Talend, an open-source data integration company based in Los Altos with offices in Paris, has raised $40 million from Bpifrance and Iris Capital with participation from existing investor Silver Lake Sumeru. Talend will use the investment to pursue an IPO and be more aggressive in its product roadmap, particularly with a focus on Hadoop technologies. In total, Talend has now raised $101.6 million.With the funding, Talend will […]
Good economic data comes rolling in … and the market throws a taper tantrum.The ADP payroll report showed that 215,000 jobs were created in November, well ahead of the consensus expectation of 173,000, and October’s figure was revised from 130,000 to 184,000. Adding to the rosy outlook, initial claims for unemployment fell to 298,000 last week — much less than […]
Good economic data comes rolling in … and the market throws a taper tantrum.The ADP payroll report showed that 215,000 jobs were created in November, well ahead of the consensus expectation of 173,000, and October’s figure was revised from 130,000 to 184,000. Adding to the rosy outlook, initial claims for unemployment fell to 298,000 last week — much less than […]
“Secret Recipe” for Successful Stock Trading?Throughout the course of multiple studies one common trend has become glaringly apparent when searching for an indication for the potential for future performance of stocks….. hold your breath…. Valuation. Simply put, over the course of time in an investment, cheaper stocks are tending to deliver better returns to the investor than the expensive ones. Seems […]
You have only one month left to pad your 2013 returns.So I have to ask…Are you trading the right stocks?As the market enters the home stretch, the sentiment picture is little changed. Investors are beginning to come around to the idea that equities might not be such a terrible investment idea. But most remain skeptical– and that’s good news for […]
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) has done more in three months than it typically does in an average year. That is, rise by about ten percent. While the official 3-month tally is 10.58%, and the year to date total is now above 26%, some say this red-hot, record-high stock benchmark still has more to go.“One word – higher,” […]
Canadian stock investors are in store for “low-single-digit price returns” in 2014, says a new report from BMO Capital Markets.The muted returns will mark the fourth-straight year that Canadian stocks will underperform their U.S. counterparts, said chief investment strategist Brian Belski.“As the broader de-leveraging of emerging markets and Europe proceeds, coupled with slow grind of over-capacity of metals and commodities […]
We just Completed an awesome live webinar with Over 150 attendees who were interested in what we had to say about this awesome Hedge Fund Trading opportunity . Peter Zhang from Clique Fund LP joined me as we discussed the benefits you get when trading with a hedge fund compared to when […]
REUTERS/Eric ThayerA competitor adjusts his hat before the gate opens for him to begin his ride, during the Professional Bull Riders invitational at Madison Square Garden in New York, January 6, 2013.At one point this year, we declared Jefferies’ Sean Darby the most bullish strategist on Wall Street.
In his new US 2014 Outlook note, Darby maintains a bullish stance, slapping […]
