Stock Market Euphoria During Troubled Times
Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2013Nov 29, 2013 – 06:25 AM GMTBy: Stephen_Lendman
Major equity markets approach nosebleed levels. Experts disagree on whether bubble extremes approach. They’re not unusual. They happen often.The myth about markets reflecting reality is hokum. Keynes once warned about “enterprise becom(ing) the bubble on a whirlpool of (destructive) speculation.” […]
Mark Daley, Daley is Associate Professor & SHARCNET Research Chair at Western UniversityBy Mark DaleyThe tools and methodologies of “Big Data” provide us with new – necessarily automated – ways to boil down vast quantities of data into a form that is easier to digest. Critical tools include algorithms for dimensionality reduction, machine learning and large-scale visualization.Beyond Big Data, many […]
For seasoned day traders, trading stocks online may seem second
nature, but for others, buying and selling stocks online is like venturing into
parts unknown. The widespread emergence of online trading, brokerages, and
dynamic stock trading software tools tremendously simplifies the online stock
trading process, but this has also led to certain complexities and liabilities
for professional or recreational home investors. Here are some basic […]
Your FundsAmerican citizens are rightly upset when they learn that government agencies have been systematically (and secretly) collecting, storing and looking for patterns of possible terrorism in phone calls and emails.They are angered that federal economic data and other indicators have been leaked seconds early, just enough time for high-speed trading firms to profit from advance warning.But they have been […]
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has published a road map to accelerate progress on harnessing the power of ‘big data’.
The move comes as all parties involved in healthcare find themselves in an exploding bioinformatics and data environment, which many believe will be a key driver for change over the next decade, improving patient care and putting the […]
The University of Washington is one of three schools across the country sharing a major grant to spread ”big data” analysis skills beyond computer science and apply them to other fields.The UW’s share of the five-year, $38 million grant will build up the school’s eScience Institute and Center for Statistics and Social Sciences. It is funding five data scientists, four postdoctoral data […]
Cyprus Crisis Stock Market Investing in Action
Stock-Markets / European Stock MarketsNov 11, 2013 – 05:17 PM GMTBy: Casey_Research
By Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor, International ManStocks in Cyprus Are Down 98%—Time to Start Edging In?Readers who have been with us for a while know that I’ve been hinting at the project Doug Casey and I have been […]
In its latest monthly report, Société Générale’s asset allocation team argues the U.S. stock market will be “at best flat over the coming few quarters, not forgetting risk of short-term correction.”The firm expects the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note to rise to 3.9% in 2014 (from the current level of 2.75%) as the Fed winds down its quantitative […]
In its latest monthly report, Société Générale’s asset allocation team argues the U.S. stock market will be “at best flat over the coming few quarters, not forgetting risk of short-term correction.”The firm expects the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note to rise to 3.9% in 2014 (from the current level of 2.75%) as the Fed winds down its quantitative […]
