US Stocks, 9 Of 10 Sectors Posted Losses On Light TradePosted by: : Paul EbelingPosted on: July 30, 2014US Stocks, 9 Of 10 Sectors Posted Losses On Light TradeIBB, RSX, XTR, AMD, BRCM, UPS, HMC, TSM, WIN, T, VZDJIA +2.0% YTD, S&P 500 +6.6% YTD, NAS 100 +6.4% YTD, Russell 2000 -1.8% YTDDJIA-70.48 at 16912.11, NAS 100 -2.21 at 4442.70, S&P 500 -8.96 at 1969.95Volume: trade was on the light […]
* US stock markets surged on the open and held on to those gains through to the close, as once again geopolitics took a back seat to the news of better US corporate earnings.* European stock markets rebounded overnight, snapping a three session losing streak, as traders set aside their concerns over the downed Malaysian flight and the Ukraine and […]
I was giving a Pulse Analytics demonstration last week, and it got side-tracked with a deep discussion on the flaws of sentiment analysis. To set further context, this gentleman was one of the most intelligent people I’ve met in recent memory. He nailed everything that is currently wrong with Natural Language Processing (NLP) – with slang and context two of […]
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NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is back to setting records.After treading water for most of March and April, stocks are nudging deeper into record territory and are closing in on milestones with lots of zeros attached to them. The Dow Jones […]
Can CIA Agent Jack Ryan Stop The Next Rogue Stock Market Algorithm?20June, 2014We have always been fans of those Harrison Ford movies adapted from the Tom Clancy novels where he plays CIA agent Jack Ryan. There is a new version of the series just out called “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit”. This time Jack Ryan is a young CIA financial analyst […]
In the era of big data, the battle for privacy has already been fought and lost – personal data is routinely collected and traded in the new economy and there are few effective controls over how it is used or secured. Data researchers and analysts now say that it’s time for legislation to reclaim some of that privacy and […]
Investors nudged U.S. stocks into positive territory Monday, thanks in part to another round of corporate couplings.Three proposed acquisitions, including medical device maker Medtronic’s $42.9 billion bid for rival Covidien, helped the market eke out a slight gain for the second trading day in a row.Homebuilding stocks also got a boost from […]
Strategic Investment Conference: Day 3 – Stock Market Due for a Correction?Stock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014May 18, 2014 – 08:34 PM GMTBy: John_Mauldin
By Worth WrayGood morning from 30,000 feet, somewhere over the great American West!I admit to being a little overwhelmed as I write to you on my way home from the Strategic Investment Conference. […]
Benchmarks retreated from record highs on Wednesday dragged down by declines in small-cap and Internet stocks. Also, selloffs in the consumer discretionary sector had a negative impact on benchmarks. The day’s economic reports were limited to U.S. wholesale prices, which reported an increase by 0.6% in April. Meanwhile, investors were focused on recent developments in Ukraine where pro-Russian rebels and […]
“Sell in May and go away.”This stock market adage has served investors well four years in a row. Every year since 2010, stock markets around the world have suffered significant corrections between a high reached in May and a low in the summer or early autumn: by 15 percent in 2010, 19 percent in 2011, 9 percent in 2012 and […]
