NYSE still wants a.m. expiration on stock indexes

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 19, 1986 ;     367 words ......exchanges are opposing that solution to expiration-day volatility, the NYSE president said...would be publicized before the close. Expiration day volatility occurs as institutional...morning expirations would eliminate some expiration day problems. "The opening process has...

HKFE: HKFE article shows Hang Seng Index is not more vo volatile during...

M2 Presswire;  December 9, 1999 ;     356 words ......article shows Hang Seng Index is not more volatile during the expiration day of HSI Futures (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:081299...title: Is Hong Kong Stock Market More Volatile During the Expiration Day of HSI Futures? Then, after a short introduction, they define...

PRINCIPAL RETURN FUND TO BE LAUNCHED

AsiaInfo Services;  February 11, 2003 ;     226 words ......the investor the redeem balance accounted on the base of the NAV of the expiration day; if the redeemable capital accounted on the base of the NAV on the expiration day is less than the fund holder's investment, the investor will be paid with...

Premier Offers to Quit in Sudan

The Washington Post;  February 28, 1989 ;     84 words ......gave him a free hand to form a new government and work for peace in southern Sudan. Mahdi made the threat yesterday, the expiration day of a deadline given him by Sudan's officer corps to introduce changes. The officers are exasperated by setbacks in the war...

Stock Market Analysis, CNNfn

Street Sweep (CNNfn);  October 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......But I think today was - interesting trades, today was an expiration day. Typically expiration days are busy on the opening, busy...was as expected, the last half an hour on trading on an expiration day typically gets very busy. And there was a lot of running...

Celebs take the fast lane for their drivers' licenses

Chicago Sun-Times;  November 27, 1988 ;     641 words ......you for speeding? A note from your mother? By the time you finally make it to the licensing facility, it's your birthday, expiration day, and as you feared, the lines stretch out the door. There's a system here. Line 1 exists so the clerk at the end of it can...

An application of Bayesian option pricing to the soybean market.

American Journal of Agricultural Economics;  August 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......we need to predict the soybean futures price on the option expiration day, [F.sub.T], where F denotes the futures price and the T subscript refers to the future's expiration day. To predict the futures price we work with the spot price and...

Time-of-day effects on human performance.(REVIEW OF RESEARCH)

Catholic Education;  March 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The course of study of time-of-day effects on human performance has not been an easy one to chart...and individual differences with regard to time-of-day effects; time-of-day effects in individuals; morningness-eveningness as an individual...

Next-day effects of alcohol and an additional stressor on memory and...

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALCOHOL and stress has long been a concern reported in the alcohol research literature (Colquhoun and Edwards, 1975; Jubis, 1990; Steele and Josephs, 1988). However, after extensive study, there is little consensus as to the nature of this relationship. Alcohol has been

Judgment Day.(effects and controversies surrounding performance reviews)

U.S. News & World Report;  January 13, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Of all the nerve-racking, stomach-churning days of the work year, only one is scheduled in advance: performance review day. The consolation used to be that it didn't matter much. If your boss checked exceeds expectations, you might get a 6 percent raise. Needs improvement might get you just 2

Can frenzy of expiration be cooled?

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 12, 1986 ;     590 words ......have floated a plan for ending the expiration-day phenomenon, stock and options officials...aimed at reducing concern over the expiration-day phenomenon. Those frenzied expirations...SEC to provide him information on the expiration-day effect by June 13. As options and futures...

`WITCHING-HOUR' DILEMMA

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 7, 1986 ;     405 words ......said they focused on the so-called "expiration-day effect." On certain days stock prices...indicates that the SEC is giving this (expiration-day effect) serious consideration, which...will not act unilaterally on the expiration-day issue.

Quiet `witch' could alter Merc's plans

Chicago Sun-Times;  December 22, 1986 ;     617 words ......Chicago Mercantile Exchange's move to eliminate the quarterly expiration-day problem. The Merc's agreement to move to Friday morning...that an increase in margin requirements might reduce the expiration day phenomenon. Some sources insisted the Shad comments were...

4 exchanges object to SEC plan on swing days

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 31, 1986 ;     310 words ......exchanges, agreed to hold a meeting on the expiration day problem July 9. That meeting would...causes and possible solutions of the expiration-day phenomenon. Currently, stock index...the SEC to propose a solution to the expiration-day phenomenon by June 13. At the meeting...

Dow Extends Win Streak

The Journal Record;  August 21, 1993 ;     516 words ......monthly expiration of stock index options. "It was an options expiration day when there was a lot of volatility," said Alfred E. Goldman...Inc. in St Louis. "It was a typical, inexplicable options-expiration day." The Dow industrials finished at a new record of 3,615...