The Swiss team are travelling this week so its a Yardeni and Capsyn near term track through the usual indicators.First up I want to present the latest Yardeni reports issued today and over the last few days. They collectively provide a wealth of information on the health and structure of this market.I include some of the macro and micro data […]
Foursquare is still making gains in users and check-ins, with the company reporting in December of last year that it had reached 45 million registered users and surpassed 5 billion check-ins. That’s up from January 2013, when Foursquare had 30 million registered users, a 50% gain in just under one year. (Foursquare did not say how many of those registered […]
NEW YORK, Jan. 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Market Prophit an industry-leading provider of real-time stock market sentiment analysis of social media conversations, has announced the launch of one of the industry’s first tools for ranking the performance and accuracy of stock market pundits and financial bloggers within social media. The solution delivers quantitative rankings of financial bloggers’ stock calls, rating predictiveness, […]
Patent #8,387,065: Speculative
popcount data creation
Issued: February 26, 2013Inventors: Ravi
Arimilli, Ronald
Kalla, Balaram
Sinharoy
What is patent #8,387,065? By IBM Fellow Ravi ArimilliOur brains don’t need to tell our lungs to breathe or our
hearts to pump blood. Unfortunately, computers require instructions for
everything they do. But what if machines could analyze big data and determine
what to do, based on the […]
by George Leong, B. CommThere’s a significant cold spell out there in the Mid-East and Northeastern parts of the country. At the same time, the stock market has cooled down a little, beginning the year on a cautious note.I recently discussed my views for the stock market going forward, and while it’s early on, the ability to move higher will […]
Analysis of people’s perception on Breaking BadWhich is your favourite cine drama television series? If you ask this question to 10 persons, 7 out of those will say out the word “Breaking Bad”. A chemistry teacher who starts producing and selling methamphetamine is certainly not a story that is heard of. But what made the show popular is still […]
Fear and greed — the two emotions that dominate the stock market. In 2008, as he was buying stocks during the depths of the financial crisis, Warren Buffett famously said that you want to be greedy when others are fearful.Of course the truth works the other way as well. You want to be fearful when others are greedy. The […]
As the stock market rises in value new investors and potential traders become interested in how to trade stocks. How to trade stocks successfully is not just a matter of acting on a stock tip from your friend. It is a matter of learning both fundamental as well as technical analysis of stocks, market sectors, and […]
Boston, MA, 11/26/2013 (nysepost) – A couple in Calgary have flung accusations at General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) after they purchased a Chevy Cruze. The accusation is that the vehicle guzzles 50% more gas than what had been advertised by the automaker. Farah Mocquais, the owner of the vehicles said that she feels strongly cheated.Pierre-Yves, her husband said that instead of saving […]
Question: I’m trying to decide which would make a better core equity holding: an S&P 500 index fund or a total stock market index fund. What should I take into consideration? Answer: Given the increasing popularity of index funds–which account for about one out of every six dollars invested in equity mutual funds and the vast majority of assets invested […]
