6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Andy Swan on Finding Consumer Trends
Andy Swan on Finding Consumer Trends
The co-founder of LikeFolio shares their strategy for finding and using consumer data to identify trends.
6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Lights Out! GE Considering Sale of Consumer Lighting Business
Lights Out! GE Considering Sale of Consumer Lighting Business
Company thinking of pulling the plug on lightbulbs – its oldest business
6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stocktoberfest East 2017
Stocktoberfest East 2017
StockTwits recently hosted Stocktoberfest East.
6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on "The Whole Thing Is Broken"
"The Whole Thing Is Broken"
Authored by Raul Ilargi Meijer via The Automatic Earth blog,
Reading up on the Syria ‘chemical attack’ issue (is that the right term to use?). The headlines are entirely predictable, and by now that probably won’t surprise anyone, no matter where they are or what views they adhere to. We know there’s been an attack and that some kind of chemical was used. The media talk about sarin.
6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on An Introduction to Asset Allocation
An Introduction to Asset Allocation
A portfolio is only as strong as its asset allocation. To create the right one, investors need to determine their risk tolerance, time horizon and goals.
6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Quantopian makes first multi-million dollar allocations to crowd-sourced algorithm authors
Quantopian makes first multi-million dollar allocations to crowd-sourced algorithm authors
Quantopian, the investment management firm that provides a free online platform to write investment algorithms, announced today it has made allocations of tens of millions of dollars to some of the best of its crowd-sourced algorithms.
The allocations range from $100,000 to $3 million per algorithm. These are the first allocations made with external money being managed by Quantopian.
6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock”
Sam Zell on why interest rates need a “shot clock”
Sam Zell is tired of waiting for Godot. Raise those damn interest rates already, he says. “The kinds of interest rates we’ve had are like basketball without a shot clock,” the billionaire chairman of Equity Group Investments said Thursday. “There’s no sense of urgency. There’s no penalty in deferring making a decision.” In a wide-ranging talk at the annual REIT symposium hosted by NYU Schack, Zell explained why he’s bullish on foreign investment but doesn’t […]