HP Earth Insights/YouTubeA photo of an elephant used by Earth InsightsSee AlsoFour New Tech Trends That Should Be Huge In 2014HP Announces Another 5,000 Layoffs, For A Total Of 34,000How America’s Best Inventor, Dean Kamen, Is Helping Thousands Of US Kids2013 was the year when “big data” became a really huge thing.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The bulls are ready to celebrate! Wall Street closed out a banner year Tuesday with more record closing highs.The Dow Jones industrial average ended at an all-time high for the 52nd time this year. The S&P 500 also ended at a record high. The Nasdaq settled at its highest level in 13 years.U.S. markets will be […]
With the world watching mouth open at the 30% gains in the US equity market (and 57% gains in Japan), the Venezuelans are cock-a-hoop at their wealth-generation this year… a sprinkling of totalitarianism, nationalization, toilet-paper shortages, and hyperinflation and, drum roll please… the Caracas Stock Index is up a disappointed-not-to-make-it-to-500%, 480% in 2013… (time to greatly rotate and chase that […]
2014 Outlooks – “MM” Technical Analysis. ML,CS,BS,Citi,SB,HS,JL,WF
by prestonni on Dec 31, 2013 • 4:55 pmLast post for 2013. What a wonderful year it has been for trend followers.Hedge funds have generally had a dismal year.One quote from a hedge fund manager summed up the situation nicely.“All you had to do this year was go long a major US index and […]
The listless trading session on Monday came to an end almost at levels from which the benchmarks started trading. Nonetheless, the Dow’s minute gains helped it to finish at another record high. Also, the benchmarks look comfortably placed to notch record annual performance in many years. There was little activity on the economic front, which perhaps further restricted the benchmarks […]
Will stock market bulls receive the gift of the “New Year’s Gap” for the third consecutive year?Posted by PeterLBrandt
on December 30th, 2013
Share on StockTwitsThe opening price on New Year’s Eve in stock index futures has been the yearly low for two straight yearsGaps are common in the price of individual stocks. But, in such […]
Martina King is the CEO of Featurespace where she is responsible for the strategic direction and corporate vision at the company.A popular internet meme goes something like this: ‘It’s 2013: where’s my flying car?’ The question, asked on t-shirts and coffee mugs around the world, debated on technology forums, or bantered around with friends at a café, is essentially one […]
The exceptional market year of 2013 is winding down and all but the most die-hard bears are sad to see it go. Even amid uncommonly bitter partisanship in Washington and a host of other policy and economic issues, the market sailed blithely through every storm, rarely retracing more than a few percentage points and using every dip to push to […]
Is there predictability in the stock market in social media? Igor Gonta of Market Prophit believes so, and has introduced a new feature to his company’s website that helps you find financial bloggers who have crystal balls that are polished and ready to go. We looked at Market Prophit earlier this year, and liked what we saw (“Check the Buzz […]
NEW YORK 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and staying out of international markets isn’t going to work as well as it has, they say. Some of […]
