Friendly Reminder from Blain: Tonight I will be streaming live from 9:30 PM – 11:00 PM EST on http://ticker.tv/stockjunkie. Will be going through several hundred charts, running some screens, and talking about the market. I will also be streaming tomorrow morning from 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM. Join me!Indexes in the U.S. opened down as big selloffs in […]
Benchmarks had a volatile run through the session, rebounding from a mid-day slump to settle in the green powered by new deals and upbeat economic reports. New deals between Medtronic and Covidien, Williams Companies and Access Midstream Partners, Level 3 Communications and TW Telecom, and SanDisk and Fusion-io boosted sentiment. Encouraging data on manufacturing activity in the New York region, […]
The White House this week released a report on big data in which it calls for an update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The act, which should in fact be called the Electronic Communications Lack Of Privacy Act, is sorely in need of reform.The ECPA allows the government to access email that is older than 180 days, or has […]
Benchmarks ended mostly in the green on Thursday driven by encouraging corporate results and higher-than-expected economic numbers. The Nasdaq was boosted by strong gains in Apple, a day after it reported better-than-expected earnings. However, the Dow finished flat after Verizon Communications and 3M Company’s disappointing first quarter earnings restricted its advance. Meanwhile, there were reports of military tension near the […]
Continuing our “Intraday Trend Trading” stock scans according to an algorithm I run mid-day, let’s take a look not just at the strong intraday uptrending stocks, but also the four “worst” intraday downtrending stocks.Here’s the strong uptrenders on yet another uptrending session:Our “Top Four Intraday Trenders include WellPoint (WLP), Travelers Insurance (TRV), 3M Company (MMM), and Aetna (AET).Again, pro-trend traders […]
The Canadian telecommunications industry has been relatively quiet of late as the federal government is either still conducting an auction of cellular airwaves or preparing to reveal the results.Opening telecom market to foreign investment could make Canada a ‘branch plant,’ Edward Rogers warns“The model we have right now, I believe, allows Canadians to have the best wireless industry, the best […]
Computer Science > Social and Information Networks
Title:
Latent Sentiment Detection in Online Social Networks: A Communications-oriented ViewAuthors:Rohit Negi,
Vinay Uday Prabhu,
Miguel Rodrigues(Submitted on 9 Jan 2014)
Abstract: In this paper, we consider the problem of latent sentiment detection in
Online Social Networks such as Twitter. We demonstrate the benefits of using
the underlying social network as an Ising prior to perform network […]
Computer Science > Social and Information Networks
Title:
Latent Sentiment Detection in Online Social Networks: A Communications-oriented ViewAuthors:Rohit Negi,
Vinay Uday Prabhu,
Miguel Rodrigues(Submitted on 9 Jan 2014)
Abstract: In this paper, we consider the problem of latent sentiment detection in
Online Social Networks such as Twitter. We demonstrate the benefits of using
the underlying social network as an Ising prior to perform network […]
Major indices ended flat on Thursday after investors hesitated from placing big bets ahead of the Friday’s non-farm payroll data. Non-farm payroll numbers may provide some indication about whether the Fed will announce any further cuts in its massive bond buying program during its upcoming meeting. Meanwhile, the number of Americans filing for the unemployment benefits declined in the previous […]
