BUY THE SHARKS, SELL THE BAIT

August 25, 2021 • 00:08:07
BUY THE SHARKS, SELL THE BAIT
John Lothian News Commentary
BUY THE SHARKS, SELL THE BAIT

Aug 25 2021 | 00:08:07

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Show Notes

Cboe and its CEO Are Now in a Different Boat
In January of 2014, after hearing CBOE executives crow at an annual Chicago press lunch about how great their publicly traded company and its products performed in 2013, I wrote a commentary titled “The CME Should Buy the CBOE Soon.” There have been many on and off discussions about just that for many years. And yesterday for just a short period of time it seemed like it was happening, as the Financial Times reported that CME Group had approached Cboe to acquire it in a $16 billion deal that CME Group later strongly denied.

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