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View from the Floor
May 14 2012 | 3:53 PM | Posted by: Ali O'Rourke

For JP Morgan, the quest for the perfect hedge cost the firm $2 billion. If hedging is meant to offset risk, then how could that happen?

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ETP Landscape
May 7 2012 | 9:48 AM | Posted by: Charles (Tony) Baker

If the manager of an active ETF can change the composition of the portfolio at any time during the day, how will market makers be able to keep track of the changes and maintain effective trading? We've got the answer.

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The Bell
May 17 2012 | 10:34 AM


Professor Louise Richardson, Principal of the University of St Andrews, and Actor Sir Sean Connery Rings The Opening BellSM at the New York Stock Exchange


On Thursday, May 17, Professor Louise Richardson, Principal of the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and the actor Sir Sean Connery will visit the NYSE and ring The Opening Bell. St Andrews, the third oldest university in the English speaking world, is celebrating its 600th Anniversary. Sir Sean and Professor Richardson are in New York for the world premiere of Ever to Excel, a new film telling the story of the ancient university. Sir Sean, who narrates and appears in the film, is an honorary graduate of St Andrews.


About The University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews was founded in 1413 in the town of St Andrews in Fife,...

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NYSE Magazine
May 17 2012 | 10:33 AM

The Spring edition of NYSE magazine is now live, coinciding with the launch of NYSE Euronext’s new brand identity this week. At nysemagazine.com and on your iPad app (download it for free if you haven’t yet done so), you will find profiles of:

  • LinkedIn, which this month, at the young age of nine, is marking its first anniversary of being a public company;
  • GDF Suez, which is listed on NYSE Euronext in Paris and is more than 150 years old; and
  • Union Pacific, which will celebrate its 150th anniversary by ringing The Closing Bell on July 2. Union Pacific is one of the top components of the new Century Index and one...
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Posted by: Danielle Cimato
Director, Global Marketing & Branding
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Governance & Proxy
May 17 2012 | 10:22 AM

New York City - Stock Exchange (NYSE) Deutsch:...

New York City - Stock Exchange (NYSE) Deutsch: New York City - Börse (NYSE) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


Each year, companies distribute millions of...

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Posted by: Judith (Judy) C. McLevey
VP, Corporate Actions & Market Watch
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NYSE MAC Desk
May 17 2012 | 10:13 AM

Breakfast Bites: Ongoing concerns over the European financial crisis and less than stellar economic data is overshadowing some positive earnings from the likes of Wal-Mart



  • It is The New York Stock Exchange's 220 year anniversary!!

  • Jobless claims were unchanged at 370,000 in the week ending May12th, a sign the labor market is making little to slow progress.

  • The Philadelphia Fed general economic index decreased to -5.8 in May from 8.5. Economists had predicted it would rise to 10.

  • The Index of U.S. Leading Indicators unexpectedly fell in April indicating the pace of economic expansion may cool.

  • Wal-Mart's Q1 EPS of $1.09 beat by $0.05. Revenue grew 8.6% to $112.3B and beat by $1.8B. Expects Q2 EPS of $1.13-$1.18 vs. consensus $1.16

  • Consumer confidence dropped last week to the lowest level since the end of January (-43.6) as slower job growth contributed to overall consumer...
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Posted by: Charles Brown
Managing Director, The Capital Markets Desk
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NYSE History
May 17 2012 | 9:42 AM

Today the NYSE celebrates its 220th birthday.



On May 17, 1792 a group of 24 stockbrokers – pioneers in a business that was still in its infancy – signed an agreement to trade only with each other and to charge their customers a standard commission.  The brokers signed their historic agreement underneath a Buttonwood tree that stood on Wall Street, or so the story goes.  The document has since been called the “Buttonwood Agreement” and marks the origins of the New York Stock Exchange.


How does a company stay successful for 220 years?  Certainly by being best at what it does.  Also by being able to see down the road and changing to meet new opportunities and challenges.  All while remaining steadfast to its principles and true to itself.


There...

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Posted by: Steven Wheeler
Director, Archives, Corporate Giving and Education
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