Hedgers Brace for Hurricane Season
With the Atlantic hurricane season getting underway this week, rising temperatures and wind speeds on the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast could give way to rising trade volumes for the Chicago-based CME Group Inc. for hurricane derivatives. Last year 32,600 contracts were cleared through the CME, most of which were traded during the hurricane season. [...]
CME’s Stock Continues to Lag
An interview with CME Group’s CEO Craig Donohue While the problems wrought by the recession have hammered CME Group Inc.’s stock during the past year, the solutions being put forth to prevent future financial crises are starting to revive the share price. CME could be the beneficiary of proposed government regulation that would push more [...]
