Diversified Investments: NASDAQ OMX Group (NASDAQ:NDAQ), Apollo Global (NYSE:APO), CBOE Holdings (NASDAQ:CBOE), Ares Capital (NASDAQ:ARCC)

NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) is looking to enter the foreign exchange space, as the allure of FX trading, and acquiring market-share in the estimated $5.3 trillion-dollar-a-day market is attracting interest from the operator of one of the U.S.’s largest stock exchanges. NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) stock performance was -0.05% in last session and finished the day at $39.40. Traded volume was 1,094,281 million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 1.20 million shares. The beta of the stock remained 1.05. NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) insider ownership is 1.10%.

Argus increased its price target on Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO) as it believes that the company’s strong monetization activity from 2013 has carried into this quarter. Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO) dropped -0.58 percent to $32.59 yesterday on volume of 382,969.00 million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $31.76 to $32.68. Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO) has a market capitalization of $4.85 billion.

Chicago Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) Board Options Exchange today announced that it plans to launch trading of options with weekly expirations on the CBOE Short-Term Volatility IndexSM (ticker symbol: VXSTSM) on Thursday, April 10, pending regulatory approval. CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE)’s stock on Mar 12, 2014 reported a increase of 0.94% to the closing price of $56.64. Its fifty two weeks range is $35.61 -$58.24. The total market capitalization recorded $4.91 billion. The overall volume in the last trading session was 328,984 million shares. In its share capital, CBOE Holdings, Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) has 87.06 million outstanding shares.

Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) is an externally managed BDC, the largest in America in terms of assets. Its managers, Ares Management oversee $74 billion in leveraged finance portfolios. On Wednesday, shares of Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) advanced 0.81% to close the day at $17.45. Company return on investment (ROI) is 5.60% and its monthly performance is recorded as -3.48%. Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ:ARCC) quarterly revenue growth is -2.24%.