Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings News

Don't expect a new round of mega-mergers to sweep the global exchange industry, the chief executive officer of the biggest U.S. futures exchange operator said on Thursday.

The E-Mini S&P 500 has a bullish sentiment and has been advancing to higher highs, but the moves are sedate, lacking confidence in the market.

The CME Group Inc may sell most of its lease in the Chicago Board of Trade building, for about $150-$180 million to a group of buyers, the Wall Street Journal reported.

CME Group Inc faces legal, regulatory and reputational damage from the failure of MF Global, Standard & Poor's said on Wednesday as it lowered the exchange operator's rating.

CME Group Inc. is increasing its financial and credit risk profiles, in our opinion, due to the sudden growth of its over-the-counter clearing business and the newly provided protection it has extended to the trading customers of its defaulted clearing members.

Bargain hunters are wise to pay careful attention to insider buying, because although there are many various reasons for an insider to sell a stock, presumably the only reason they would use their hard-earned cash to make a purchase, is that they expect to make money.

A $45,000 grant awarded by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group Foundation will allow Sacred Heart University economics and finance professors to carry out advanced research designed to help financial market participants better understand financial futures behavior and, in turn, better manage financial risks.

The presentations will be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed via the exchange's web site at http://investor.cmegroup.com . Please allow extra time prior to the presentation to visit the site and download the streaming media software required to listen to the Internet broadcast.

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. A will unveil its latest earnings on Wednesday, February 8, 2012.A The average estimate of analysts is for profit of $1.68 per share, a rise of 24.4% from the company's actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago.

MF Global Inc. began to accrue a deficit in its customer segregated accounts a day before it was audited by CME Group Inc., according to a preliminary report filed on Monday by James W. Giddens, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of the firm.

Dividend growth investing in its classic form focuses on identifying solid companies with a long record of growing their dividends each year; and an expectation that they will continue to do so into the future.

The MF Global fiasco that's bruising CME's reputation and hurting its business has roots in the power of Goldman Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

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UBS AG lowered their price target on shares of CME Group from $325.00 to $311.00 in a research note issued on Friday.

This morning, the CME Group declared its quarterly dividend of $2.23 per share, an increase of 59% over its prior dividend.

CME Group Inc. reported its fourth-quarter 2011 operating earnings per share of $3.55, quite below the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.67 and $3.77 reported in the year-ago quarter.

CME Group Inc., owner of the world's largest futures market, rose the most since August after it boosted its regular dividend 59 percent and introduced a special variable payout to return cash to shareholders.

Duncan Niederauer, poised for the past year to become chief executive officer of the world's biggest exchange company, is back in charge of No.

CME Group Inc. , the world's largest futures market operator by contract volume, announced Thursday a $100 million fund to protect agricultural customers, a move to rebuild lost confidence after the collapse of MF Global Holdings LP.

CME Group plans to sell parts of the Chicago Board of Trade Building in the first half of this year.