Nvidia Stock Edges Down Ahead of Next Week’s Earnings. Wall Street Is Pushing...
Nvidia was a touch lower early on Tuesday after strong gains the previous day. Excitement over investment in artificial-intelligence technology looks to be dominant ahead of the chip maker’s earnings...
View ArticleHow To Succeed When Launching a Hedge Fund
Starting an alternative investment fund requires a strong focus on keeping operating costs down to avoid having expenses erode returns, especially in the case of smaller portfolios, says Lincoln...
View ArticleInvesting in AI: It’s about how, not if
Although the concept of AI has been around for decades, recent trends of advancements in semiconductor breakthroughs, data proliferation, and software design have converged to bring the field to an...
View ArticleData Science: Postpone the Reward
In general terms, humans are moved through life towards a motivation; it could be a specific goal, or a particular personal, professional or academic reason. In the majority of cases, people push their...
View ArticleForecastEx: Truth Via Pairings: Aug. 20, 2024
I’m excited to report that a new source of valuable insights is available from IBKR Forecast Trader, a recently launched product that offers contracts with Yes and No answers to questions regarding...
View ArticleChart Advisor: Exploring Chinese Markets
By John Salama, CMT 1/ China Internet Faces Decline Amidst Weakness 2/ Energy Sector Anticipates Potential Downturn 3/ Ark Rally Hits Resistance, Drop Expected 4/ Bitcoin Struggles Amid Stagnant Range...
View ArticleA feature-filled day
The winning streaks for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite came to an end on Tuesday, proving that eight in a row was indeed enough for market participants. Those streaks ended on light volume,...
View ArticleStocks To Consider Now? 2 Semiconductor Stocks To Watch
The semiconductor sector involves companies that produce essential components for electronic devices. Semiconductor stocks to keep on watch in the stock market today.
View ArticleReversal of fortune
Key takeaways Strong stock rally After a sharp decline bottoming on Aug. 5, new data drove a strong US stock rally last week — actually the best week this year. Base case holds We believe the US...
View ArticlePostcard from America
Your author is just back from a short trip to the US. During his time there he met executives from businesses operating in sectors as diverse as semiconductors, water solutions, grid infrastructure and...
View ArticleMid-Q3 2024 Investor Conference & Events Highlights Update
Volatility poked its way through the front door for a moment, but then quickly hit the road again. The growth scare over the first weekend of August feels like a memory today with stocks gaining back a...
View ArticleThe Next Big Move: September FED Meeting
The upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, on 17-18 September 2024, is a hotly anticipated date in the financial world. Many experts anticipate the Fed will hold rates steady at...
View ArticleFinancial Categories & Sectors Explained
Financial categories and sectors are commonly referenced in market commentary. For example, you may have heard the terms consumer staples or industrials. However, there are several others and it is...
View ArticleBetter-Than-Feared Employment Revision Curbs Recession Angst: Aug. 21, 2024
Markets are breathing a sigh of relief on the back of mixed retail earnings and better-than-feared downward revisions to nonfarm payrolls
View ArticleSo Top-Heavy
When you buy an index fund, you’re getting instant diversification, right? Well, not necessarily. And some readers may be surprised that sectoral indices are even less so. For better or worse, almost...
View ArticleGoogle Colab – A Step-by-step Guide
Google Colab is an online notebook-like coding environment that is well-suited for machine learning and data analysis.
View ArticleRiding on rate cut support
A rate cut is coming -- or at least the market is convinced that is the case based on yesterday's release of the minutes for the July 30-31 FOMC meeting.
View ArticleInitial Jobless Claims Rise More Than Expected, Indicating Slowdown In Labor...
Initial jobless claims rose more than predicted to 232,000, signaling a slight cooling in labor market conditions.
View ArticleStockTok: Meta revises limits on ad data to assuage CMA scrutiny
X closes operations Brazil amid conflict, EC seeks more info on CrowdTangle discontinuation and other notable stories from this week
View ArticleVolatility Normalizes Yet Caution Remains
Cross-asset implied volatilities on the whole continued to normalize towards its lower pre-Yen-carry unwind levels on the back of better economic data.
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