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Weekly options

The idea of an options contract that expired within one week was first launched in October of 2005 by the Chicago Board Options Exchange based on indexes such as the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 100 Index.* In May of 2010, CBOE expanded their product offering of weekly options to include contracts based on single stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs). Other exchanges soon followed suit including NYSE Amex, NYSE Arca and Nasdaq.
*SEE: CBOE Weeklys
Wei Dai

Wei Dai is a software engineer credited with the concept of b-money, which he described in an essay in 1998. B-money is a theoretical concept in which pseudonymous users on a computer network trade with each other using digital currency verified with SHA-1 hash functions. This theory is considered a significant influence in the creation of bitcoin, blockchain, and other cryptocurrency technology. In fact, Wei Dai was part of the original team of programmers that created bitcoin, and Dai himself regularly communicated with the creator of bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. Dai is also one of several men suspected of being the real Satoshi Nakamoto.
== References ==
Category: digital assets
Category: cryptography
Category: cryptocurrency
Category: People
Category: Controversial figures
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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

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Wells Fargo Securities, LLC is the name for the investment banking and capital markets division of Wells Fargo & Co. The firm is a member of FINRA, NFA and SIPC, as well as the New York Stock Exchange. On January 16, 2013, the company joined CME Group as a direct listed futures and options clearing member.
== Products and Services ==
Among the products and services offered by Wells Fargo Securities:
* Mergers, acquisitions and restructurings
*fixed income and equity sales and trading
*risk management
*research and advisory services
*prime brokerage services
== Key People ==
*John Stumpf, President and CEO
*Jonathan Weiss, head of Wells Fargo & Co.'s securities unit 
== References ==
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day
Category:Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
Category:Wells Fargo
Wells Notice

A Wells Notice is a letter sent by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating that it intends to recommend commencing enforcement proceedings against a financial firm or professional. There is no legal requirement for a regulator to provide a Wells Notice to a prospective respondent; however it is the practice of the SEC and the NASD to provide such notice.
The receipt of a Wells Notice does not usually come as a surprise to the prospective respondent, as there is almost always an investigation leading up to the Notice, as well as discussions with the SEC or NASD staff. The real question with a Wells Notice is whether to respond to the notice and whether to make the Wells Submission. 
The name "Wells Notice" is derived from the Wells Committee which proposed this process in 1972. This SEC committee was named after John A. Wells, its chair. The other members of the committee were former SEC Chairmen Manuel F. Cohen and Ralph Demmler.
== References ==
Category:Enforcement
Category:SEC
Category:Definitions
Wendy Chan

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Wendy Chan is a marketing executive who specializes in financial technology. She currently serves as the global head of marketing for Vela, an independent provider of data and execution technology for global multi-asset electronic trading.
== Background ==
Chan joined Vela before it was renamed from SR Labs to Vela. Before joining Vela, she was a marketing consultant with Global Markets Insight. 
Also, she was previously product marketing director of post trade operations for Sungard. She has also served as senior director and chief marketing officer and New York office manager for XSP. 
She has had marketing roles also with Xcitek, FT Interactive Data, Merrill Lynch and Muller Data/Thomson Financial.
== Education ==
Baruch College, 1992-1997
== References ==	
Category:Sungard - Former Employees
Category:Merrill Lynch - Former Employees
Wendy Cheng

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Wendy Cheng is an associate in Chicago with Phillips Futures Inc., a futures commission merchant formed in 2010.
== Background ==
Prior to joining Phillips, Cheng held various positions with Fannie Mae from 2008 to 2011, including middle office associate, project manager (operations and technology division) and analyst (asset acquisitions and pricing). 
Cheng also served as a financial operations assistant for the alumni association of the University of Chicago.
== Education ==
She holds a bachelor of liberal arts degree from the University of Chicago.
== References ==
Category:Phillip Futures Inc.
Werner Burki

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Werner Bürki has been a member of the management committee of the SIX Swiss Exchange since July 2002 and, since October 2001, has held the position of CEO of SIX Exfeed Ltd., a company he established as a European provider of raw financial data. He has also been a member of the STOXX supervisory board since December 2002. 
== Background ==
He started his career in 1992 as a sales manager with Dow Jones Markets Switzerland AG. By 2001, he had become a member of that company's executive committee and board of directors, whereas in June 1998 he assumed the position of general manager Switzerland for Bridge Information Systems. During that phase, Burki introduced the Dow Jones platform to the Swiss market and was responsible for the merger between Dow Jones Markets and Bridge Information Systems. 
== Education ==
Burki graduated from business school in Zurich. Earlier in his career, he was a specialist in the field of options and futures trading, and in 1987 completed additional specialized studies at the New York Institute of Finance. 
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Werner Seifert

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Werner Seifert is an exchange executive who served as CEO of Deutsche Boerse AG from 1993 to 2005. He led the exchange to become a leader in electronic trading, in particular with the introduction of the Xetra system. He also helped to create the alliance between the German and Swiss exchanges that became Eurex. 
Seifert twice tried to buy the London Stock Exchange and failed, the last time leading to his resignation from Deutsche Boerse.
After he resigned from DB, Seifert wrote a book called Invasion of the Locusts, about his struggle with Chris Hohn, of hedge fund TCI, over the future of Deutsche Borse.
== Background ==
Seifert, a Swiss national, previously worked at the consultancy McKinsey and was a member of the executive board of Swiss Reinsurance. He succeeded Ruediger von Rosen as CEO of Deutsche Borse.
He was forced out of Deutsche Boerse along with Rolf Breuer, the Deutsche Boerse non-executive chairman, and three other non-executives at a shareholder meeting.
Seifert may have become a musician. He plays the Hammond organ and had a band named, the BigBrazzPack. He started playing the piano at age four and at 13 became a church organist. He claims to have started one of the first German rock bands.
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Deutsche Boerse - Former Employees
Category:Former Exchange CEOs
Werner Vogt

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Werner Vogt is the CEO of Werner Vogt Communications AG. 
== Background ==
Werner Vogt was been the media spokesman for the SWX Group since joining the company in January 2004. He provided corporate information on SWX Swiss Exchange, Virt-x and their respective regulatory environments to German, English and French speaking journalists. He also acted as a public affairs coordinator in SWX’s relation with the federal parliament in Berne. 
Vogt has an extensive journalism background. After spending time as a local reporter, he worked for ten years at Neue Zürcher Zeitung’s foreign service. For half that time, Vogt served as the paper’s Correspondent for Southern Africa where he wrote about politics, macroeconomic issues, key industry sectors, tourism and securities exchanges. During his years in Johannesburg he was chairman of the Foreign Correspondents Association. His background also includes Relations consulting and event organization.
== Education ==
Vogt studied history and English literature in Zurich and Paris. He holds a PhD in contemporary history from Zurich University and an MBA in media and communication from the University of St. Gallen.
== References ==	
Category:Corporate Communications Professionals
Category:SWX - Former Employees
Category:SWX
West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil is of very high quality and is excellent for refining a larger portion of gasoline. Its API gravity is 39.6 degrees (making it a “light” crude oil), and it contains only about 0.24 percent of sulfur (making a “sweet” crude oil). This combination of characteristics, combined with its location, makes it an ideal crude oil to be refined in the United States, the largest gasoline consuming country in the world. 
It is one of the main three benchmarks in oil pricing, along with Brent and Dubai Crude. 
Most WTI crude oil gets refined in the Midwest region of the U.S., with some more refined within the Gulf Coast region. Although the production of WTI crude oil is on the decline, it still is the major benchmark of crude oil in the Americas. WTI is generally priced at about a $5 to $6 per-barrel premium to the OPEC Basket price and about $1 to $2 per-barrel premium to Brent Crude Oil, although on a daily basis the pricing relationships between these can vary greatly. 
Futures contracts on WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil are offered in the U.S. by both the InterContinental Exchange (ICE) and NYMEX, and in Dubai by the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange. 
See: NYMEX Light Sweet Crude Oil, ICE West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil, and DGCX WTI Light Sweet Crude Oil
== References ==
Category:Energy
Category:Oil
West Texas Intermediate crude oil

West Texas Intermediate crude oil, also known as Texas light sweet, is a grade of crude oil which is less dense than Brent Crude Oil. Like Brent, it is used as a benchmark in oil pricing. It is the underlying commodity of futures contracts at several exchanges.
See: 
*West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil
*NYMEX Crude Oil
*ICE West Texas Intermediate Light Sweet Crude Oil
*DGCX WTI
== References ==
Category:Crude Oil
Category:Oil
Category:Energy
Western Climate Initiative

The Western Climate Initiative (WCI), launched in February 2007, is a collaboration of seven Western states and three Canadian provinces with a goal to reduce emissions from greenhouse gases. The group includes Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington and provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba and Quebec. 
WCI has a goal to reduce emissions 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, or roughly 33 percent below business-as-usual levels. Each state or province will set its carbon emission limits and will be based on a combination of free and auctioned carbon allocations. A minimum of 10 percent of the credits must be auctioned to start, rising to 25 percent in 2020. However, individual states can raise the amount as high as they want. 
In July of 2008, the coalition of U.S. states and Canadian provinces released a draft plan that called for a launch of its carbon cap and trade system in 2012. The Western Climate Initiative's system will be phased in starting with industrial process emissions, with emissions from transportation and other fuels added to the system in 2015. It also will include emissions from electricity imported from sources outside of the group. 
WCI is one of three regional regional emissions markets in the United States and Canada. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, due to launch in January 2009, and Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord, established in November 2007, are the other two. 
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Whale

"Whale" is the colloquial term for someone who holds (or hodls) large amounts of digital assets. Whales tend not to trade often, but when they do, the transactions they make tend to be large-volume and have statistically significant influences on the volatility of the digital asset that they either traded or moved from a wallet to an exchange. For a time, "whale" referred mostly to people who hold large amounts of bitcoin; however, in 2019, a study published by the blockchain research firm Chainalysis revealed that one-third of the total supply of Ether, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum platform, was held by just 376 people worldwide.
Tracking whale behavior has sparked the creation of dedicated entities that monitor major blockchains and provide both public and private reports of large transactions. TokenAnalyst and WhaleAlert are two of the best known services. 
In December 2019, Coin Metrics, a cryptocurrency data analysis firm, reported that holdings by bitcoin whales, which it defined as holders of more than 1,000 bitcoins, had increased to 42.1% of all supply, up from 37.9% two years earlier. 
A year later, in December 2020, after a rapid run-up in the bitcoin price to more than $18,000 the number of bitcoin whales had increased by 17% over year earlier numbers according to Chainalysis, a cryptocurrency analytics firm. Flipside, another cryptocurrency analysis firm, said that the concentration of holdings by whales had increased during the bitcoin rally in the second half of 2020.
== Bitcoin millionaire ==
Mircea Popescu was a special sort of whale in that he reportedly owned one million bitcoin. Popescu was an an early adopter of bitcoin. The accidental death of 41-year old Mircea Popescu while swimming in Costa Rica was first reported on June 23, 2021 and was later confirmed by Costa Rican authorities. The reports prompted speculation about the fate of Popescu's bitcoin fortune, especially whether it would be liquidated by his heirs or if the private keys were lost. 
==References==	
 
Category:Ethereum
Category:Blockchain
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Category:bitcoin
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Category:CryptoMarketsWiki
Whale Alert

Whale Alert is a website and Twitter service that monitors blockchain transactions, reporting on large transactions on the bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, Stellar, TRON, EOS, NEO, Tezos and other blockchains. Holders of more than 1,000 bitcoin are colloquially referred to as "whales." 
The website says it is "creating transparency in a market founded on anonymity." Using various methods that it keeps secret, Whale Alert identifies the persons or entities behind address and attributes transactions to them when possible. 
Besides its Twitter service, Whale Alert also offers fee-based subscription services for customized reports as well as provides consulting services.
== References ==
WhenTech

New York-based WhenTech, LLC offers tools for futures and options businesses. WhenTech's flagship product, PitTrader, is an options pricing and risk-management system
PitTrader is an options pricing and risk-management platform that offers a combination of derivatives analysis and pricing tools with a simple user interface. The interface features a patent-pending algorithm that allows the user to price nearly all options/futures spreads by pointing at the various options in the spread. 
PitTrader was designed to work on the desktop or on the trading floor with enhancements designed to facilitate operation on Tablet PCs.
On November 16, 2011, WhenTech announced that its core product, WhenTech Markets, now features capabilities for the execution of options and futures trades. 
WhenTech Markets is an option pricing and risk management platform that supports approximately 250 commodities traded on most major exchanges. 
== History ==
WhenTech was founded in 2003 by David Wender.
== Key People ==
*Dave Wender, founder and CEO
*Jeff Tischler, chief operating officer
*Micheal Riordan, sales director
== References ==
Category:Independent Software Vendors
Whit Conary

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Whit Conary is an American business executive who served as the chief executive officer of Kezar Markets, LLC and LeveL ATS. With a career spanning four decades in the capital markets, Conary played a significant role in the development of alternative trading systems and the transformation of US equities trading.
== Background ==
Conary was named the CEO of the newly combined LeveL ATS and Luminex in 2022 when the two companies merged. LeveL and Luminex continued operating as two separate alternative trading systems (ATS) under one broker-dealer.E
Conary's professional journey in the financial sector includes:
* Owner at Ward, Conary & Murphy from February 1988 to March 2004
* Senior vice president at Moors & Cabot from March 2004 to March 2006
* Chief executive officer at LeveL ATS from March 2006 to March 2023
* Chief executive officer at Kezar Markets, LLC from March 2023 to December 2024
As the CEO of LeveL ATS and later Kezar Markets, Conary was instrumental in developing and growing alternative trading systems. Under his leadership, the company merged LeveL ATS with Luminex Trading & Analytics in 2022, leading to the formation of Kezar Markets.
In November 2024, Kezar Markets announced Conary's retirement, effective by the end of the year. Reflecting on his career, Conary stated, "Throughout my career I have experienced a compelling US equities trading transformation, saturated with regulatory changes, technological advancements, and markets innovation, particularly in the growth of alternative trading systems."
== Education ==
== References ==	
Category:Executives
Category:Financial Technology
Category:Alternative Trading Systems
Category:Kezar Markets, LLC
Category:Kezar Markets, LLC - Former Employees
Category:LeveL ATS - Former Employees
Category:LeveL ATS
Category:Moors & Cabot - Former Employees
White, Weld & Co.

White, Weld & Co. was a prominent American investment banking and brokerage firm that operated from 1895 to 1978. The firm was known for its expertise in international finance and played a significant role in the development of the U.S. financial markets during the 20th century.
== History ==
Founding and Early Years
White, Weld & Co. was founded in 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Francis White and George Weld. The firm initially focused on underwriting and distributing securities, particularly in the railroad and utility sectors.
=== Expansion and Growth ===
Throughout the early 20th century, White, Weld & Co. expanded its operations and influence. The firm opened offices in New York City and established a presence in international markets, particularly in Europe and Latin America.
=== Post-World War II Era ===
After World War II, White, Weld & Co. experienced significant growth and became one of the most prominent investment banking firms in the United States. The firm was known for its strong research capabilities and its expertise in international finance.
=== Notable Figures ===
==== Henry W. "Brick" Meers ====
Henry W. "Brick" Meers was a key figure at White, Weld & Co. After World War II, Meers reopened the Chicago office of White, Weld & Co. and eventually became vice chairman of the firm. Under his leadership, White, Weld & Co. became one of the most prominent investment banking firms in the country.
== Services and Expertise ==
White, Weld & Co. offered a range of financial services, including:
* Underwriting and distribution of securities
* Mergers and acquisitions advisory
* International finance
* Research and analysis
* Brokerage services
The firm was particularly known for its expertise in international finance and its strong presence in European and Latin American markets.
== Acquisition by Merrill Lynch ==
In 1978, White, Weld & Co. was acquired by Merrill Lynch & Co. The acquisition was part of Merrill Lynch's strategy to expand its investment banking capabilities and strengthen its international presence. Following the acquisition, many of White, Weld & Co.'s employees and operations were integrated into Merrill Lynch's structure.
== References ==
Category:Acquired Firms
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Whitney Tilson

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Whitney Tilson is the founder and managing partner of T2 Partners LLC and the Tilson Mutual Funds. The former manages three value-oriented private investment partnerships, T2 Accredited Fund, Tilson Offshore Fund and T2 Qualified Fund. The latter is composed of two value-based mutual funds, Tilson Focus Fund and Tilson Dividend Fund (www.tilsonmutualfunds.com).
Tilson is also the co-founder, chairman and co-editor-in-chief of Value Investor Insight (www.valueinvestorinsight.com), an investment newsletter, and is the co-founder and Chairman of the Value Investing Congress (www.valueinvestingcongress.com), a biannual investment conference in New York City and Los Angeles.
He also writes a regular column on value investing for the Financial Times and Kiplinger's, and has written for the Motley Fool and TheStreet.com.
 
== Background ==
Before launching his investment career in 1999, Tilson spent five years working with Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter studying the competitiveness of inner cities and inner-city-based companies nationwide. He and Professor Porter founded the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, of which Tilson was Executive Director. Tilson also led the effort to create ICV Partners, a national for-profit private equity fund focused on minority-owned and inner-city businesses that has raised nearly $500 million.
Before business school, Tilson was a founding member of Teach for America, the national teacher corps, and then spent two years as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.
== Education ==
Tilson received an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School, where he was elected a Baker Scholar (in the top 5 percent of the class), and graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a bachelor’s degree in Government.
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:T2 Partners LLC
Wiet Pot

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Wiet Pot is co-CEO of IMC Group. He joined the firm in 2008 after spending 20 years in the investment banking world, mostly at Goldman Sachs.
== Background ==
Wiet Pot worked for Goldman Sachs for 17 years from 1986 to 2003, most recently as co-COO of the equities division worldwide. He has been a partner since 1994. Between 2003 and 2004 he was first advisor and then, briefly, a member of the executive board of Hagemeyer. Between 2003 and 2004 he was a member of the supervisory board of Kempen & Co and between 2004 and 2006 he was executive chairman of the board. 
== Education ==
Pot studied Law at the University of Leiden and following his graduation in 1981 he earned an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France) in 1982.
== References ==	
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:IMC Group
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

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Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. is chairman and ceo of WL Ross & Co. and chairman, Invesco Private Capital. Ross serves as a member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation. 
 
== Background ==
== Education ==
Ross holds an A.B. from Yale University and an MBA with distinction from Harvard University.
 
== References ==
Category:Bios - Executives
Category:Committee On Capital Markets Regulation Members
Wilbur L. Ross Jr.

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Wilbur L. Ross Jr. is CEO & Chairman of WL Ross & Co., an investment company specializing in company turnarounds and operated under parent Invesco Ltd.
== Background ==
Ross founded WL Ross & Co. in 2000 after collecting $440 million in investor capital and putting together a new staff. Prior to this, he was Executive Managing Director of Rothschild Inc. for 24 years. He took up ownership of Rothschild's private equity partnerships in 2000.
== Education ==
*AB, Yale University
*MBA, Harvard University
== Latest News ==
In August 2011, Ross commented on both the U.S. debt ceiling agreement and on the true cause of market declines. He continued to purchase assets, saying that the global crisis was "driven by fear rather than economic reality."
== References ==
Category:Investors
Category:MarketsWiki Page of the Day