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INVESTOR SERIES

The Overnight Drift a Cumulative Return of +1,700%

INVESTORS SERIES The “night effect” references the strategy of buying the S&P 500 at the close and selling it at ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

US Jobless Claims Total 231,000 Last Week, Falling the Prior Week’s Upwardly Revised 233,000

GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS Initial jobless claims were down last week, and were marginally lower than Govt ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Decreased at an Annual Rate of 1.6% in the First Quarter of 2022

GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES Real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the first quarter of ...
OPINION

Higher Tick Size Leads to +10% Drop in Algorithmic Trading

OPINION Order anticipation strategies have attracted intense attention and generated heated debates in the context of high-frequency trading (HFT). The ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

CCI Index Drops to Lowest Level Since February 2021 as Expectations Continue to Decline

GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® decreased in June, following a decline in May. The Index fell ...
News

Engagement Style Dramatically Increases the Likelihood of Financial Outperformance

FACTS The future success of companies is going to depend on their ability to engage radically on the world around ...
GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES

Monthly Advance Report on Durable Goods May 2022

GOVERNMENT REPORT SERIES Orders at U.S. factories for long-lasting goods and heavy machinery rose 0.7%, $267.2 billion +0.7%in May, a ...
OPINION

Non-Human Knowledge Requires an Alternate Worldview

OPINION We live in a time when the defense of our beliefs threatens our future. Noise and predictability are human ...
News

Does Any Simple Strategy Beat the Index in Returns?

ASK THE EXPERT Question Does any simple strategy beat the index in returns? The answer is NO. My Advice Buy ...
Building Blocks of Quantitative Finance Part A
INVESTOR SERIES

Building Blocks of Quantitative Finance, Statements

INVESTOR SERIES Proper financial analysis will not only help you understand your company’s financial condition, helping you determine its creditworthiness, ...
News

+70% Analyst Price Targets are NOT Correct

FACT Analysts price target is a guess linked to their estimates of future performance. Most statistacal backed studies indicate that ...
INVESTOR SERIES

Fast Facts of Algorithmic Trading

INVESTOR SERIES Algorithmic trading accounts for around 60-73% of the overall US equity trading (source: Wall Street). Benefits of Algorithmic ...