William Patalon III: When I earned my MBA from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) back in the mid-1990s, my focus was finance and investing.But it was a management professor who clued me in to some of the best ways to “look past the numbers” and understand what really makes a big company tick.The professor, Janet C. Barnard, retired a few […]
PhotoA graphic visualization of the mobile industry, ranging from hardware makers to media providers. Software, denoted in yellow, plays an increasingly large and interconnected role in the industry.Credit Rahul BasoleBig-data management promises a significant shift in the way decisions are made across the economy. Abundant new sources of data from the web, sensors and smartphones, mined for patterns and insights […]
Big Data focus for UniversityEdinburgh’s expertise in handling Big Data is to be strengthened with the appointment of medical informatics expert Professor Andrew Morris.His appointment as the University’s new Vice-Principal of Data Science will see him work closely with colleagues to create cross-disciplinary opportunities for education, research and innovation in the field.Professor Morris will advise the Principal and senior management […]
The S&P 500 Index, which most financial professionals use to track the performance of the overall U.S. stock market, has now officially tripled in value — along with breaking through the 2,000 level for the first time, ever.In a recent post, we looked at how often investors should expect 5% corrections, based on market history. This time, however, we’ll examine previous […]
Everyone is talking about the amazing insights big data can deliver, but simply having massive collections of data isn’t enough. Having big data without the ability to process it efficiently and properly is like having a warehouse full of ingredients but no ovens in which to create delicious products.Big data should earn its keep, and it can’t do that in […]
In Michael Lewis’ Moneyball, a data expert does what baseball scouts cannot: predict the future performance of a player with better accuracy. In addition to relying on the instincts of scouts, the Oakland A’s decided to use analytics to predict whether a player would be a top performer, thus gaining notoriety and kicking off an unprecedented winning streak.Ex-New Jersey Attorney […]
Mark Lennihan/APYale Professor Robert J. Shiller has a new piece examining the market up at The New York Times in which he notes that stocks are indeed expensive:The United States stock market looks very expensive right now. The CAPE ratio, a stock-price measure I helped develop — is hovering at a worrisome level.I wrote with some concern about the high […]
Low and Expanding Risk Premiums Are the Root of Abrupt Stock Market LossesStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Aug 13, 2014 – 05:56 PM GMTBy: John_MauldinRisk premiums. I don’t know anyone who seriously maintains that risk premiums are anywhere close to normal. They more closely resemble what we see just before a major bear market kicks in. Which doesn’t mean that they […]
Walking in a data-wonderland: Big Data meets virtual reality Mike Wheatley | August 12thREAD MOREOne of the biggest challenges with Big Data is that the human mind is just too feeble to comprehend such vast amounts of information. Our brains just become overwhelmed when you’re talking petabytes upon petabytes of data, but EU researchers think they’ve hit upon a way […]
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Researchers from Boston University and Warwick Business School have found a way to identify what people are Google searching right before […]
