Category Archives: Investing

Social media sites are creating a new dot-com bubble

Posted on June 13, 2011 by mea

You can just see it now — the enraged look on the face of the average rube investor who, on the advice of a CNBC blowhard or some speculative rag sheet, bought LinkedIn and Groupon high. via Social media sites … Continue reading →

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JPMorgan’s CEO Dimon Says More U.S. Municipalities May File for Bankruptcy

Posted on January 13, 2011 by mea

“If you are an investor in municipals you should be very, very careful,” Dimon said at the conference. via JPMorgan’s CEO Dimon Says More U.S. Municipalities May File for Bankruptcy – Bloomberg.

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Algorithms take control of Wall Street

Posted on January 11, 2011 by mea

Lexicon packages the news in a way that its robo-clients can understand. It scans every Dow Jones story in real time, looking for textual clues that might indicate how investors should feel about a stock. It then sends that information … Continue reading →

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