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The Fintech World Responds To Market Focus On Cryptocurrencies
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 - 4:16pm | 796Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have been all the rage in recent months, and the fintech market has stepped up its game to provide investors with exciting and creative new ways to play the latest investing trend. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been popular alternative investments for a while...
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Quantiacs Is A Crowdsourced Solution To The Quant Talent Drought
Monday, January 29, 2018 - 5:21pm | 614The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards are a yearly showcase of the best and brightest in fintech. In preparation for its biggest installment yet in May 2018, we're profiling the companies competing for the BZ Awards. Our next feature is on Quantiacs. What does your company do? What...
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Using Artificial Intelligence For Predictive Investment Analysis
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 - 8:56am | 544As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, machines will be able to more quickly and effectively comb the massive quantities of market data to identify patterns and other investment intelligence that traders can use to outperform the market. AI platform TrueRisk uses machine learning,...
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Fundamental And Technical Analysis Are So 20th Century—There's A New Method Of Security Analysis
Monday, October 30, 2017 - 12:37pm | 597Quant hedge funds have significant power over the market—they control nearly a third of the daily liquid volume traded. When stocks make strange moves, such as when O’Reilly Auto Parts shares started to move when Bill O’Reilly was in the headlines, traders often blame the unusual...
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Quants Automates Access To Smart Beta For Investors
Friday, October 13, 2017 - 1:29pm | 287The 2017 Benzinga Fintech Summit was a gathering of leaders from every fintech vertical displaying the next generation of fintech innovation. In this new article series, we’ll be sharing insights and new products from the inaugural BZ Summit. The Company: Quants is a portfolio solutions...
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15 Unique Factors One Corporate Governance Firm Uses To Value S&P 500 Companies
Monday, September 25, 2017 - 12:36pm | 449From social investing to value investing, everyone has their own strategy. Each approach depends largely on factor ranking, with some ruling out stocks by corporate environmental records and others heavily considering executive turnover. Cognizant of these uniquely weighted details, G&S...
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Leveraging Alternative Sources For Stock-Picking: Kai Score
Friday, September 22, 2017 - 12:37pm | 445As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, machines will be able to more quickly and effectively comb the massive quantities of market data to identify patterns and other investment intelligence that traders can use to outperform the market. AI platform Kavout uses machine learning,...
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How Quants Will Use Macroeconomic Indicators To Sidestep The Next Recession
Friday, September 8, 2017 - 12:59pm | 516Most traders have heard of the role quantitative analysts, or "quants" play on Wall Street. Quants use advanced mathematical and statistical modeling to anticipate market moves and stay one step ahead of unsophisticated traders. Even professional active fund managers have found it...
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Are You Smarter Than A Quant Analyst? Check Out This Quiz And Find Out
Sunday, March 27, 2016 - 10:12am | 515Quantitative analysts and their secretive algorithms have reportedly been performing relatively well in this year’s volatile stock market. If you’ve ever wondered what kind of brain power it takes to be a top Wall Street quant, a number of analysts get together each year for the...
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How Wall Street Is Using Estimize
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 - 10:09am | 891The first customers of Estimize were large quantitative hedge funds. But the data from the crowd-sourced analytics provider is now being requested by discretionary traders, analysts, portfolio managers, bankers, investor relations departments and even corporations, according to founder and...