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Hong Kong stocks slip, as earnings dominate trade – MarketWatch

LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Hong Kong stocks moved between small gains and losses early Friday, while Shanghai shares nosed a little higher, with earnings results front and center in both markets. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index [s; HK:HSI] was down 0.1% about 5 minutes into trading, after the benchmark fell 0.7% a day earlier, while the Shanghai Composite

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Worlds Most Volatile Stock Markets – Business Insider

Bespoke Investment GroupWe’ve been talking a lot about volatility in the market. Or more specifically, the lack of volatility in markets.
The S&P 500 hasn’t moved more than 1% up or down during any session this month, and the Dow has only gained or loss 100 points three times. U.S. investors, and particularly folks on Wall Street, may want more volatility, […]

Who watches the watchers? Big Data goes unchecked

Politico reports: The National Security Agency might be tracking your phone calls. But private industry is prying far more deeply into your life.
Commercial data brokers know if you have diabetes. Your electric company can see what time you come home at night. And tracking companies can tell where you go on weekends by snapping photos of your car’s license plate […]

2014 Outlooks – “MM” Technical Analysis. ML,CS,BS …

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 […]