Referring to current market conditions, Morgan Stanley NYSE: MS Analysts updated three financial actions, in particular, as part of the hedge and trade services industry: Global Markets CBOE NASDAQ: CBOECme Group NASDAQ: CmeAnd Marketaxess NASDAQ: MKTXField
These companies operate platforms for trading in securities, such as options, futures and bonds – markets that usually see growing demand in indefinite times, when investors are looking for ways to hedge risks and portfolios of risks.
CBOE: volatility.
CBOE global markets– The parent of the Chicago Exchange Exchange, the world’s largest options for options, was one of the recipients of the update.
CBOE Global Markets Promotions Today
$ 218.80
0.80% growthHold
Based on 10 analysts ratings
The current price | $ 217.07 |
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High forecast | $ 260.00 |
Average forecast | $ 218.80 |
Low forecast | $ 174.00 |
CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS Forecast Promotion Forecast
Morgan Stanley raised the target price for shares from 193 to 235 dollars On April 8, it signals 8% of growth compared to the closing price of April 14 at $ 217.
CBOE offers products such as the S&P 500 index options and the derivatives of volatility based on the CBOE (VIX) volatility index – the most used index for measuring the volatility of the market that CBOE itself created. Morgan Stanley believes that this is an increased market volatility from recent tariff news and wider geopolitical risks will benefit CBOE, since more and more investors tend to hedge their portfolios using options.
Morgan Stanley expects the demand for these products to grow, which will increase income from CBOE transactions.
Unlike many shares in 2025, CBOE showed very well, with total profitability more than 11%Before the announcement of Trump’s Liberation Day, the field uncertainty of tariffs may have increased the demand for CBOE index options. The company reported 30% leap of optional volumes in March From the previous year.
Cme: The largest derivatives market looks ready for higher volumes
Morgan Stanley also modernized CME Group, increasing the target price from $ 263 to $ 301 per share, Predictable growth 14%Field
CME Group promotion today
$ 247.47
-5.74% disadvantagesHold
Based on 16 ratings of analysts
The current price | $ 262.53 |
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High forecast | $ 301.00 |
Average forecast | $ 247.47 |
Low forecast | $ 187.00 |
CME Group shares forecast details
CME plays for the Chicago Trade Exchange, the largest futures exchange in the world. Cme Group was formed from the merger of CME and other exchanges. He controls the largest market in the world for trading derivatives. Cme Group provides a very wide range of securities. This allows investors to trade derivatives at interest rates, shares indexes, agricultural products, metals, foreign currency and energy products.
Like CBOE, Morgan Stanley believes that a large market uncertainty will increase the demand for its futures and products for the trading of options. Products of interest rates make up most of the average daily trade CME in the first quarter of 2025, Making about 50% of the total volumeField
Morgan Stanley is the most optimistic in increasing demand for interest rates, predicting 15% higher the volume of bidding in 2025 and 12% larger in 2026. He also increased CBOE profit rates per share (EPS) by 5% for 2025 and 7% for 2026.
Cme has already returned more than 14% since the beginning of the year And they reported a record volume of trade in the first quarter, signaling the readiness of investors with the risk of hedging.
MarketAxess: recession play through high -quality bonds
Marketaxess, a high -ranking platform for trading electronic bonds, also received an equal weight rating to overweight.
MARKETAXESS promotion today
$ 252.11
11.97% growthHold
Based on 10 analysts ratings
The current price | $ 225.16 |
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High forecast | $ 325.00 |
Average forecast | $ 252.11 |
Low forecast | $ 191.00 |
MARKETAXESS shares forecast
Although Morgan Stanley Reduced the target price For shares from 264 to $ 263, this still offers 18% growthField
Unlike CBOE and CME, MKTX growth is related to the problems of a growing recession. Morgan Stanley believes that corporate bond trade will increase, since investors are moving towards better bonds and potentially far from shares. In 2024, high -class US bonds made up the vast majority of company trading volumes. This means that shares can significantly benefit from increasing demand there.
In a similar topic of the other two companies on this list, the company had a record trade volume in US government bonds on April 9. MKTX shares decreased by less than 2% in 2025.
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