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"Innovation is great as long as it's not at the cost of efficiencies and credibility to the marketplace." @CMEGroup CEO and Chairman Terry Duffy discusses the future of trading. $CME cnbc.com/video/2026/10/21/cm…
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French debt costs keep rising as riots roll on. France already has some of the highest social spending in the world with benefits many in the USA would envy. Unclear how this plays out but markets are edgy. cnb.cx/4i8NhYL
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Ruchir Sharma dropping some big knowledge - and scary stat - on France: Its government spending to GDP is 2nd in the world only to ... North Korea. Yes, NORTH Korea. How do you 'fix' that? Is France the 2008 Greece 2.0? @CNBC
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POWER POLL: Are you buying European equities this week?
9%Yes
91%No
103 votes • Final results
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I feel like this platform would have some opinions about this (From @PowerLunch yesterday)
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.@Cboe $VIX just came alive big-time. Rumors flying someone getting blown out. Totally different trailing 30min than everything prior this week
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POWER POLL: Which one would you buy? @KellyCNBC @TheDomino
49%Tesla Roadster
51%Porsche Mission S
67 votes • Final results
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