The ECB says Twitter can predict the stock market – Business Insider

REUTERS/Brendan McDermidTwitter CEO Dick Costolo, right, celebrates the Twitter IPO with Twitter founders, from left, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, November 7, 2013.The European Central Bank (ECB) just put out an interesting study looking at whether Twitter and Google can be used to predict stock market […]

European stock markets plunge on Grexit fears – Business Insider

© AFP/File Daniel RolandShortly after the start of trading, Frankfurt’s DAX 30 was showing a loss of 4.26 percent to 11,003.17 pointsLondon (United Kingdom) (AFP) – European stocks dived in early trading Monday as investors fear Greece could be heading for a eurozone exit, with a number of indices shedding more than four percent.The European single currency earlier dropped below […]

New Internet Monitor Report: "Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social …

New Internet Monitor Report: “Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests”October 02, 2014Internet Monitor is delighted to announce the publication of “Russia, Ukraine, and the West: Social Media Sentiment in the Euromaidan Protests,” the fourth in a series of special reports that focus on key events and new developments in Internet controls and online activity.The […]

Stock Market News for September 02, 2014 – September 2, 2014 …

Benchmarks settled in the green on Friday after promising economic numbers negated overseas tensions. Encouraging economic data on consumer sentiment and Chicago-area business conditions overshadowed concerns related to the Russia-Ukraine crisis and increased terror-threat level in the United Kingdom. Friday’s gains helped the S&P 500 close at a record high. The index finished above the 2k mark for the third […]

ENPH – Enphase Energy – Solar Stock Trading Close To Its All …

ENPH – Enphase Energy – Solar Stock Trading Close To Its All Time Highby Olivier on May 23, 2014Solar stocks might be setting up for a bounce trade here. Instead of going for the most oversold one I decided to pick ENPH – Enphase Energy where earnings are out of the way and where there is almost no overhead resistance […]

Alasdair Macleod: Technical analysis vs. value in gold | Gold Anti …

11:30a ET Friday, May 16, 2014Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:GoldMoney research director Alasdair Macleod today contrasts technical analysis of financial markets with value analysis and sides with the latter. Of course neither are very good in a market that is as comprehensively manipulated by central bank intervention as the gold market is –http://www.gata.org/taxonomy/term/21– but as happened with the collapse […]

Are Stock Market Valuations Really Too High? :: The Market Oracle …

Are Stock Market Valuations Really Too High?Stock-Markets / Stock Market ValuationsMay 11, 2014 – 06:11 PM GMTBy: John_Mauldin

The older I get and the more I research and study, the more convinced I become that one of the more important traits of a good investor or businessman is not simply to come up with the right answer but […]

Former Special Ops Innovators Launch Big Data Startup | ARLnow …

Editor’s Note: Sponsored by Monday Properties and written by ARLnow.com, Startup Monday is a weekly column that profiles Arlington-based startups and their founders. The Ground Floor, Monday’s office space for young companies in Rosslyn, is now open. The Metro-accessible space features a 5,000-square-foot common area that includes a kitchen, lounge area, collaborative meeting spaces, and a stage for formal presentations.When launching a service-based technology startup, it helps […]

Does High-Frequency Trading Change The Game? | Bankrate.com

As long as there have been markets, people have been driven by greed to make irrational investment decisions. When enough people get in on the action, valuations — the prices of securities — go haywire, soaring to obscene heights and then crashing in a shower of crushed dreams.Chasing performance, taking on excessive risk and selling at inopportune times are all […]