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Another way to trade the (AP) news
RavenPack provides analytical tools for financial firms to help make sense of the news. One of my 5 companies investment professionals should know, this firm is quickly rolling out different product offerings. Already providing something similar for Dow Jones’ content library, RavenPack announced a partnership today with the Associated Press. According to the news: AP … Continue Reading
StockTwit’s Lindzon pitching co hard on Bloomberg TV
CEO of StockTwits, Howard Lindzon was on Bloomberg TV yesterday talking about alternative energy companies, Japan and how StockTwits’ contextual engine is helping investors curate information that’s important to them. Interesting quote: Twitter is about volume and real time, reach and everywhere…StockTwits is about curation, depth
Pricing’s influence on investment decisions (transcript)
This transcript is of a conversation I had with William Poundstone (listen to the podcast), author of the newish book, Priceless:The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) Hi! I’m Zack Miller, author of the recent book TradeStream Your Way to Profits: Building a Killer Portfolio in the Age of Social Media, … Continue Reading
Pricing’s influence on investment decisions (podcast)
Sizing up fair value is an investor’s bruden. Author of Priceless, Bill Poundstone shares crucial findings in behavioral economics with us and how pricing affects everyone. Continue Reading
Speculating on future news using social media (webcast)
There’s a flurry of activity in development of technologies, tools and platforms to help investors predict future events using social media. Recorded Future hosted a webcast yesterday demonstrating its platform. This fertile ground will continue to be the subject of more research and investment (heck, I wrote an entire book on it). I interviewed Recorded … Continue Reading
Should the government get into the insurance biz?
Well, Professor Terrance Odean, Professor of Finance at UC Berkley, thinks so. From an Op-Ed in the NYT: Anyone planning for retirement must answer an impossible question: How long will I live? If you overestimate your longevity, you might scrimp unnecessarily. If you underestimate, you might outlive your savings. This is hardly a new problem … Continue Reading
