Big Data trends intensify storage business boomStaff writer, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Tuesday 3 June 2014]The cumulative amount of data produced worldwide is predicted to reach 40ZB by 2020, which is 50 times more than that of 2010 according to preliminary estimates. That means the amount of storage data will double once every two years, and the era of the unprecedented digital […]
Trader John Santiago, right, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, May 30, 2014. Two negative reports on U.S. consumers were pushing stocks lower in early trading Friday. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks were mostly unchanged Friday as investors reacted to two negative economic reports that focused on U.S. consumers. Lions Gate Entertainment plunged […]
Are Some Proven Stock Market Investment Strategies Too Simple To Accept?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014May 24, 2014 – 01:45 PM GMTBy: Sy_Harding
As goes January so goes the year. Avoid the first two years of the Four-Year Presidential Cycle. Buy in the fall of the 2nd year of the presidential cycle and hold through to the end of […]
What is ‘big data’?Data is everywhere. It affects what you eat and how you drive; it powers our towns and shapes our economy. And one day it may help keep you alive.And as computers have got more powerful and sophisticated, we can now combine huge amounts of data together to generate even deeper insights about the world around us.Welcome to […]
Well, it’s “next week,” and we’ll have to see if last Thursday marked a change in the market’s trend. In addition to taking the market’s pulse, I’ll be watching these “three-peat” stocks — beat earnings estimates, beat revenue estimates, and raised guidance — from Raymond James’ research universe. Those names are Inteliquent (IQNT/$14.29/Outperform), Parkway Properties (PKY/$19.09/Outperform), and Skyworks Solutions (SWKS/$40.75/Strong […]
Social media has captured business owners’ attention worldwide, and it continues to be bolstered by massive volumes of big data. While Facebook, Twitter, or any forum or blog offers platforms for communities to gather and share opinions and ideas about products, services, and the like, the content and context are often not clear and completely devoid of emotion. Based on […]
US stocks have finished higher after a choppy day of trade as investors weighed some solid retail earnings reports with mixed economic data.The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 44.50 points (0.27 per cent) to 16,491.31 on Friday.The broad-based S&P 500 added 7.01 (0.37 per cent) at 1,877.86, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose 21.30 (0.52 per cent) to 4,090.59.Mace […]
Even as the use of social media as a marketing strategy matures, the measurement of success for companies in that field continues to be muddy.Before social media plans and tactics can be rolled out to give brands a foothold in the social media space, a company must first implement social listening. After all, you need to survey the landscape before […]
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a portfolio manager confess to using technical analysis. Well, not using that word.
Picking stocks because of their price movements fell into academic disfavor in the 1960s, when mainframe computers gave professors the ability to collect and crunch large data sets. The University of Chicago’s Gene Fama showed that past stock prices had […]
Twitter’s Richard Costolo, Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams and Biz Stone await the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on day of the firm’s IPO in November. Photograph: Lan/CorbisTwitter shares fell more than 10% as Wall Street opened for business on Tuesday, marking the end of the lockup period that prevented executives, early investors and other insiders selling […]
