Tim Harford for Financial Times on big data and how the same problems for small data still apply:The multiple-comparisons problem arises when a researcher looks at many possible patterns. Consider a randomised trial in which vitamins are given to some primary schoolchildren and placebos are given to others. Do the vitamins work? That all depends on what we mean by […]
Some of you may remember the “Google Flu” effort, where the company was going to try to track outbreaks of influenza in the US by mining Google queries. There was never much clarification about what terms, exactly, they were going to flag as being indicative of someone coming down with the flu, but the hype (or hope) at the time […]
Why My Trading Doesn’t Involve High Risk Stocks Like PLUG
11 March 2014
by Ryan Mallory When it comes to trading there are plenty of services out there that claim to have these great traders, great stock picks, and the ability to allow you to retire early. Very rarely though will you ever find one that brags about their ability to manage […]
Liberals may think a majority wants gun control because they only talk with other liberals. It’s a result of their penchant for suppressing views other than their own!Via The Blaze:A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.Lately there has been much […]
Liberals may think a majority wants gun control because they only talk with other liberals. It’s a result of their penchant for suppressing views other than their own!Via The Blaze:A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.Lately there has been much […]
Submitted by Chris Martenson of PeakProsperity.comThe Stock Market’s Shaky FoundationAccording to the stock markets in the US and in Europe, the world’s economy is not just in good shape, but is in the best shape it’s ever been. The S&P 500 hit an intraday new record high of 1,858.71 on Feb 24, 2014, and is now 18.6% above the peak […]
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Talking Points
A Bearish Engulfing candle pattern hints a move lower is ahead
Breaking below 1.6475 (23.6% Fib ret.) exposes 1.6356 (38.2% Fib exp.)
Near-term resistance is at 1.6667, the December 24 high
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Daily Chart – Created Using FXCM Marketscope 2.0
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“”It has been 408 days since the last 10% correction in the MSCI World index, the 8th-longest period on record,” writes Andrew Lapthorne, global head of quantitative strategy at Société Générale, in a note to clients today.”However, simply not having a correction for a long time does not necessarily imply impending doom for equities; we find no relationship between time […]
Morning technical analysis – 20 January 2014January 20, 2014 by Craig Erlam in Technical analysisEURUSDLast weeks candle has only added to the negative outlook for the euro, having closed near its lows, barely rallied above its opening level and closed below the 20-week SMA for the first time since the start of July last year. The daily chart is looking […]
The main theme from Intel’s (INTC) latest quarterly results is that corporate sales have not been high enough to rejuvenate Intel’s revenue in the face of lower PC sales. It seems we are still in a transitional period, whereby more and more people are using mobile devices to hook to the internet and less from a desktop PC. I do […]
