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Economist's View: '100% Reserve Banking' and 'Big Data: Are we …

A link to this post is being retweeted in unusually large numbers: 100% Reserve Banking — The History, by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi: So both John Cochrane and Martin Wolf are advocating 100% reserve banking. If these two agree on anything, it’s worth taking seriously! (It’s pretty amazing how advocates for narrow banking come from across the […]

Social media sentiment analysis on the Indian Premier League …

Analysis of people’s perception on IPL season 7
Kudos to KKR upon winning the first game of IPL7. But, this year’s IPL will be never like any of its previous versions. When so much political drama is happening and the biggest election is undergoing back at home, this IPL may lose out on much of its attractions. Also we’re […]

'Political Siri', Big Data Startups Rise Amid Indian Elections …

With nearly 814 million people set to vote over the next few weeks in India’s general elections, the biggest democratic exercise on the planet, political parties are scrambling to out-innovate each other. Amid all this, some technology startups are finding a killer app for their products, especially given the massive outreach programs required by political leaders for wooing their supporters, […]

Stock Markets Down on Expectations for Crimean Referendum

Fears of Russia’s possible economic isolation amid the political crisis in Ukraine have been causing investors to pull out their funds from the domestic stock exchange market, while international markets have been shaky as well.By midday on Friday the ruble-denominated MICEX fell 5 percent and the dollar-denominated RTS was down 5.5 percent, a low since August 2009. Both, however, later […]

Kotal Equities Sanjeev Prasad outlines trading strategy for elections …

It’s election season so trade is likely to turn volatile as market participants weight various political outcomes. As of now, opinion polls predict the BJP-led NDA to emerge victorious in the polls, but equity strategists know that in a country as diverse as India, it’s futile to hazard a definite guess about electoral outcome and bet your money on it. […]

Emerging market chaos hits stock markets and currencies | Business …

Turkish lira bills at a currency exchange office in Istanbul. Turkish lira hit record lows despite the central bank spending an estimated £1bn to prop up the curerency’s value during the day. Photograph: Murad Sezer/REUTERSA series of political scandals and accusations of mismanagement in some of the world’s major developing economies triggered turmoil on international stock exchanges on Friday.The FTSE […]

The Ratio of U.S. House Prices to Gold and Silver Market Sentiment …

The Ratio of U.S. House Prices to Gold and Silver Market SentimentCommodities / Gold and Silver 2014Jan 03, 2014 – 11:38 AM GMTBy: Dr_Jeff_Lewis

The last time housing market sentiment and precious metals prices lined up this way, we were on the cusp of massive volatility and collapse. Housing had […]

2014 Questions For Stock Market Bears [PowerShares QQQ Trust …

Systemic Fear Not As High As It Once WasWhy was the stock market able to break out from the 13-year consolidation pattern we covered last Friday? The bigger picture answer may lie in the answers to these five sub-questions:Does economic data support an imminent recession? Is Europe on the brink of a currency crisis? Are the technicals screaming be careful? […]

The Pros and Cons of Big Data Democratization – Search Engine …

We live in very complex times. As much as we talk about integrated insights, it only seems to be getting worse.If I sound a little bleak it’s because this statement has been shared ad nauseam: digital marketers are literally drowning in data.Data sources range from anecdotal and trivial to scientifically precise, and span numerous systems both on premise, in the […]