Inside Chinas Surreal Housing Bubble on 60 Minutes

This is a great 60 minutes piece on China’s housing bubble. The middle class is turning towards real-estate for investment so builders are constantly putting up new buildings, developments and cities. But with only a privileged few buying multiple apartments,...

Quandl

I have recently discovered Quandl, which, per their website description: […] has indexed millions of time-series data from over 400 sources. All of Quandl’s datasets are open and free. You can download any Quandl dataset in any format that you want. You...

Computational Investing, Part I at Coursera

I posted a little while ago about a Coursera class I took which covered financial analysis done with Python. The course was called Computational Investing, Part I. I find the topic interesting so I figured I would highlight what I enjoyed the most in a short series of...

What does one half second of trading look like?

Great piece in Smithsonian.com which covers work done by Eric Hunsader at NANEX. NANEX produced a great video which shows one half second of JNJ order flow. It was slowed down so we can visualize the flow and see fast the top of book changes at each exchanges. Make...

Coursera and MOOC

I have recently signed up for a class on Coursera. The class is Computational Investing, Part I and so far I am having a great time. The class is made up of video lectures, usually 10-15 minutes long, posted each week. The lectures are usually split in modules making...

Trading List for Monday, April 21

Here is trading list for today. PQ: PETROQUEST ENERGY INC Outlook: Long (tags: swing) F: FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY Outlook: Long Industry: Auto Manufacturers Major (tags: swing) This list is powered by StockTickr. Learn more. Share...