News tagged with financial market
Stock market model first to reproduce main properties of the real market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early '90s, researchers have been developing simulations of financial markets with the goal to better understand market dynamics. While their models have improved since then to explain ...
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Statistical analysis could predict bankrupt stocks
(Phys.org) -- During the 20-year period from 1989 to 2008, 21% of of all stocks listed in US stock markets became bankrupt. Since bankruptcies affect many investors and have played a large role in the recent ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 03, 2012 |
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Study links ultrafast machine trading with risk of crash
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the United States, ultrafast trading in financial markets between 2006 and 2011 was the underlying factor for over 18,000 extreme price changes, according to a new study. Neil Johnson, ...
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Predicting politics: Professors model prediction markets
Political prediction markets -- in which participants buy and sell "contracts" based on who they think will win an election -- accurately predicted Barack Obama's 2008 victory. Now Northwestern University researchers have ...
Jan 19, 2009 |
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Online game maker Zynga prices IPO at $10 a share
Zynga is poised to harvest some cold hard cash in its initial public offering. Who knew that selling virtual cows and digital corn on Facebook would create a $7 billion company?
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Study reveals nature's marketplaces can parallel those of humans
World financial markets may be reeling from new setbacks, but it turns out there’s a secret economy right under our noses and it’s thriving. The movers and shakers, however, are plants and fungi.
Aug 12, 2011 |
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Fewer verbs and nouns in financial reporting could predict stock market bubble, study shows
When the language used by financial analysts and reporters becomes increasingly similar the stock market may be overheated, say scientists.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 18, 2011 |
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Blueprint of a trend: How does a financial bubble burst?
A joint study by academics in Switzerland, Germany and at Boston University sheds new light on the formation of financial bubbles and crashes. Wild fluctuations in stock prices caused by bubbles bursting have had a dramatic ...
May 02, 2011 |
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Physics could help financial traders
(PhysOrg.com) -- While most people know that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, this concept is proving even truer in the world of stock trading. In a world where buying low and selling ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Failing the sniff test: Researchers find new way to spot fraud
Companies that commit fraud can find innovative ways to fudge the numbers, making it hard to tell something is wrong by just looking at their financial statements. But research from North Carolina State University unveils ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Apple 3Q beats Street despite recession
(AP) -- Apple Inc. seems to have missed the memo - you know, the one about the recession.
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Dell profit plunges on disappointing sales
US computer maker Dell on Tuesday reported a 33 percent drop in profits in a disappointing quarterly report for former market leader.
May 22, 2012 |
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Companies ask: Does advertising on Facebook pay?
(AP) -- Responding to extraordinary demand, Facebook said Wednesday that it would sell more stock in the company's initial public offering. But ahead of the IPO, a debate emerged between two of the nation's ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Facebook wraps up IPO road show in Silicon Valley
(AP) -- Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives addressed about 200 prospective investors Friday at a hotel luncheon in Silicon Valley.
May 12, 2012 |
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New index identifies periods when global stock markets might decline
Researchers have found a way to measure the likelihood of global stock market losses by identifying periods in which shocks may be more likely to spread across many national markets.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 05, 2012 |
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