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Cambiar Opportunity Fund, managed by Cambiar Investors, published its Q2 2026 investor letter. The letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equity markets experienced a significant rebound in Q2, with the S&P 500 rising 15.2% and the Russell 2000 up 21.5%. Growth stocks outperformed value, although value retained a year-to-date lead. The market’s rise was fueled […]

CME Group has produced a solid 62.6% share price gain over the past 5 years, and the key issue now is whether that kind of payoff is aligned with the returns the exchange earns on the capital invested in its business. With the stock recently easing back from its highs and new derivatives products coming through, investors are asking if today’s price still matches the cash generation power behind this clearing and trading platform. Over 5 years the stock is up 62.6%, which puts real weight on...

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US equity futures were mostly flat pre-bell Wednesday as traders awaited a key inflation report for

US stock futures steadied on Wednesday after Treasury yields advanced to fresh multidecade highs and investors awaited the latest signal on sticky inflation.

Coinbase Global (COIN) has been moving its business away from bitcoin trading and into other products. You probably still think of Coinbase as a bet on the price of bitcoin. The stock has lost 38% over the past year, while the S&P 500 returned 17.7%. A fall that deep looks like what you would expect from a company tied to bitcoin trading. So how much of Coinbase's business still comes from bitcoin trading.

CME's 62% net margin and fortress balance sheet contrast sharply with Robinhood's 51% revenue growth and regulatory headwinds.

Nine crypto coins are now traded inside a single, financially settled futures contract on CME Group’s platform, but Bitcoin and Ethereum together make up 86.29% of that basket. The Nasdaq CME Crypto Index (NCI) and its micro-sized companion give institutions a way to hedge or gain exposure to a nine-asset ...

US stock futures pointed to a modestly higher open on Tuesday, with a decline in crude oil prices and a pullback in Treasury yields following losses for the major Wall Street indexes in the previous session. US crude oil futures fell more than 2%, reversing part of Monday’s increase.

On September 22, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) announced plans to launch Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Uniswap (UNI) futures on October 19, pending regulatory review. Responding to institutional demand for risk-management tools in high-liquidity altcoins, the contracts will feature both standard and Micro sizes: 250 BCH and 25 BCH contracts, as well as 10,000 UNI and […]

On September 8, CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME) announced an agreement with the European Energy Exchange (EEX) to transition EEX’s European dairy business to CME Group, marking CME’s formal entry into the European dairy derivatives market. Under the deal, EEX will phase out its dairy operations and support the transfer of its key index suite, including […]

Cooper Investors, an investment management firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter for “Cooper Investors Global Equities Fund (Unhedged)”. The letter can be downloaded here. The Fund returned 6.6% for the quarter, bringing its financial-year return to -6.4%. On a local currency basis, performance was approximately flat for the year, as the strengthening Australian Dollar […]

Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) enters an expansion phase backed by strong top-line momentum, having expanded full-year 2025 revenues by 46% to $571 million and total assets to over $4.1 billion. While working capital shifts led to a $250.9 million net operating cash outflow in the first half of 2026, the online brokerage maintains a solid balance sheet […]

Coinbase Global (COIN) shares returned 40% over the three months that ended on September 24. A $10,000 holding at the start of that window was worth about $13,980 at the end. The run came even as revenue kept falling. Management had been saying for well over a year that it wanted to go beyond trading, but the latest filed numbers pointed the other way.

CME Group’s new leveraged loan futures open another revenue stream to watch CME Group (CME) has just started trading S&P UBS USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index futures, giving investors the first exchange listed contract tied to a transparent leveraged loan benchmark. CME Group shares trade at US$268.91 after a recent soft patch, with the 30-day share price return down 3.03%. Momentum over the past quarter has been stronger, with a 90-day share price return of 21.68%. Set against that near-term...

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US equity futures were edging lower pre-bell Thursday as traders observed rising Treasury yields and

Traders have further ramped up their expectations for interest rate-hikes after a jam-packed 24 hours that brought strong economic data, higher oil prices and comments from a Fed governor backing further rate increases.

Uniswap exchange reserves hit a record 113.9 million UNI as whales withdraw tokens and stock token deposits climbs.

Strong U.S. data and hawkish Fed expectations support DXY as EUR/USD and GBP/USD remain pressured below key technical resistance.

Ten-year Treasury yields hit 5.1% yesterday. The 10-year yield rose almost 0.15 percentage point, to 5.113%, its highest closing yield since July 12, 2007. Oil’s price rise accompanied firming conviction that the Fed will be hiking again.

After 11 years, the exchange that invented the perpetual swap contract has gone dark, leaving its remaining traders scrambling and a $495 million lawsuit from Celsius's bankruptcy estate casting a long shadow over its founders.

CME Group just triggered a 30% spike in Bitcoin Cash, but the last three coins to get the same futures announcement lost over a third of their value before trading even began. A surprise Grayscale filing may be the only thing standing between BCH and the same fate.

Polymarket’s Balance of Power 2026 Midterms contract showed a reported record 60% market-implied probability of a Democratic sweep of Congress, according to The Kobeissi Letter. A separate Polymarket contract tracking Senate control specifically put Democratic odds at 62% versus 31% for Republicans as of the Afternoon of September 21 – ...

Seth Klarman is a billionaire value investor who has run Baupost Group since 1982 and wrote the famous book Margin of Safety. Baupost’s 13F filings for the second quarter show the fund opened three new positions. The largest is CME Group Inc. (NASDAQ:CME), where Klarman bought 619,000 shares worth about $136.69 million, giving the exchange […]

Bitcoin Cash surged after CME Group announced plans to launch futures tied to the cryptocurrency. Bitcoin, meanwhile, was falling Wednesday.

CME Group said it planned to launch Bitcoin Cash futures and Micro Bitcoin Cash futures on October 19, pending regulatory review.

Bitcoin Cash surges 35% as CME futures, ETF expectations and a short squeeze fuel a breakout that could put $450 in focus.

Signs that the Fed will press ahead with interest-rate hikes are boosting the dollar. Traders have taken note of comments from Fed officials citing the need for more rate increases to tame inflation following last week’s hike, the first in three years. Richmond Fed President Thomas Barkin suggested yesterday that one hike was not enough to curb inflation.

The exchange operator is adding standard and micro contracts for BCH and UNI, extending a pattern of altcoin rollouts that already covers Cardano, Chainlink, Stellar, Avalanche, and Sui.

CME Group (NASDAQ: $CME) plans to launch futures contracts for Bitcoin Cash (CRYPTO: $BCH) and Uniswap (CRYPTO: $UNI) on Octo...

CME expands equity derivatives with new factor futures, offering targeted exposure, margin offsets and flexible trading for institutions.

CME Group just opened 2 altcoins to Wall Street. Both spiked in minutes — but history has a warning for anyone buying this news.

Coinbase Global (COIN) wants to be judged as more than a crypto trading venue. Its evidence is subscription and services revenue, the non-trading line the CEO says makes the business a bit more predictable. That line is the metric that should worry a holder. In the first quarter of 2026 it fell 16% quarter-over-quarter, and the stock is down about 39% over the past year even after a summer rebound.

The Fed raised rates 25 basis points on Sept. 16, and brokers and exchanges like Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, and CME Group stand to benefit from the new hiking cycle.

CME Group (NasdaqGS:CME) introduced S&P UBS USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index futures, adding a new tool for leveraged loan exposure. The contract is based on the S&P UBS USD Liquid Leveraged Loan Index, jointly developed with S&P Dow Jones Indices and UBS. Management highlighted record 24/7 trading activity in gold and silver futures, noting strong retail engagement in precious metals. The group outlined significant executive promotions and leadership transitions as part of its planned...

Coinbase just delivered one of its ugliest quarterly reports in years, yet a quiet transformation happening beneath the surface could make the spot trading slump largely irrelevant to its future.

By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Global stocks edged higher on Wednesday, pulling back from two straight sessions of losses, as investors positioned for a closely watched U.S.

A lot is on the line for the Fed. Wall Street is all but certain that the world's most powerful central bank will raise interest rates today. It would be a shocker, to say the least, if the Fed didn't increase rates amid such high odds.

CME is expanding through higher trading volumes, new derivatives products and record market-data revenues while returning capital to shareholders.

US stock index futures pointed to a higher opening on Wednesday as crude oil prices declined and investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision later in the day. The indicated rebound followed two consecutive sessions of losses that pushed the S&P 500 to its lowest closing level in more than a month.

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CME's 62% net margin towers over Morningstar's 15.3%, but valuation metrics tell a different story for 2026 investors.

Traders see better than a 90% chance the FOMC votes Wednesday to lift the federal funds rate to a target range of 3.75%–4%

US equity futures were edging mostly higher pre-bell Wednesday as traders geared up for the interest

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Investors should brace for short-term volatility if the Fed increases rates.

Trumpflation and the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out are expected to force Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) into action.

The Federal Reserve's September policy meeting kicks off on Tuesday, and markets overwhelmingly expect the Fed to raise interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday amid persistently high inflation.

Markets enter the week accordingly jumpy, with volatility measures rising into the seasonally weak month of September.