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Big Data Is a Big Mess for Hedge Funds Hunting Trade Signals

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Citadel, Winton Capital move to exploit new data sources Humans created huge amount of ‘low-grade data,’ says one quant It was big data’s big moment. The most unfathomable U.S. presidential race in memory gave Predata, ...

A Tiny Bond ETF Could Be Signalling the Start of a Big New Investing Theme

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A little-known, thinly-traded bond exchange-traded fund saw its assets soar on Friday in what could be indicative of the next big theme in ETFs. The iShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Bond ETF (HYGH) attracted nearly ...

Opinion: Will Santa Claus save the stock market’s ‘Trump rally’?

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Do you believe in Santa Claus? Many bulls on Wall Street evidently do. Every year as Thanksgiving approaches, brokers and analysts begin referring to an imminent Santa Claus Rally as a ...

Yellen says Fed may hike interest rates ‘relatively soon’

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Doing little to dispel expectations of a hike as early as next month, Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen on Thursday said an interest-rate hike could come “relatively soon.” Ahead of an appearance before the Joint ...

Trump stock-market rally reflects expectations for new era of fiscal stimulus

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Traders lift stocks, slam bonds on hopes for expansionary policy. Republican lawmakers have spent the past eight years bashing President Barack Obama as fiscally irresponsible, but investors are now betting that Donald Trump could run ...

Worried about today’s market? Take a look at this chart

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500-year history of stock performance reminds investors it’s important to take the long view. Through political upheavals and economic collapses, stocks have managed to climb a constant ‘wall of worry’ to trade higher. The S&P ...

Gold bulls test $1,300 an ounce as presidential race tightens

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Federal Reserve decision on interest rates due later. Gold futures traded at a one-month high on Wednesday, briefly pushing back above $1,300 an ounce, while the dollar moved in the other direction as investors sought ...

Gold Holds Gains From Last Week as U.S. Election Polls Tighten

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Prices advanced on Friday after FBI reopened e-mail probe Fed policy makers set to gather this week to review rates Gold traded little changed after rising on Friday as U.S. polls showed that Hillary Clinton ...

Stocks Fall as Apple Adds to Earnings Queasiness; Oil Retreats

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Crude slumps on signs Russia won’t join OPEC output cuts Lloyds disappoints, miners retreat; Gucci owner surges A barrage of earnings from bellwethers including Lloyds Banking Group Plc and Apple Inc. left stocks lower around ...