Staff Software Engineer – Big Data PlatformEngineering | Mountain View, CAHave you ever watched a sporting event live on your computer or tablet? Or caught up on the latest videos on your phone? If so, you already know Ooyala.Each month, nearly 200 million viewers in 130 countries watch an Ooyala-powered video. Ooyala works with TV networks, cable and satellite providers, […]
One of the great pleasures of studying human behaviour is to see that what we find in our experiments, what we theorize in our papers and textbooks – as unlikely and counterintuitive it appears to be – actually predicts what happens in so-called real life. Take, for instance, the current build-up of a stock-market bubble in the UK, happening even […]
Fantasy football is right around the corner. The summer months will pass and before you know it people from across the country will be joining friends to draft their 2014 teams. The Fantasy Sports Trade Association estimates that nearly 32 million Americans play the game, spending close to 11 billion dollars. Needless to say this is a growing industry with […]
Written by Hai Qian & Woo J. Jung of Pivotal Data LabsWhen discussing data science tools, it’s common for folks to passionately debate about algorithm breadth, scalability, and performance among the many available options. Yet one of the most important aspects to consider when choosing a data science tool—usability—is often ignored in these discussions.We believe that usability is perhaps the most important […]
Read More’Sell in May’-is it on or off?: Kenny Polcari Michael Hartnett, chief market strategist at BofAML, believes an improving macro environment coupled with high cash levels and diminishing geopolitical threats will lead to an “irrational exuberance” run that will catch fire during the summer. The best trades, Hartnett said in a note, will […]
Since the NFL switched to a three-day draft in 2010, the typical Easter-time NFL Draft event has been pushed back, to the frustration of Pittsburgh Steelers fans, teams, scouts, organizations and even draft prospects. In previous years, the draft would have already been underway, allowing fans to elude the mass of mock drafts and speculative debates that have predominated social […]
Asset bubbles are notoriously difficult to identify as they are happening. Often times, they only become clear in hindsight.Having said that, Goldman Sachs’ David Kostin offers an interesting stock market chart in his team’s new US Quarterly Chartbook.It shows the sector composition of the S&P 500 by market cap since 1974. As you can see, sector bubbles manifest when […]
Officials at the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) announced on Friday that even though trading almost came to a halt during the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer 20 years ago, it was as lively as ever during the recent Olympic action in Sochi, Russia. The lack of an “OL lull,” they think, reflects the larger numbers of non-Nowegian investors now active on […]
Its that the time of the week again for the Swiss team’s technical analysis of the major asset markets.To summarize. They believe a near term low is close though likely later this week or early next. They have been surprised by the extent of EM weakness but insist this is likely to be a buying point for a bear market […]
McLaren MP4-29 technical analysisBy Steven De Groote on 29 Jan 2014, 19:48McLaren’s car debuted today on track at Jerez, a day late as the team struggled through Tuesday to get its car up and running. Several electrical and hydraulic systems failed to work together even after a successful fire up at the team’s factory one week earlier.The wait was however […]
