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Michael Blaugrund
Chief Operating Officer, NYSE Group 
Blaugrund is responsible for NYSE’s equity and options trading businesses, including the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American, NYSE Arca and NYSE National exchanges. Additionally, he oversees the NYSE/FINRA Trade Reporting Facility and NYSE Bonds fixed income exchange.
Blaugrund holds a B.A. in government from Harvard University. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
Steven Poser
Director, Research, NYSE
Poser provides detailed analysis and insight into current equity and options market issues including regulation, market composition and structure.
Poser holds a B.A in Mathematics and Computer Science from NYU, a MBA in Business Economics from Pace University and a post-MBA Certificate in Finance from NYU Stern School of Business.
Kevin Tyrrell
Head of Equities Strategy and Research, NYSE
Tyrell leads a team of professionals responsible for delivering market analysis, insights and actionable solutions for NYSE’s transactions clients across options and equities.
Kevin holds a B.A in International Affairs from The George Washington University and MBA, Quantitative Finance from NYU Stern School of Business
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October 14
Options Market Bracing for Turbulence »
U.S. options market volumes remained strong in Q3 2021 with an average of 35.5M contracts traded per day in the midst of several negative market catalysts: inflation fears, Fed taper plans and a rising 10-year Treasury yield, the Delta variant, Evergrande debt woes, US Federal debt limit brinksmanship, and uncertainty around an infrastructure bill.
Following the record-setting 40.1 million average daily volume (ADV) in the 1st quarter of this year, Q2 2021 options volume was the 2nd highest of all-time with 37.6 million contracts traded per day. Robust volume was driven in part by market anticipation of a potential earlier rise in interest rates and Fed tapering, as well as increased volume in options on new issues and continued activity in retail-focused stocks.
September 23
Financial Markets Focus on Climate »
As governments, corporations, and individuals focus more on human impact to the environment, international financial markets have responded with innovative products to help manage climate risk and invest in mitigating technologies.