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The Social (Financial) Network
Quarterly and interim results have always been brief, but they may get even shorter – just 140 characters to be exact. The SEC has ruled that companies are allowed to use Twitter, Facebook and other social media channels to distribute corporate news. The ruling comes after Netflix CEO Reed Hastings released news via Facebook that [...]
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Kicking the tires
Bernstein Research shows how if you want to understand a complex mechanism with lots of moving parts – like China – you need to understand every little piece of the puzzle. They bought two of the most popular cars in China and shipped them to Europe. Then it was out to the test track before [...]
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Emerging realities
The rise of emerging markets has seen an explosion in IPO listings in developing economies. But China serves as an example of how a high GDP does not necessarily equate to high returns. Major challenges abound – constant see-sawing due to an immature stock market, a closed political and legal system and insider trading. So [...]
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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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