Michael Lewis’ bestseller “Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt” stirred a hornet’s nest by shining the spotlight on the controversial subject of high-frequency trading (HFT). The book chronicles the journey of a small group of intrepid individuals on Wall Street who stumble across predatory behavior by high-frequency trading firms, and in a bid to provide a more balanced marketplace, create […]
College students and supporters hold up signs at a rally to support fossil fuel divestment outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)HOUSTON — Environmental advocates across the country are urging foundations and universities to sell their investments in oil and gas companies, arguing they have a responsibility to withhold support from companies whose […]
High on the list of life’s regrets might be that margarita-inspired vacation tattoo you got with the name of a cabana boy or girl etched within it. Next comes investor regret.
Why didn’t I buy Apple (AAPL-Q) five years ago at $135 US? It’s around $515 now. And why am I still hanging on to Bombardier at a pitiful $4, 14 […]
Bitcoin falls to 400 following multiple pieces of bad press worldwide, including but not limited to: – Huobi, one of the world’s largest bitcoin exchanges, announcing they’ve received notice from their bank, ICBC, that they will be closing Huobi’s account next week. – BTCTrade, another Chinese bitcoin exchange announcing likewise. – The National Australia Bank is to dissolve any […]
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Doms, Under Secretary for Economic AffairsBig Data and Open Data are all the rage these days. However,
Commerce was into Big Data before Big Data was cool. As far back as 1790, we
began collecting data on patents in the U.S. and the Census Bureau conducted
the first Decennial Census […]
Even professional traders and investors can’t always speak the language of colleagues working in a different segment of the financial world. With that in mind, we’ve introduced this weekly column, looking at one esoteric or potentially misunderstood finance or trading term every week. After we defined the wonderful word “contango” in last week’s inaugural edition, we’ll now tackle “carry trade.”What Exactly Is a […]
LTC/BTC Technical Analysis – 28th March 2014 By Ashton Fraser on March 28, 2014 in Trading During my last technical analysis for Litecoin vs Bitcoin on the 26th of March, I mentioned how the 23.6% Fib level could be a struggle for price to go beyond. Indeed, not only was it a struggle, it was outright rejection. On Wednesday […]
Benchmarks ended lower on Thursday as investors feared sooner-than-expected rate hikes. Incidentally, the concerns emerged after the day’s mixed economic reports on fourth quarter GDP and weekly unemployment benefits. Declines in financial and technology stocks also dragged the markets lower. Eventually, the S&P 500 fell below the key technical level of 1,850 and the Nasdaq dropped to its lowest […]
The information is vast, the challenges daunting, and the tools statistical. But in the end, Harvard’s new class on big data is as much about people as it is about methodology.The 29 students in “Statistics 183, Learning from Big Data,” work in teams that shift every few weeks, tackling challenges that involve enormous data sets. The students brainstorm and learn […]
I answered this question on Quora and happened to see Indian news channels flaunting social media statistics on the National Elections the same day. That’s what inspired me to start writing this post. Why was the #Oscar selfie such a big deal and why is social media analytics so hot today?SelfiesHistory was created on Twitter when a tweet by Ellen […]
