Here’s a look at The Options Insider’s favorite tweets of the week.?
Financial exchanges/options markets
Low VIX sparks volatile debate: Calm or complacency? http://on.wsj.com/1hh290N? via @chrisdieterich @WSJMoneyBeat
Thanks @Options @EurexGroup @L_McCormack @lizNNP for being top engaged members in my community this week (insight by http://commun.it?)
ISE Launches Do Not Trade Through Functionality for Multi-Legged Orders: Posted … http://bit.ly/1nvt1Oj? via http://ISE.com? $$
Top Trending Story: Trader Spends $13 Million Betting #VIX Index Will Surge 56% (@Bloomberg). http://bit.ly/Smsfsb?
The @NYSE looking two shades less Goldman today, with Niederauer headed out and IMC headed in http://on.wsj.com/1lVtIzl? $ICE
Our Senior Managing Director of Equity Products and Index Services talks with @Options about recent trends http://ow.ly/x2NQ8? $CME
The S&P has gone 468 days since a correction of 10% or more – the 4th longest streak. How long will it last??http://yhoo.it/1vxNBTN?
The S&P 500 ended the day above the 1,900 mark for the first time ever today. #RapidRecap
Economic news
Investors are buying up US Treasury bonds that protect against inflation: http://on.wsj.com/1r15lqN?
The Fed is pleased with US economic progress. http://bit.ly/1vNdO0B?
Existing Home Sales Rise Less Than Expected http://www.thestreet.com/story/12718997/1/existing-home-sales-rise-less-than-excpected.html?? via @dan_freed
Renminbi to Become Top Five Currency by 2020 http://ow.ly/2H1XsY?
Fed’s Kocherlakota: Below-target inflation signals significant economic problem: http://cnb.cx/1jsRX9E?
Senate backs Fischer for Fed board http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA4J0ZY20140521??
Fed minutes come today at 2 pm ET. Stocks typically slump afterward. Here’s why: http://on.wsj.com/1tkcwrP?
Gold bar and coin demand slumps to a 4-year low: http://cnb.cx/1jxOCr7?
Many investors have shrugged off the Thai coup. Some see it as a buying opportunity: http://on.wsj.com/1r0aSOe? pic.twitter.com/QFKt0WqgFH
This and That
GM recall announcements may continue through mid-summer: Barclays (via @Lebeaucarnews)
Best Buy’s tough year continues: $BBY down 35% in 2014, worst S&P 500 performer http://on.wsj.com/1vN9KNP? @WSJMoneyBeat pic.twitter.com/25lVoei1oe
#MemorialDay Travel/Traffic http://trib.al/4yHno4t?
What was really in the briefcase? @DazedMagazine on the 20th anniv of Pulp Fiction. http://bit.ly/Sjt2em?
Buffett: Teach kids financial literacy to spark entrepreneurship http://yhoo.it/1lCCgJR?
London is home to 72 billionaires ? more than any other city on the planet. http://mktplc.org/1
Chipotle: Because of recent event, we are asking that customers not bring guns into our restaurants, unless a law enforcement official. $CMG
Straight from the Census Bureau: 22 year-olds are now the biggest age group in the U.S. http://mktplc.org/1oe8YYu?