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Who watches the watchers? Big Data goes unchecked – Josh …
The National Security Agency might be tracking your phone calls. But private industry is prying far more deeply into your life.Commercial data brokers know if you have diabetes. Your electric company can see what time you come home at night. And tracking companies can tell where you go on weekends by snapping photos of your car’s license plate and cataloging […]
Stock Market News for May 13, 2014 – Zacks Investment Research
The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs on Monday primarily boosted by gains in Internet and bio-tech stocks. Merger and acquisition activity in the food industry too boosted investor sentiment. The day’s economic report was limited to Treasury budget, which reported a surplus of $107.0 billion.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure […]
Will The S&P See A Large Decline In The Short-Term? | Benzinga
The question of the day is relatively straightforward at this time: Will we see a meaningful decline (defined as a loss of -10 percent or more) on the S&P 500 (NYSE: SPY) in the near term or not?
From the bears’ perspective, the answer is an unequivocal “yes.” Our furry friends cite the ongoing mo-mo meltdown (Social Media (NASDAQ: SOCL), Internet […]
Stock Market News for May 08, 2014 – May 8, 2014 – Zacks.com
Benchmarks ended Wednesday’s trading session mostly higher following indications from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen that key lending rates would remain low. Market moved upwards after Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to discuss measures to ease the Ukrainian crisis. The Dow and S&P 500 ended in the green. However, intense selling pressure in Internet stocks dragged down the Nasdaq. Separately, […]
Groupon Earnings and Twitter Sell-Off Hit Social Media ETF – May 8 …
It seems that the Global X Social Media Index ETF (SOCL) has fallen on hard times. The fund started the year on weak footing thanks to a massive sell-off in momentum stocks. After that, many of its components like Twitter (TWTR) and LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD) came up with downbeat Q1 results (read: After LinkedIn’s Slump, Connect with the Social Media […]
Is the Stock Market Cheap? | Doug Short | FINANCIAL SENSE
Here is a new update of a popular market valuation method using the most recent Standard & Poor’s “as reported” earnings and earnings estimates and the index monthly averages of daily closes for the past month, which is 1,864.26. The ratios in parentheses use the monthly close of 1,883.95. For the earnings, see the table below created from Standard […]
7 Tips for Stock Trading You Can Do in Your Underwear | Behavior …
Last week, I wrote about the documented evidence that trading activity results in lower returns to investors. This is equally true for those people we think of as professional investors and for people day trading in their parents’ basements.
As far as I’m aware, there’s no peer-reviewed, academic study that shows any evidence that active trading will result in better returns. […]
Is big data the answer for every company? No! – Fortune Tech
Big data technology isn’t for every company, according to SnapLogic CEO Gaurav Dhillon. But for those in certain industries, it can have major impacts.FORTUNE — If software is eating the world, as described by the prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen in 2011, then big data is supposed to be saving it. Right?Popular use of the term “big data,” which is used to describe technologies that […]
How to secure a great job in big data – BetaNews
How to secure a great job in big dataGet a grounding in basic statistics
In data analytics, everyone needs at least some formal training in statistical analysis. Degrees with some statistical component are highly valued, such as science or math, but that doesn’t mean it’s just scientists who are desirable in the big data space.
Anabel Gutierrez, lecturer of business […]
