Over the last several years, two powerful forces have helped to drive the stock market far higher than many have expected. The first, as we all know, has been very loose monetary policy through a combination of low rates and continuous rounds of QE by the Federal Reserve.The second has been the record amount of stocks bought by companies through […]
Using Supply and Demand to Beat the Stock MarketStock-Markets / Investing 2014Jul 03, 2014 – 09:51 PM GMTBy: Casey_ResearchBy Dan Steinhart, Managing Editor, The Casey ReportIt’s an investing strategy so simple, you’ll wonder why you didn’t think of it.Like any other market, the stock market obeys the laws of supply and demand. Reduce supply, and prices should rise.Therefore, companies that […]
There are as many ways to make money in the stock market as there are fleas on a dog.In my investment service Technology and Opportunity, we believe the best way to make money is to get in front of the herd on the next moneymaking trend and sell when the news spreads to the great unwashed.Holding too long is death […]
Over the last several years, many of the traditional tools and economic assumptions used for understanding the financial system have been slowly replaced by more powerful tools originally developed by physicists, biologists, or even engineers.Dr. Hamid Benbrahim, a data scientist and expert in finance, machine learning, and robotics, explains how the financial system is a complex adaptive system and that […]
CNBC screenshotBrad Katsuyama and Bill O’BrienTwo CEOs of exchanges got in a nasty brawl on CNBC’s “Power Lunch” over high-frequency trading.
William “Bill” O’Brien, the CEO of BATS, slammed Brad Katsuyama, the CEO and president of IEX, and author Michael Lewis.Katsuyama is the hero in Michael Lewis’ new book, “Flash Boys.” His firm, IEX, is an alternative exchange. “I’ve been […]
Four Vs of big data – image ShutterstockOne of the themes of this year’s main European IT exhibition, CeBIT, was Big Data. In fact, it’s one of the core themes of most events I’ve been attending the last months. Big Data is everywhere: marketing, analytics, information management, healthcare, the list goes on. And despite discussions and debates in the area […]
CORN ETN Technical Analysis – Potential Head And Shoulders Bottom Chart Formationby Olivier on February 20, 2014I recently went long the JO – Coffee ETN mostly because of purely technical reasons. The bullish flag chart pattern was one of the most obvious ones I came across in quite a while. Still I didn’t expect such fireworks in such a short amount […]
The O’Reilly Strata Conference in Santa Clara is abuzz with the promise of making analytics power more accessible than ever before through new applications of Big Data. Tresata, the brainchild of former Bank of America data science chief and theCUBE regular Abhishek Mehta, is leading the way with a new software solution that runs on Apache Spark.NET 1.0 is one […]
David Gurwitz: Stock Market Toppy Despite More Stimulus Coming
December 12th, 2013 John Manfreda of Wall Street for Main Street Interviews David Gurwitz of Charles Nenner research about Interest Rates, Gold, the Stock Market, Oil, Natural Gas, Economic indicators, and other topics. He even offers one free month of research to all who listen to this interview.http://charlesnenner.com/-Please visit the Wall […]
Matt Cardy/Getty ImagesFA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.KOESTERICH: Stock Valuation And Investor Sentiment Don’t Justify Bubble Fears Just Yet (BlackRock Blog) To understand if U.S. stocks are in bubble territory, BlackRock’s Russ Koesterich thinks investors should look at valuation and sentiment. In terms of valuation, he writes […]
