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Everyone's Bored With Stock Market Highs | RealClearMarkets

bull22In early 2013, the “It’s 1999 again” bears came out of the woodwork and I spent a day looking at the way the stock market’s new highs were being covered by national newspapers all over the country.Read Full Article ››TAGGED:Stock Market, Bull Market, Josh Brown

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Big Data: Making an Impact at the Post Office – SmartData Collective

It’s not new news that the USPS is going through an immensely difficult transitional period at this point in time. Stamp prices are continually on the rise, Saturday delivery was on the verge of being canceled, and office closures and layoffs are occurring around the country. Much of the difficulties come from an increasingly competitive marketplace that’s cutting into the […]

Technical analysis of markets begins to suspect its obsolescence …

10:26p ET Monday, July 28, 2014Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:Acknowledging that the usefulness of technical analysis is increasingly doubted as market manipulation intensifies, newsletter writer and technical analyst Tim W. Wood notes today that manipulation is as old as markets themselves and quotes various authorities to the effect that manipulation cannot long defeat any market’s “primary trend.”But Wood’s authorities […]

IBM pushes its big data software at Chinese universities – VentureBeat

IBM is pushing big data software to Chinese universities, by way of an agreement with China’s Ministry of Education.Under a program called IBM U-100, IBM is donate a whole mess of big data and analytics software worth $100 million and provide support for 100 Chinese universities, according to a statement IBM issued earlier this week. Among the offerings are IBM’s […]

Social network helps investors navigate China's stock market

The Chinese stock market is a notoriously tough nut to crack for the average person, so why not get a little help from experts who’ve proven that they know what they’re doing? That’s the idea behind iMaibo, a social network for investors in China.
“The Chinese stock market is traditionally very hard to navigate,” says VP of business development Jonathan Cai. […]

Dubai Stock Market Rallies Strongly – Business Insider

It’s been an interesting couple of days in Dubai.Yesterday the stock market crashed, falling over 6%, after being down by over 8% during the day. The country is witness to an insanely hot real estate boom, but a major construction company has reportedly been running into trouble, which is something that’s shaken the entire market.Anyway, today at least there’s snapback.The […]

Analysis: Understanding Qatar's stock market slide – Doha News

QEIt’s been a wild ride for investors on the Qatar Exchange over the last couple of years.Between July 2012 and the start of this month, the market’s main index rose by nearly two-thirds and reached an all-time high. But then, share prices started to decline, with the index plunging more than nine percent this month alone.So what’s going on in the […]

The Argentine Stock Market Is Doing A 180 – Business Insider

The Argentine stock market, the Merval, is going green after the news that the country will negotiate with a group of hedge fund managers over $1.7 billion worth of debt dating back to 2001. It’s up 1.14$% and climbing.Yahoo FinanceEarlier this week when the Supreme Court announced that it would not hear the case between Argentina and a group of […]

Argentine Stock Market Getting Pummeled – Business Insider

REUTERS/Michael DalderThe Supreme Court will not hear Argentina’s case against hedge fund creditors, and Argentina’s stock market is getting killed on the news.The Supreme Court’s decision is a major blow to Argentina, as it will now be forced to default on its debts or negotiate with creditors, which include Paul Singer’s Elliott Management.It all stems from the country’s default early […]

Big Data and Social: The Key to Sentiment Analysis? – Social Media …

In today’s world where social media plays such a central role for so many people, it’s only natural that companies would want to get in on the action. With big data in the cloud and analytics tools such as Hadoop Hive, it’s easier for companies to use social media to their immediate advantage.There are many different reasons for wanting to […]