• Sep
  • 21
  • 2007
  • 8:25 AM

Expirations, rebalancings and other links for 21 September, 2007

By: Ray Pellecchia
File Under: NYSE

As a reminder, today is the quarterly expiration day for stock and index options and stock and index futures products. It also is the day when S&P rebalances its three big indexes. Here's a link to my post about this earlier this week. May it all be a non-event, and if it's an event, may it go your way.

Two NYSE data points from the turbulent month of August:
-- Short interest fell slightly, the first decline since February.
-- Margin debt fell sharply, and for the first time this year.

Aggies, hedgies and pork bellies; Commentary: 'The Merc' outgrows its agrarian roots -- Another fine piece by David Weidner chronicling the electronification/evolution of markets, this time at the Chicago Merc.

You made it to Friday, folks. Have a great weekend. And if you ever wondered what ever happened to the wall that gave Wall Street its name, here's the painful answer:

Today in NYSE History
21 Sept. 1776 -- The wall along Wall Street was destroyed in a devastating fire that leveled 500 buildings in New York City.

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