Canadian stock markets may be a very small segment of global stock markets in terms of market capitalization (3-4%), but they are home to some of the best companies across sectors such as financial, energy, mining and minerals. These companies have proven track records in terms of profitability and growth, good management and strong balance sheets.The Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) […]
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New Study Focuses on Social Media Data and Investor Sentiment
August 11, 2014New Study Focuses on Social Media Data and Investor SentimentResearch LeadershipFinance researchers are watching with interest as postings on social media are increasingly mined for business insights. Assistant Finance Professor Samir Saadi thinks they just might be the new tea leaves of market sentiment, enabling investors […]
Highlights from the presentations by Big Data leaders from Aviva, Canadian Imperial Bank, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and University Health Network on day 2 of Big Data Innovation Summit 2014. By Anmol Rajpurohit, @hey_anmol, Aug 7, 2014.As many organizations are now working with unmanageably large data sets, the importance of using and maintaining an analytics platform which […]
PrintEmailOFF-COURT ACTIVITIES 2014Berdych Opens TSX; Federer Plays Hockeyby ATP Staff
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06.08.2014© Ron Turenne/Tennis CanadaTomas Berdych opens the stock market Tuesday with Toronto tournament director Karl Hale.It hasn’t all been about tennis for the players at this week’s ATP World Tour tournaments. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.Rogers Cup – Toronto, CanadaTomas Berdych had an early wake-up call Tuesday as he […]
PrintEmailOFF-COURT ACTIVITIES 2014Berdych Opens TSX; Federer Plays Hockeyby ATP Staff
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06.08.2014© Ron Turenne/Tennis CanadaTomas Berdych opens the stock market Tuesday with Toronto tournament director Karl Hale.It hasn’t all been about tennis for the players at this week’s ATP World Tour tournaments. ATPWorldTour.com provides a recap of the highlights.Rogers Cup – Toronto, CanadaTomas Berdych had an early wake-up call Tuesday as he […]
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd (TSX: FFH) confirmed on July 31 that Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa and President Paul Rivett are being investigated by Quebec’s securities regulator as part of a probe into possible insider trading and tipping.Insider trading occurs when an individual or organization uses non-public corporate information to trade stocks. Normally, this happens shortly before important information is made […]
Data might just be the new driver of business success.Airbnb uses data to match lodging and travelers. Netflix uses data to personalize your entertainment. Amazon uses data to sell you more stuff. And Google uses data to drive better search, advertising, email, and social.But data doesn’t reveal its secrets easily — or cheaply. Hence the exploding role of data scientist, which […]
Portuguese Bank Sell-off is a Stock Market Non EventStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 13, 2014 – 04:51 PM GMTBy: Donald_W_DonyThe recent sell-off of a major Portuguese lender brought some early concerns to investors of a possible trickle down effect on global markets. In reality, the benchmark European index (Stoxx Europe 600) proved much more resilient than one of its smaller […]
Jonathan E. Helm, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision TechnologiesIndiana University Kelley School of BusinessBy Jonathan E. HelmThe opportunity around big data is seemingly endless. Big data seems to be everywhere and is a part of everything – embedded in e-commerce, social media and electronic health records. Organizations large and small are presented with an opportunity to leverage the vast […]
John Templeton was one of the first US investors to engage in a more global attempt to find potentially profitable stocks.
Templeton was a value investor, and he scoured the globe in search of bargains. His investors won big, earning 14.5 percent annually on average from 1954 to 1992.
Today, global value investing is much more common. Many foreign stocks are very […]
