GLG News by Securities Exchange Consultants
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
Amazon Attempts a Monopolsts's Squeze
April 2, 2008
Amazon Tightens Noose on Print-On-Demand Publishers; Insists They Use Company's Own Service | www.washingtonpost.com
Amazon is attempting to own the book business by exercising control of the small fast growing independent end of the market. Ultimately having done much good for book buyers and helped publishers, Amazon is now in danger of squeezing the small houses they have helped encourage. Book publishing is in danger of having a very significant element of control levied by Amazon which will profit Messrs Bezos and Company in the short term but not in any way assist the development or innovation in the publishing business. In the long term Amazon will see their catalogue shrink. Their market share will decline and they will stifle the growth of the book publishing business. Make no mistake, this is a very very bad day for technological innovators, small businesses and publishing as an industry. For Amazon, it is a foolish plodding play of a monopolist which plainly has lost sight of the fact that treating suppliers with disdain will create a backlash. Finally expect higher book prices too!
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
How Foolish We Were ...and Will be Once Again!
March 26, 2008
A Nation of Enrons | www.fool.com
Ultimately all markets go in cycles. The concept that property, to name but one sector, would forever go up, was a delusion of the Florida land grab of the 1920s and umpteen other times in history, not just the very recent past... Sadly in the modern age, the analysis remains that even with new-fangled tools to lose money by, the old fashioned methods of over-leverage and foolishly bullish beliefs are working just fine too.
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
March 11, 2008
Nymex stakes in other exchanges a factor in talks with CME | www.marketwatch.com
CME has run its slide rule across cash exchanges before but never taken the plunge to acquire one. Equally, it seeks to create partnerships where it can act as a predator and buy out the partner (see my previous analysis on the subject). Sooner or later CME will likely acquire beyond its traditional futures sectors and there is a wealth of deals out there... However, the key thing CME (and other predatory exchanges) need to do in the long term is to diversify beyond US dollar denominated markets.
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
March 10, 2008
Thomson-Reuters Merger Approved | money.cnn.com
The ability of the new merged management team to keep clients happy when products are merged is going to be a key issue in making this merger work. Staff are understandably nervous about their prospects and the history of Reuters in recent years has included a great deal of almost ongoing upheaval.
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
February 8, 2008
Nymex Earnings Rise on Fee Growth | biz.yahoo.com
Another exchange, another strong processing result...Just imagine what would hapen if they could close the bottleneck of the floor!
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
February 8, 2008
Europe banks to launch derivatives platform | www.ft.com
The political battle between the big banks and exchanges is becoming more explosive than ever.
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
CME Uses the Predator Partnership - Again
January 30, 2008
CME-Nymex: Good Deal? | online.wsj.com
CME deal value is related not just to exchange growth but also the state of commodity prices. Nevertheless, CME is best placed to acquire CME for approximately 40 key reasons
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
November 2, 2007
Citigroup, Goldman Take on Exchanges on EU Mifid Law | www.bloomberg.com
The Jury Is Out - But At Least We May Get a Verdict of Sorts Next Year. Historically Major Regulatory Changes Result in Unforeseen Consequences.
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
Western Union has brand but stagecoach technology won't help it survive!
September 18, 2007
Immigrant groups launch Western Union boycott | www.latimes.com
Western Union is slow, disorganised, bureaucratic and expensive. New technology competitors are massing and will take market share unless the provider gets its act together.
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Patrick YoungFounder and ChairmanDerivatives Vision
No More Bidders But Watch for a Share Swap Shuffle?
August 27, 2007
Dubai Bids $4 Billion for OMX, Trumping Nasdaq Bid | www.bloomberg.com
Other bidders Unlikely but the deal may get more complex...
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