Since everyone is talking about stock market crashes this week, let’s add some context here…Since the invention of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at the turn of the last century, there have been eleven instances in which stocks declined by more than 35% from peak to trough, or what you would term a market crash. We’ll talk about how the […]
The O’Reilly Strata Conference in Santa Clara is abuzz with the promise of making analytics power more accessible than ever before through new applications of Big Data. Tresata, the brainchild of former Bank of America data science chief and theCUBE regular Abhishek Mehta, is leading the way with a new software solution that runs on Apache Spark.NET 1.0 is one […]
by Stuart BurnsGlobal equity markets have slumped, risk capital has been repatriated to the U.S. and commodity prices have retrenched. Is 2014 going to be a reverse of 2013, when the S&P 500 rose by 30% and Japan’s Nikkei by 57%, while metal prices fell in the first quarter and then languished rangebound for the rest? Since January, more than […]
Stock Market Sell-Off Gives Us “Miracle Material” Bargain Of The YearStock-Markets / Stock Markets 2014Feb 08, 2014 – 03:10 PM GMTBy: Money_Morning
Michael A. Robinson writes: I was one of the first analysts to pronounce this as the “Golden Age of Materials Science.”You know what I’m talking about – all those “Miracle Materials” that […]
U.S. stocks are sliding and yields are plummeting as Treasuries surge following the release of much worse than expected manufacturing survey data from the Institute of Supply Management.The headline index from the ISM report tumbled to 51.3 from December’s 56.5 reading, indicative of a sharp slowdown in American manufacturing in January. The consensus Wall Street estimate called for a much […]
Year to date, the S&P 500 has surrendered 3.6 percent after its staggering 29 percent gain in 2013. A few things have changed regarding market conditions in the new year: The Fed has decided to reduce the pace of its monthly bond purchases by $10 billion, a move that many market pros expect to continue […]
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Dismal manufacturing data from China dragged US benchmarks down to heavy losses yesterday. The Dow dipped for the third-straight day yesterday, which was also its worst session since August. None of the positive domestic corporate results could come to the markets’ rescue. Separately, initial claims rose and existing home sales came in below estimates. Financials were the biggest loser yesterday.For […]
North American junior oil stocks are on the rise and could provide double-digit gains from current levels, says a new report from National Bank Financial.Pat Chiefalo, the bank’s exchange-traded fund strategist, said the Dow Jones North America Select Junior Oil index recently breached 4,600 after several attempts, setting up a potential upside for the benchmark of 10% to 15%.“The index […]
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Part two of an interview series with Mark Braunstein, Director of the Health Systems Institute at Georgia Tech, and columnist at InformationWeek. A decade or so ago only a very few professionals used the term Logistics, yet it very quickly moved from an IT and Operations handle into the boardroom. Dr. Braunstein explains how data logistics […]
