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Rise of the Robots
Narrative Science’s new software can generate surprisingly well-written news stories from merely a set of data (link). Sounds perfect for the ruthlessly efficient financial sector. Are financial writers on the way out? Despite the existence of robotic Shakespeares that churn out financial news, it’s value-added insights and opinion that are in demand. Because that’s where [...]
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Short Game
Recent analysis by the TIM Group (link: timgroup.com) shows that brokers with a short-term slant provided the best trading advice to fund managers in 2011. According to the survey, “contrarians, recommending shorts or bets that stocks would fall” came out as top performers. As more tools that precisely track performance develop, brokerages and banks are [...]
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