroit may be bankrupt, but its residents actually have the lowest levels of debt in the country http://yhoo.it/1lziYbH?(Yahoo Finance??@YahooFinance)?
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Facebook vs. Twitter: pic.twitter.com/QGWKM1sDMy?(CNBC Social Team??@CNBCSocial)?
?Women constitute about 50% of the labor force but 75% of workers in the largest low-wage jobs. http://on.mktw.net/R7DLrT? pic.twitter.com/eNeAiWgynV?(MarketWatch??@MarketWatch)
