Aug
15
2011

THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Advances in information technology are behind the widespread adoption of modeling in finance. The most important advance has been the enormous increase in the amount of computing power, concurrent with a steep fall in prices. Government agencies have long been using computers for economic modeling, but private firms found it economically justifiable only as of [...]

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Jul
01
2011

RISK APPETITE INDICATORS

When there is no clear, unequivocal signal from the signal grid, that is when not all four signals are pointing in the same direction, currency traders and investors can still boost their total return by using a risk appetite indicator to gauge overall market sentiment in terms of “risky” or “safe” assets, both in terms [...]

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