Who Knew the NY Stock Exchange Was FOR SALE???

I know! Why didn't I get a chance to make an offer?!

there site. Intersting company, only 12 years old
[link to www.theice.com (secure)]

I read something about it a while back, maybe a few weeks ago.. can't remember all the details but I think it was foreign investors

[link to www.nasdaq.com]

Owner Name Date Shared Held Change (Shares) Change(%) Value(in 1,000s)
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 09/30/2012 5,528,477 137,727 2.56 709,359
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 09/30/2012 4,897,709 58,505 1.21 628,425
VANGUARD GROUP INC 09/30/2012 4,238,097 87,732 2.11 543,790
SANDS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 09/30/2012 4,009,925 (304,901) (7.07) 514,513
STATE STREET CORP 09/30/2012 2,905,064 106,613 3.81 372,749
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 09/30/2012 2,333,128 1,611,246 223.20 299,364
BARCLAYS GLOBAL INVESTORS UK HOLDINGS LTD 09/30/2012 1,920,503 32,775 1.74 246,420


Read more: [link to www.nasdaq.com]

he cut a deal with 10 of the world's largest banks, including Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), and Bank of America (BAC), to clear their trades in exchange for sharing the profits with them.

[link to www.businessweek.com]

Sprecher founded ICE a decade ago as an online marketplace for energy trading. Since getting into the business of CDS clearing—serving as a middleman in transactions involving the derivatives—ICE has become dominant. Between its operations in the U.S., called ICE Trust, and Europe, Sprecher's company has cleared more than $10 trillion in such swaps; its closest rival, CME Group (CME), has cleared $192 million.

From the second article I linked... What a gap between him and the nearest competitor :|

I thought it happened a year or more ago.

China buying the NYSE, that is.

Nobody said much about it. I think it was around the time they raised a Chinese flag in DC...?

Nope your caught in a glitch sorry!


[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Last Edited by DMTHC on 12/21/2012 01:17 AM