News tagged with market fluctuations

Google queries and stock market volumes related

Financial markets and the 'swarm intelligence' of the internet are linked. This is the result of a joint study in which search engine query data are analyzed by Tobias Preis and Daniel Reith of Johannes Gutenberg University ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Half-time gamblers give stock market insight

Computer-modelled comparison of online football gamblers' behaviour during play and during half-time shows distinct real-time differences, begging the question what motivates betting behaviour when play is ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Stamps generate more returns than bonds and gold

(PhysOrg.com) -- Is stamp collecting only of interest to passionate hobbyists? Far from it. Stamps can be a valuable addition to an investment portfolio, generating average long-term yields of up to 7 percent per year.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market

One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Study Shows Bank Risk-Assessment Tool Not Responding Adequately to Market Fluctuations

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from North Carolina State University indicates that regulators need to do more to ensure that banks are adequately computing their Value-at-Risk (VaR) to reflect fluctuations in financial markets. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0