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Two Words You Don't Hear Much When The Stock Market Is In

REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.We’re Far From Euphoria (MarketMinder) Stocks had a record year in 2013, with the S&P 500 returning 30%. Now many wonder if the market looks frothy and if we’re overdue for a correction. “It’s been a long time since […]

Stock Markets Around The World Are Tanking – Business Insider

Twitter/Jamie McGeeverRussia’s MICEX tanks on Monday.Rising military tensions on the border between Ukraine and Russia have sent global markets into a tailspin of risk aversion to begin the week.In the United States, the S&P 500 is trading down 1.1% at 1839, while 10-year U.S. Treasury futures are up 0.4%, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note is 2.61%, four […]

This Income Strategy Combines The Best Of Both Worlds (AMH,SBY)

The covered call strategy has some tremendous benefits. It allows us to boost the amount of income we receive from our investment portfolio, while also helping to protect our investments from losses if stocks trade moderately lower.#-ad_banner-#However, the strategy has one primary drawback. If the underlying stock that we own moves dramatically higher, our gains are capped. This is because […]

Irving: Big Data Can Save the Planet (or at least its inhabitants …

Yes, we have heard it all before.  A new information technology comes along and it is lauded as a sure fire tool for solving intractable societal problems.  We heard it with radio, computers and the Internet.  And now the buzz is all about Big Data.  The thing is, this time it could be true.Big Data (the collection and analysis of […]

FE Investegate |Netcall PLC Announcements | Netcall PLC: Netcall …

RNS Number : 4401XNetcall PLC13 January 2014 ; ; ;13th ;January ;2014 ;NETCALL ;PLC ;(“Netcall”, ;the “Company”, ;or ;the “Group”) ;Netcall ;invests ;in ;Sentiment ;Adding ;Social ;Media ;monitoring ;and ;outreach ;to ;the ;Liberty ;platform ;Netcall plc (AIM: NET), a leading customer engagement software provider, is pleased to announce it has completed a joint investment with Elderstreet VCT in privately owned […]

Sentiment Raises £1 Million to Take Social to the Contact Centre …

LONDON, January 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –Sentiment, (the trading name of Macranet Ltd), the social intelligence and engagement platform, announced today it has secured £1 million in a Series A financing led by Elderstreet Investments, with participation from AIM listed technology company Netcall plc. The funding will accelerate the company’s growth strategy.Sentiment will use the financing to increase investment in its […]

Big Data New Year's Resolutions for 2014 | Splunk Blogs

Happy New Year! I hope it was relaxing, restful and slightly over-indulgent. If you’re anything like me, you’re probably wondering if you can stick to any New Year’s resolutions unlike last year (less chocolate, more exercise, less time glued to my mobile phone, better jokes, improved punctuation etc.) So far this year (six days in) I’ve managed to succeed in […]

Taking the creepy out of Big Data – mUmBRELLA

Taking the creepy out of Big DataWhile most people find Big Data creepy, Paddy Nixon and Ros Harvey from the University of Tasmania argue democratising it would be a real social benefit.Big Data has a reputation for being creepy; the domain of “Big Business” and “Big Government”. At best it’s the driver of relentless advertising, uniquely targeted and eerily reminiscent of our most recent […]

Analyst Predicts A 15-20% Drop In The Stock Market, $1500 Gold …

NOAH, Bloomberg, ReutersAmong Wall Street’s 2014 forecasts, Emad Mostaque’s clearly stands out.The overwhelming consensus prediction on Wall Street for 2014 is that this will be the year the U.S. economy finally takes off, which should translate to a more gains in the stock market and more pain for holders of gold and U.S. Treasuries.
Emad Mostaque, a strategist at NOAH Capital […]

BCA: High Odds for Stock Market Bubble Next Year – Financial Sense

A global resynchronized recovery is good news for corporate profits. But better profit growth is no longer news for the stock market because the S&P 500 has already discounted a 10% increase in forward earnings in the next 12 months. Therefore, if stock prices make continued advances, the expected price gains will have to primarily come from a multiple expansion.U.S. […]