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TD Ameritrade CEO on Forbes
TD Ameritrade CEO on Forbes. Won’t say yes to E*Trade but won’t say no, either.
Yahoo Finance going (more) global
From the Yahoo Finance blog today: Today the Yahoo! Finance team rolled out new Yahoo! Finance sites in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Singapore. Already in 20+ countries around the world, this is the first wave of a global Yahoo! Finance platform that is rolling out across the globe. This global platform now enables new countries … Continue Reading
Reuters Insider: good for financial content but not sure about investors
VOD for investors Thomson Reuters unveiled its Reuters Insider product today. Geared towards clients of investment terminals, Insider is essentially an aggregator of video content, sucking in both Reuters proprietary content and that from outside partners. It’s going to be like a professional version of Seeking Alpha — but with video, not text. Trader You … Continue Reading
Buffett, Algorithms, and Technical Analysis: The Evolution of the Investment Newsletter
The evolution of investment newsletters Investment newsletters have been around as long as investments have. Never mind that they used to be delivered snail mail. Then fax. Then email. Given the lag time between publishing and delivery, these old-school newsletters, like the Motley Fool’s Hidden Gems or Al Frank’s Prudent Speculator, mostly gave paid subscribers … Continue Reading
Crowdsourcing investments: it’s all about chosing the ‘right crowd’
We’ve spoken a lot about piggyback investing (mimicking the moves of top fund managers) and crowdsourcing ideas (using crowd sentiment to generate trading ideas) as two ‘new ways’ investors can devise profitable strategies. The Internet is producing tons of information – the tradestream – that investors can plug into to get at this type of … Continue Reading
