Stock Trading Alert: Further Uncertainty As Indexes Gained On Friday, Will Uptrend Resume? By: Paul Rejczak | Mon, May 19, 2014 SharePrintEmailStock
Trading Alert originally published on May 19, 2014, 6:49 AM:Briefly: In our opinion speculative long positions are still favored (with
stop-loss at 1,850, S&P 500 index).Our intraday outlook is still bullish, and our short-term […]
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 […]
The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs on Monday primarily boosted by gains in Internet and bio-tech stocks. Merger and acquisition activity in the food industry too boosted investor sentiment. The day’s economic report was limited to Treasury budget, which reported a surplus of $107.0 billion.For a look at the issues currently facing the markets, make sure […]
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a portfolio manager confess to using technical analysis. Well, not using that word.
Picking stocks because of their price movements fell into academic disfavor in the 1960s, when mainframe computers gave professors the ability to collect and crunch large data sets. The University of Chicago’s Gene Fama showed that past stock prices had […]
Most tech stocks haven’t been in vogue lately, especially some of the big names like Netflix, Amazon and Google.
However, one big tech name has been bucking the tech down trend over the last few months, and that’s Oracle.
Although Oracle isn’t the best trading stock, it certainly is on a lot of investors list of “to-dos”.
The company: Oracle Corporation
Ticker Symbol: (NYSE: ORCL)
Sector: Technology
Industry: Application Software
Oracle […]
When President Obama spoke in January about reforming U.S. surveillance, he also asked a panel of experts to spend 90 days investigating the potential consequences of the use of technology that falls under the umbrella term “big data.” The 68-page report was published today and repeatedly emphasizes that big data techniques can advance the U.S. economy, government, and public life. […]
A three-month White House review of how business and government mine massive data sets sees big public and economic benefits from the practice — along with new dangers — but sketches out a murky path towards enforcing privacy protections in the booming tech sector.The White House closed its so-called “big data” review Thursday, including in its findings a set of […]
The White HouseOffice of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 01, 2014 FACT SHEET: Big Data and Privacy […]
A FEW years ago a group of American educators got together to talk about a common problem. School systems were being swamped by data—like every other sector of the economy. And like other industries, they had no idea how to respond. But unlike businesses, most schools aren’t competitors. So they looked at how they could team up to solve their […]
Every two days, the world generates as much data as there was in existence until 10 years ago. And while this data has enormous potential, it sometimes feels like we’re drowning in it.That was just one of the observations shared during the third-annual Innovation Day at Binghamton University. The April 24 event, which drew about 125 participants from industry and […]
