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These are CIBC's 20 top stock picks for 2014 | Financial Post

CIBC World Markets analysts are bullish on Canada in 2014, following a year in which Canadian stocks lagged many of their developed world counterparts.Now find out Citigroup’s top 23 stocks in the U.S. marketWith stock market correlations down, 2014 is likely to reward the savvy investors who know how to pick stocks. Check them out“The valuation discount relative to the […]

The World of Big Data (Part 2) – Scientific American

Scientific American presents Tech Talker by Quick & Dirty Tips. Scientific American and Quick & Dirty Tips are both Macmillan companies.
This is the second part of my series on Big Data. If you haven’t listened to the first episode go check it out now at Quick and Dirty Tips Website.
In the last Tech Talker episode, we we talked about what […]

Todd Harrison: Are Darker Days Ahead For The Stock Market …

Editor’s Note: Todd posts his vibes in real time each day on our Buzz & Banter.The markets took it on the chin yesterday, paving the way for the ugliest stock market session in months. It’s all relative, we know—investors are sitting on 30%+ gains from last year—but that was then and this is now. With earnings season in full […]

A Big Data Strategy That Goes Beyond Cutting and Pasting

The speed in which information is created and put up on the Web is staggering. It will only get faster as sensors and devices, people, better tools and automation combine to move us further into the Zetabyte Era (22 figure numbers).While the information being created can help us better understand if our efforts to connect with customers and prospects are […]

The Invisible Power Behind the World's Best Stock Market Investments

The Invisible Power Behind the World’s Best Stock Market InvestmentsStock-Markets / Sector AnalysisJan 08, 2014 – 06:48 PM GMTBy: DailyWealth

Porter Stansberry writes: Over the years, I’ve explained a lot of Wall Street’s “secrets”…I’ve explained how discounted bonds are sometimes vastly better investments than stocks. I’ve covered how selling naked puts is almost always safer and […]

Soaring Stock Market Fails To Fix Venezuela's Shortage Of Food (Or …

Having just missed out of +500% returns in the Caracas stock market last year, the reality of a hyperinflating world continue to cause chaos in the real world of Venezuela. As Bloomberg reports, the bolivar’s 73% decline against the dollar on the black market in 2013 is fueling contraband and worsening shortages of food and consumer goods in a country […]

Zephyr Health Lands $15M From Kleiner To Help Life Sciences …

The Big Data landscape continued to explode in 2013, as companies across the board scrambled to update infrastructure and technology to meet the new set of demands and opportunities brought on by a brave new, data-happy world. Investors responded in kind, pouring just over $3.6 billion into the Big Data ecosystem during the year, setting off a flurry of activity […]

Weekly Technical Analysis – “Rotation Bonds & Commodities into …

Here below please find the latest Swiss team’s technical report.As its their first technical report for 2014 its a nice review of the year past and attempts to sign post where we have come from and we are going on their cyclical road maps.Its an exceptionally thought provoking and therefore meaningful medium and longer term report. As well as covering […]

BigData-Startups | How P&G Uses Big Data To Turn Diapers Into …

Print PDFProctor & Gamble, or P&G, is a large multinational consumer goods company that was founded in 1837 and has its headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. Currently it is operational in over 70 countries, its products are sold in over 180 countries and they serve almost 5 billion customers with their brands. Annual net sales is currently around $ 84 billion. […]

Big Data Has Transformative Potential – Business Insider

BIIThe world is awash in data, with mobile driving the latest surge in data volume. This is being touted as great news for every aspect of business. Big data is seen as a way to improve productivity at every level of a company, give brands exact ad targeting capability, and help make healthcare and government more efficient.But there’s a big […]