News tagged with stock markets
Model describes Web page popularity
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do some Web pages become popular? In a recent study, researchers have analyzed Wikipedia articles and a collection of all the Web pages of Chile to better understand the dynamics of online popularity. ...
Oct 20, 2010 |
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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 ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Facebook splits stock 5 for 1
(AP) -- Facebook, the world's largest online social network, said Friday it is splitting its shares five for one, so that it can give larger stock grants to current and prospective employees.
Oct 01, 2010 |
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Market changes affect risk tolerance, study finds
As the U.S. economy continues to lag, many investors remain wary about taking risks with the stock market. Now, researchers at MU have concluded that this attitude toward investment risk-taking is more than just a recent ...
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Sep 28, 2010 |
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Wall Street's super traders come under fire
A handful of traders who master stock markets using ultra-fast computers may soon face a clampdown by US watchdogs as they try to prevent freak electronic glitches.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Flurry of billion-dollar deals signals coming changes in tech industry
From Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems to Intel and Oracle, some of Silicon Valley's largest companies charged out of the recession with fat bankrolls and a determination to spend whatever it takes this year to reshape their ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Fasting 'feel-good' factor impacts stock markets
A new international study investigating the correlation between the Islamic holy month of Ramadan - which begins next week (August 11/12) - and stock markets has discovered that the average stock market returns in predominantly ...
Aug 10, 2010 |
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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.
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Jul 14, 2010 |
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ASML bounces back to Q2 profit on strong sales
(AP) -- ASML Holding NV, a key supplier to computer chip makers like Intel and Samsung, said Wednesday it bounced back to a profit in the second quarter due to a sharp rebound in demand - a further sign the technology sector ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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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 ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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KKR, tech companies to go public this week
(AP) -- A handful of young technology companies are expected to kick off the market for initial public offerings in the third quarter on a hopeful note.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Survey highlights major Canada-US differences in people in middle age
Middle-aged Canadians are much less worried about the future than their American counterparts, some of whom are close to panic, says an Alberta researcher who has just finished a survey in both countries. And she says the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2010 |
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Add stocks to prices controlled by the Fed, new book by UCLA economist urges
(PhysOrg.com) -- At a time when both Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and the U.S. Congress are trying to limit the reach of the Federal Reserve, UCLA economist Roger Farmer wants to expand its portfolio.
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Apr 29, 2010 |
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The attacks in Europe did not affect the stability of the market in the USA
Researchers at the University of Valencia (UV) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) state that the terrorist attack which happened in New York on 11 September 2001 had an effect on the volatility ...
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Mar 15, 2010 |
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Rush to develop stock markets has huge downside
France had the first one back in the 12th century. In 1980, less than 60 existed worldwide. But since then, the number had doubled.
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Mar 05, 2010 |
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