Here’s a look at The Options Insider’s favorite tweets of the week.
Financial Exchanges/Options Markets
ICE completes acquisition of Singapore Mercantile Exchange – http://www.futuresmag.com/2014/02/03/ice-completes-acquisition-of-singapore-mercantile#.Uu-8QIBoJNo.twitter??(Futures Magazine??@FuturesMagazine)?
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What’s the latest on #Trading #Technology? Check out the new “Trading Tech Talk” on @Options Inside Radio https://theoptionsinsider.com/radio-players/player.php?id=100029726?? #options?(ISE??@ISEexchange)
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Human touch at #NYSE still essential for market liquidity and stability: via London School of Economics http://bit.ly/1bk53yI? @LSEnews?(on Monday)((NYX) NYSE Euronext??@NYSEEuronext)
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CBOE’s short-term VIX, the $VXST, has become a wild beast: up 143% since the December US jobs report on Jan. 10 $VIX $$(on Monday)(OptionsBeat??@OptionsBeat)
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Single-day volume records on the @CBOE VIX: 2.4m in total and 1.9m in calls – busy day in the pit… $VIX $$ (on Monday)(OptionsBeat??@OptionsBeat)
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OIC’s NEW 3-part seminar series kicks off this week! Join us Feb 5 in Costa Mesa for #Options Fundamentals. Register: http://bit.ly/1bWQTDR??(On Monday)(OIC??@Options_Edu)
?CME Group reports higher 4Q profit as trading volume rises – http://bit.ly/LMuxi8?(Mr TopStep??@MrTopStep)
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CBOE Holdings Declares First Quarter 2014 Dividend http://bit.ly/1att5fs? via CBOE $$ (Options News??@OptionsFeed)
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OIC’s Alan Grigoletto discusses mini-options on the latest Advisor’s Option on @Options Insider Radio http://trib.al/P15lmUd??(OIC Advisor??@OIC_Advisor)?
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Twitter?s Big Drop Means Big Profits for Some Bearish #Options Traders http://on.wsj.com/1g5XJK9? via @WSJ $TWTR?(on Thursday)(Kaitlyn Kiernan??@Kaitlyn_Kiernan)?
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises sharply, posting its biggest one-day gain since Dec 18: http://on.wsj.com/1nd5kJd? $djia?(on Thursday)(WSJ Markets??@WSJmarkets)??
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Word from the $VIX pit this AM — “trading is ferocious.” Volume running about 34% above average over the past month (which inc. 2 records)(on Friday)(Kaitlyn Kiernan??@Kaitlyn_Kiernan)??
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rises, marking its biggest two-day point gain since Oct 11: http://on.wsj.com/1exD7xf? $djia?(on Friday)(WSJ Markets??@WSJmarkets)
Economic News
White House says still not considering Puerto Rico bailout. Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday cut its credit rating to junk status.(CNBC’s Politics Team??@CNBCPolitics)?
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Fed officials “are not swayed by a single number” @DallasFed chief Fisher tells CNBC http://reut.rs/1l5MxAi? via @reuters?((Ann Saphir??@annsaphir?)
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As U.S. jobless rate falls, Janet Yellen must rethink Fed’s rate guidance http://www.cnbc.com/id/101399084? via @reuters with @jonathanspicer?(Ann Saphir??@annsaphir?)
2013/2014
BREAKING: Sec. Lew says Treasury likely to run out funding by Feb. 27. http://cnb.cx/1l7XFww??View summary?(on Friday)(CNBC??@CNBC)
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Will you pay more for that morning cup of joe? Coffee prices rise to an 8-month high on weather worries in Brazil: http://on.wsj.com/1lx5DTy?(WSJ Markets??@WSJmarkets)?
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RT @EconBizFin: The world economy will have a bumpy 2014. But the recovery is not, yet, at risk http://econ.st/1b5yyKe?(CMEGroup??@CMEGroup)
This and That
FOX Sports says Super Bowl XLVIII is most-watched television show in U.S. history. $FOXa?(Sports Biz??@CNBCSportsBiz)
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Apple’s Q4 tablet share decreases from 38% to 34% in 2013. http://bit.ly/1lxaPqo? #Bwest $AAPL #IDC?(Cory Johnson??@CoryTV)
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Financially, Zuckerberg is having the best 2014 of anyone on Earth: http://buswk.co/1aWqA69? pic.twitter.com/YWwZBUzJjU?(Businessweek??@BW)
Did Steve Jobs have the greatest influence on business over the last 25 years? Fav if yes, reply if no. (CNBC??@CNBC)?
Interesting charts RT @pgogoi: Ever wondered who smokes in the U.S.? Graphic from @CNNMoney post $CVS pic.twitter.com/6UIwJxO9L7(Josh Inglis??@Propllrhead)?
Twitter has lost $7.8 billion in value today: http://cnb.cx/1l0haa8? ? $TWTR?(on Thursday)(CNBC??@CNBC)?
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This small business hopes to see people wearing these bracelets in Sochi: http://buswk.co/1ay6azG? pic.twitter.com/JvoHbBSAv4?(Businessweek??@BW)
757M people (10% of world) use $FB every day. 2/3 of the world’s population doesn’t have Internet access. (CNBC 25??@CNBC25)?
The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show rings the #NASDAQ #ClosingBell! #dreamBIG @wkcdogs pic.twitter.com/eEsyu3gxxF?(on Friday)(NASDAQ.com??@NASDAQ)?
