Douglas Ashburn

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Douglas Ashburn is Editor-at-Large of John Lothian News, and serves as a lead project manager for MarketsReformWiki, the regulatory website launched by John J. Lothian & Company, Inc. on February 28, 2011.

MarketsReformWiki is specifically dedicated to tracking and archiving of all information related to regulatory reform in the U.S., Europe and Asia.^[1] The site ^[2] features a comprehensive aggregation of financial regulatory rulemakings, video content, commentary and insight, comment letters, hearings and testimony.

Ashburn, a 20-plus year veteran of the Chicago financial markets, also writes a weekly column for JLN FX. (A selection of his columns can be found below.) He also provides editorial support for the JLN Managed Futures Newsletter.

Background

Ashburn has been a foreign exchange options and futures trader at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange since the early 1990s. He has traded for an international banking institution, has been a partner in small- and mid-tier trading groups, and has traded as an independent forex market maker. In 2006, he earned the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst designation from the CAIA Association. He is also a member of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA).

Education

• Illinois Institute of Technology Stuart School of Business, MBA, December 2010. He also worked as a TA and guest lecturer for undergraduate and graduate-level courses in economics and operations management.
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, BS, Agricultural Economics

Publications

• The Opposite of Austerity?, JLN FX, May 8, 2012
• The One-Way Dead-End Street, JLN FX, April 17, 2012
• A Note on Leverage, JLN FX, April 10, 2012
• We'll Take Your Money, but Not Because We Need It, JLN FX, March 13, 2012
• Connecting the Dots, JLN FX, March 6, 2012
• Your Secret is Safe...or Is It?, JLN FX, February 28, 2012
• After Timeliness is Stability in Switzerland, JLN FX, January 24, 2012
• Mario Draghi: A Day in the Life of a Central Banker, JLN FX, January 17, 2012
• A Layman's Guide to Regulation 1.25, MarketsReformWiki, December 13, 2011
• Trade Zones Past, Present, and Future, JLN FX, December 6, 2011
• The Latest, Greatest Hope for the Eurozone, JLN FX, November 22, 2011
• Supercommittee Superfail?, JLN FX, November 22, 2011
• Hyperinflation Hall of Fame: Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire?, JLN FX, November 15, 2011
• Buy the Rumor; Sell the Fact, JLN FX, November 1, 2011
• Sovereign “Hot Potato”, JLN FX, October 25, 2011
• Speculation, Position Limits and Monetary Policy, JLN FX, October 18, 2011
• John Lothian News Special Report: A Global Economy Pushed to its Limits, September 26, 2011
• Beware of Falling BRICs?, JLN FX, September 6, 2011
• How Big is your Mattress? “Safe” Investing in a Zero Interest Rate Environment, JLN FX, August 30, 2011
• Currency Debasement:Careful What You Wish For, JLN FX, August 23, 2011
• Renminbi:The Double-Edged Sword of a Dollar Peg, JLN FX, August 16, 2011
• ZIRP Traps, Safe Havens and Negative Interest Rates, JLN FX, August 9, 2011
• Return of the Alpine Safe Haven, JLN FX, August 2, 2011
• The Greek Restructuring Plan: A Decent Rough Draft, JLN FX, July 26, 2011
• Sovereign Debt Crises: A Happy Ending?, JLN FX, July 12, 2011
• The Eurozone: Many moving parts, JLN FX, June 21, 2011
• Following the Fed: Actions Speak Louder (and More Coherently) than Words, JLN FX, May 17, 2011
• Memories, Long and Short JLN FX, May 3, 2011
• Downgrades, Haircuts, and “Trump Cards”, JLN FX, April 19, 2011
• Playing Three Rounds of The Intervention Game, JLN FX, March 22, 2011
• What is a Dollar? And Other Imponderables, JLN FX, March 15, 2011
• FX as an Asset Class: My “Lightbulb Moment”, JLN FX, February 8, 2011
• Alignment: The Key to a Smooth Ride GEOnomics '11, Global Equity Organization, p. 139-142

Contact Information

Ashburn can be reached via e-mail at dougashburn@johnlothian.com.

References

1. ↑ Doug Ashburn. LinkedIn.
2. ↑ Chicago Confidential. Chicago Tribune.