Defence against the economic elements? The street outside a share prices display in Tokyo on Thursday. Photograph: Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Images
Global stock markets continued to tumble on Friday, pushing the FTSE 100 to its worst weekly fall in more than three years. Since Monday, £112bn has been wiped off the value of Britain’s leading companies.Investors headed for the exits amid growing […]
Benchmarks ended Tuesday’s trading session on a mixed note as investors remained concerned about the global economy and political turmoil in Greece. People’s Bank of China’s move to tighten rules on loans and unexpected declaration of presidential elections in Greece dented investor sentiment. However, the S&P 500 and Dow erased much of the initial losses, banking on a rally in […]
Walking in a data-wonderland: Big Data meets virtual reality Mike Wheatley | August 12thREAD MOREOne of the biggest challenges with Big Data is that the human mind is just too feeble to comprehend such vast amounts of information. Our brains just become overwhelmed when you’re talking petabytes upon petabytes of data, but EU researchers think they’ve hit upon a way […]
A new technology developed by researchers funded by the European Union could revolutionise the way we process data – Big Data.With a whopping €6.5m of EU funding invested in this innovative initiative, the CEEDs project is comprised of 16 partners in nine countries (Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK).According to a European Commission press […]
Is the answer to our feeble human minds needing to grapple with increasing quantities of big data to stand in a purpose built room immersed in complex data visualisations while wearing an array of sensors that track our physiological reactions? A group of European Commission-backed scientists believe so.They’re attempting to quantify — and, they claim, enhance — cognition by building a sensor-based data visualisation system that dynamically changes the complexity level […]
Stock Market Bubble WarningStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Jul 29, 2014 – 10:38 AM GMTBy: Barry_M_FergusonEveryone has an opinion as to whether or not US stock indices are in a bubble at the present (July, 2014). Given a moment’s reflection, I came up with ten reasons US stocks are indeed in a bubble.1) Fed Chair Yellen expressed concern in mid-July (2014) […]
By: Nancy Zambell of Street AuthorityA “follow-up” market crash could be coming.I don’t mean to scare you, but it’s only a matter of time…The past two happened like clockwork — seven years apart. One happened just before 2001, after the dot-com burst. The other came with a vengeance in 2008, right after the housing collapse.It’s getting close to another seven […]
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, […]
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 […]
The S&P 500 has just hit a new all-time high at 1851.55 this morning.The previous peak was on January 15, when the index hit 1850.84. After that, the market fell 6% through February 3. Since then, it has surged higher, erasing all of those losses and then some.This morning, the index is up 0.8%, trading above 1851.The chart below shows […]
