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How Can A Model Predict What A 'Drunken Psycho' Will Do?
Tuesday, February 14, 2017 - 1:56pm | 694While the market is, in the words of Warren Buffett, a “drunken psycho,” many companies in the big data space are trying to create models off of its behavior. David Kedmey, president and co-founder of predictive analytics startup EidoSearch, sees the market as more of a black box—...
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The 'Sobering' Data Pointing To Near-Guaranteed Downside For Gold
Monday, September 28, 2015 - 11:07am | 324"We're going to Hell, so bring your sunblock." Ari Gold, Entourage For those of you excited about Gold's move up over the past week and the Fed's continued concerns on global economic growth, we offer a sobering fact: In 13 similar trading environments in the last 40 years...
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Alibaba Has Traded Like This 3 Other Times In Its Short History
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 1:09pm | 402Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) traders are scrambling to decide how to play the company’s earnings report coming prior to the market open on Thursday. Fundamental and technical traders have been pouring over countless metrics for days trying to determine how the market will react...
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This Apple Trading Pattern Only Happened 2 Other Times In The Past 7 Years
Monday, April 27, 2015 - 3:42pm | 446Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) traders are scrambling to decide how to play the company’s earnings report coming after the market close. Fundamental and technical traders have been pouring over countless metrics for days trying to decipher what to expect from Apple and the Apple Watch....
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If Netflix Beats Expectations The Stock Will…
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 12:27pm | 727“You must always be able to predict what’s next and then have the flexibility to evolve” – Marc Benioff, Founder of Salesforce.com Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) is up 42 percent over the past three months. Although the stock gave back a bunch of gains in March, it has...
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Using Big Data To Project Where The VIX Will Go
Monday, March 30, 2015 - 10:33am | 324"Markets Love Volatility" – Christine Lagarde The VIX was up 16 percent last week, as the S&P 500 dropped for 4 straight days before recovering with a modest gain on Friday with a little help from Janet Yellen. It was the worst week for the U.S. market since January. Once...
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The Bear Case for Gold and the GLD, Even With More Stimulus
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 - 12:06pm | 830Given investors' high expectations for U.S. quantitative easing and additional stimulus in Europe, gold's lack of a truly impressive rally may not be a good sign. Prior to Tuesday, gold was up in four straight sessions on speculation that both the U.S. Fed and the European Central Bank will...