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The year started with indices settling in the red on Thursday as investors chose to book profits. Incidentally, after the benchmarks’ record multi-year annual gains in 2013, they started a year in the red for the first time since 2008. The drop came despite a fall in initial claims number, which further underscored economic strength. Tech bellwether Apple was a […]
There’s a whole new world of trading nowadays where you get to trade stocks, futures, forex, and commodities without practically owning them. This is options trading.What is Options Trading?Options trading is the simultaneous or mixed buying or selling of options or contracts sold by a broker to a trader. In options trading the trader is being offered the right to […]
Benchmarks halted their streak of record highs on Friday as investors finally took a breather. The Dow’s six-day record run ended on a listless and uneventful day. The economy did not have much to offer on data or news front, while investors chose to book profits on Friday. However, the record run had ensured the benchmarks a green seat for […]
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 […]
Q&A: How Market Participants are Using Social MediaDec 23, 2013 ||
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Social media is becoming a critical listening post for investors and traders who are looking for early signals on market direction. The volume of traffic on networks such as Facebook and Twitter is enormous and growing, and these larger data sets lend themselves to more meaningful analysis.Facebook has […]
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank would introduce similar steps in its upcoming Federal Open Market Committee meetings. Bernanke said such reductions would continue if economic data continued to remain positive. He said the Fed would continue to maintain low borrowing rates in order to increase spending and propel growth. At the same time, such moves […]
As 2013 winds down, it’s only natural for people to make personal New Year’s resolutions for 2014. It’s also a perfect time for technology industry predictions. This is the fifth installation in our multi-part “Technology Predictions for 2014″ series in which industry providers—from Big Data to cloud to mobile—share their predictions about the hot tech trends that will take center stage […]
Stock Market Upside Getting Tougher…..Complacency Soars…….
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013Dec 14, 2013 – 12:07 PM GMTBy: Jack_Steiman
Never a good thing to see complacency in anything we partake in during our lifetimes. It has a way of coming back to haunt us. Once we think there’s only one outcome to things we get the lesson that there’s […]
Every year, around December, I write my predictions for the next year. I love it. I sit in a room with some colleagues and brainstorm on what we think will happen next year and then I go to my crystal ball and look into the future, and just to make sure I’m not too off, I take my DeLorean […]
