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 That said, since the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) released its first study of futures and options (F&O) trading in January 2023, three aspects of equity derivatives have warranted attention.  First, nine out of 10 individual traders have consistently lost money in F&O, principally in index options.  Second, cash-equivalent volumes in index options on expiry days were as much as 700-800 times underlying cash-market volumes. At expiry, prices determined by a relatively small cash market could settle index-option exposures several hundred times larger. This raised concerns about market stability and manipulation, with some echoes of the vulnerability exposed…

Juliana Inhasz — Foto: Germano Lüders/Insper – 20/5/2022 Overshadowed by Brazil’s fiscal challenges, microeconomic reform remains vital for structural growth and productivity, earning spots—albeit with limited detail—in the platforms of leading presidential candidates. Campaigns pitch adjustments to tax administration, credit markets, regulation, and public management. Because many measures demand complex negotiations with Congress, state and municipal authorities, and audit courts, execution presents a steep hurdle. Moreover, the next administration must first finalize the implementation of the value-added tax (VAT) reform on consumption, a primary concern for the business community. Though missing from the reelection platform of President Luiz Inácio Lula…

New crypto presales continue to appear across AI, payments, lending and memecoin sectors. Many ICO lists place MemeToro near the top because it combines a Stage 7 token sale with public development updates. That placement reflects media attention and stated features, not an independent guarantee that $MT will outperform other presale tokens. Why MemeToro Appears on Presale Lists MemeToro gives publishers several measurable points to cover. $MT is priced at $0.00430 during Stage 7, while the project has moved beyond $122,000 in reported fundraising. The team also published 1,373 lines of fair-launch Solidity code across 17 files. This gives list…

Crews are investigating what sparked a fire at a mix-used apartment and commercial building in Silver Lake overnight.KABCMonday, September 14, 2026 3:55PMSILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Crews are investigating what sparked a fire at a mix-used apartment and commercial building in Silver Lake overnight.The fire was reported around 1 a.m. Monday on Dillon Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters arrived to find smoke pouring from a Target store, which sits on the first level of the building.The flames were contained to the commercial part of the building, but nearly 50 apartment units that sit above the…

Blue Jay Gold Corp. (TSXV: JAY) (OTCQB: JAYGF) (FSE: JAY) (“Blue Jay” or the “Company”), is pleased to announce the first assay results from its maiden 2026 diamond drill program at the Steller Gold Project (“Steller” or the “Project”) in the Yukon Territory. Hole SC26-003 returned 14.00 metres (m) of 6.15 grams per tonne (gt) gold (Au) and 124 gt silver (Ag), or 8.04 gt gold equivalent (AuEq), from 495.00 m, including 10.50 m of 7.84 gt Au and 154 gt Ag (10.19 gt AuEq). The intersection represents an approximate 32 m down-plunge extension of the mineralization intersected in drill…

Coinbase announced on September 10 that it is partnering with payments infrastructure provider Moov to bring stablecoin payments, settlement, custody and real-time funding to more than 1,000 community banks and credit unions across the United States, according to the company’s blog. The deal lets smaller financial institutions offer stablecoin services through the payment systems they already run, rather than building separate digital-asset stacks. How the Integration Works Moov will use Coinbase Developer Platform’s Custodial Wallet accounts to hold customer funds and its Payments API to manage stablecoin movement. The integration is designed to support consumer payments, merchant acceptance, merchant settlement,…

Watling Real Estate has appointed Tom Martin as a surveyor in its London office. Martin joins Watling from Avison Young’s Birmingham office where he qualified as a chartered surveyor having been part of the firm’s first intake of apprentice surveyors in the UK in 2022. In his new role, he will work alongside director Ian Whittaker in Watling’s capital market team, supporting the national business across agency and transactional service lines. Nathan Pask, joint managing director of Watling, said: “We continue to build our team in London and across our regional offices and are delighted to have successfully recruited Tom…

The market holiday comes after a weak session on Friday, when domestic benchmark indices ended lower despite recovering sharply from their intraday lows.The 30-share BSE Sensex pack declined 120.83 points or 0.16 per cent to close at 74,781.76, while the NSE Nifty index fell 79.70 points or 0.34 per cent to settle at 23,398.10.Sensex recovered 621.60 points from its intraday low of 74,160.16, while Nifty rebounded 166.70 points from its day’s low of 23,231.40.Among Nifty constituents, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd and HDFC Bank Ltd were the top gainers, while JSW Steel Ltd and Hindalco Industries Ltd were the biggest laggards.Sectorally,…

New York City-based activist investment firm Barington Capital Group ⁠has ⁠increased its stake in ⁠Bath & Body Works, according to reports from Reuters and Bloomberg. The group is reportedly urging the personal care and fragrance retailer to explore a potential sale of the business.Barington’s alleged intervention may increase pressure on Bath & Body Works to accelerate its turnaround or consider a strategic transaction. If the retailer were to go to market, it could present one of the largest specialist fragrance and personal care takeover opportunities for private equity firms or strategic buyers. Barington held approximately 780,000 shares, representing a 0.38% stake, as…

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OpenSea, one of the world’s largest digital asset platforms, today announced support for Solana NFTs, enabling users to buy, sell, and trade Solana-based NFTs using OpenSea. With its support for Solana, users can now find and trade popular Solana NFT collections, including Claynosaurz, Mad Lads, BoDoggos, Collector Crypt, Phygitals, and others. “OpenSea should be the home for everything you collect, no matter which chain it lives on,” said Devin Finzer, co-founder and CEO of OpenSea. “Solana NFTs are now available right alongside its tokens on OpenSea. No switching wallets, no hunting across marketplaces, the whole ecosystem in one place.”…