Enthusiasm for artificial intelligence and multimedia information in the financial industry is at an all time high. Every leader in finance now feels the pressure to answer the question, “What is your AI strategy?”
Read MoreKent Brockman: Mr. Simpson, how do you respond to the charges that petty vandalism such as graffiti is down eighty percent, while heavy sack beatings are up a shocking nine hundred percent? Homer Simpson: Aw, you can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that. If you read
read more“Probability is like gravity: you cannot negotiate with Gravity” – Don Johnson, aka Sonny Crocket, Miami Vice In many industries, the use of statistics and probabilities is a necessary part of the everyday decision making process: · Doctors chart the best course of treatment with the highest probability of survival to a particular illness
read more“The real glory is getting knocked to your knees and then coming back.” – Vince Lombardi U.S. Energy stocks were up about 17% this year through June 23rd, more than doubling the return of the S&P 500. Since that time however, they are down more than 4% including a 6% drop in just two weeks
read more“Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas” – Albert Einstein Idea Generation! Isn’t that the name of the game? Whether you’re a deep value equity investor looking for mispriced companies or misunderstood situations, or a trend follower in commodities, a stream of compelling ideas allows you to do what you do
read more“Alles ist seinen Preis wert” – German Proverb The above quote, translated for those like myself that don’t understand a lick of German, means that everything is worth its price. The TecDAX, an index introduced in 2003 that follows the 30 largest German Technology stocks, was up 20% in 2012 and another 38% in 2013.
read more“Beer is not a good cocktail party drink, especially in a home where you don’t know where the bathroom is.” – Billy Carter Constellation Brands (STZ) has been on a two year “bender”. A little over two years ago, on June 18, 2012, the stock price stood at $19.37. Through July 3rd of this year it
read more“We need a merger partner or we’re not going to make it” – Purported quote from John Mack, Morgan Stanley CEO, talking to Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit – NY Times on September 17, 2008 (later pulled) Trading at $33.24 as of Friday’s close, Morgan Stanley (MS) is knocking on the door of $35 again, a
read moreThe questions just about every investor involved with the U.S. Equity markets is asking these days are, “Will we get a significant pull back? When is it going to happen? How severe will it be?” “I am talking about a veritable explosion to (deal) levels never seen before. I think it is likely that all
read more“The biggest risk is not taking any risk…..in a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” – Mark Zuckerberg After peaking at $72 in mid-March, Facebook’s stock price has been pretty choppy. The price dropped all the way back to $56 by the end of
read more“The obvious is that which is never seen until someone expresses it simply.” – Khalil Gibran Last Thursday, the Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden) cut their repurchase rate by 50 basis points to a record low of .25%. The move exceeded the consensus view of a .25% cut due to lower than expected inflation,
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