23 Quotes by John Thain

We are looking at the hours that the exchange opens, among other things we are looking at, and we haven't decided anything specific. There is absolutely nothing new in this.

This will mark the beginning of a new era for the exchange and America 's financial markets. As a for-profit, publicly held company, the NYSE Group will be better positioned to grow, create value and compete globally. We will provide customers with more choice in trading, an advanced technology platform, a broader product mix, and listing opportunities among a wider group of companies.

We will provide customers with more choice in trading, an advanced technology platform, a broader product mix, and listing opportunities among a wider group of companies.

We're very pleased and excited to have her on board and think it's a great hire and it's a great opportunity for the exchange.

The NYSE is by far the largest market, it is the most liquid market, we have the best price 93 percent of the time, but one of the things we're not is the fastest. And some of the big institutional customers have said they want the ability to trade quickly and with a high degree of certainty and we're going to give them the ability to do that,

I'm very, very gratified by the support of the members. The deal does move us into a globally competitive position.

By having a high market share like we have today, we offer the most liquidity and the best prices. If that were to dramatically fragment, you lose the liquidity and the pricing.

To model correctly one tranche of one CDO took about three hours on one of the fastest computers in the United States. There is no chance that pretty much anybody understood what they were doing with these securities. Creating things that you don't understand is really not a good idea no matter who owns it.

Over time, all of the markets should be combined.