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2014: The Worst Year – Position Sizing

By Joe Peta
At Novus we’ve examined the performance of many hundreds of hedge funds and we’ve found that, by far, the most important skill to possess is the ability to size positions effectively.  That’s because unlike Exposure Management, and to a lesser degree Security Selection, the ability to size positions efficiently is the most persistent and consistent alpha-generating skill that a […]

Stock Market News for December 31, 2014 – Zacks Investment …

Benchmarks ended in the red zone on Tuesday as reignited political turmoil in Greece continued to weigh on investor mood amidst low trading volume. Moreover, disappointing home price data also dented investor sentiment. The benchmarks witnessed their 12th lightest trade volume this year on Tuesday. The Dow finished below the 18k mark for the first time after crossing the same […]

NYC Teen: I Made Up Story About Making Millions Off Stocks | NBC …

Local lawmakers are proposing a bill that would allow businesses to open investment accounts.A Queens teen says a viral magazine story portraying him as a stock-market whiz was all made up.”Frozen” Director Apologizes to Parents for “Let It Go”
A day after New York magazine published a story online describing how Stuyvesant High School senior Mohammed Islam made millions of dollars […]

RedChip's Director of Research, Thomas Pfister, CFA, Reports on Biotech and Medtech Shelf Registrations

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 5, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A shelf registration (commonly known as an S-3 filing) is a public offering which allows companies to offer and sell securities without having to file separate prospectuses for each raise. Typically, the maximum amount that can raised through one of these documents is $100 million. Looking at biotech and medtech stocks that […]

Bravo Clarification of FEMA Affiliation and Current Stock Trading …

November 25, 2014 09:05 ET | Source:Bravo Enterprises Ltd.NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bravo Enterprises Ltd. (OTCQB:OGNG) reports that the Company dba “Splash Water For Life”, was registered with the System for Award Management (SAM) on October 02, 2013 and issued a vendor identification number. This registration meant that Bravo could bid on federal contracting opportunities and […]

Nanotechnology and big data – the next industrial revolution?

Posted: Sep 01, 2014

Nanotechnology and big data – the next industrial revolution?

(Nanowerk News) A report commissioned by the Lloyds Register Foundation, reviewing the potential implications of nanotechnology on the safety […]

Guest Post: Who needs big data? – Travolution.co.uk

By Matthew Napleton, marketing director of ZizoThe promise is timely access to essential business insight; the reality is a massive dent in the CFO’s budget. So why are organisations still investing in big data projects?For any CFO concerned about throwing good money after bad on big data deployments that are simply failing to deliver the information the business needs, there […]

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 […]

Stock Trading at Xoom Corp (XOOM): 2 Insiders Unload Shares …

Stock Trading at Xoom Corp (XOOM): 2 Insiders Unload Shares
By Melanie Erbaron August 6, 2014Companies, Finance, Financial
This week, Xoom Corp (NASDAQ:XOOM) saw two of its insiders complete stock dispositions. The sales commenced on Monday, at the hand of Director Kevin Hartz, who unloaded 7,425 shares of Common Stock for a weighted average price of $21.69 per share. The stock was […]

Will Big Data Answer Big Questions on Health? (Science Friday …

In an interview with Science Friday, Dartmouth’s Jason H. Moore weighs in about Google’s new data collection project, called Baseline Study, which is attempting to paint a picture of human health by cataloging the DNA of healthy people, along with their blood, saliva, tears, and more.
“As a data scientist I am really excited about the Google Baseline Study,” says Moore, […]