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• Meet the former stock analyst whose love for poker and Moneyball approach to investing led to a career advising $200 billion of hedge fund money

  27-10-2018 22:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  Cameron Hight is the founder and CEO of Alpha Theory. Investors with a combined $200 billion in assets under management use the firm's web-based products.
  His poker-playing background, coupled with his enthusiasm for the popularized Moneyball model, led him to create a framework for advising large institutional investors.
  In addition, Hight wrote an investing manifesto five years ago called "8 Mistakes Money Managers Make." These types of errors continue to afflict the market to this day, he say
  
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• Elon Musk is telling customers to use an unusual loophole if they want to take a Tesla car for a three-day 'test drive' (TSLA)

  27-10-2018 17:14 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla CEO Elon Musk touted on Twitter a way customers can essentially get a three-day test drive of one of the company's electric cars.
  Customers who purchase a car can return it within that period for a refund.
  Musk was responding to a tweet by CoverGirl model James Charles, who doesn't meet Tesla's age requirement to test  drive one of its cars.Consumers worried about buying a Tesla vehicle before they've ever test driven one can exploit a loophole that will let them try out a car for th
  
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• The world's most accurate economic forecaster pinpoints the biggest risks investors will face in 2019 — and explains how they can prepare

  27-10-2018 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Christophe Barraud, the Paris-based chief economist of Market Securities, has been ranked by Bloomberg as the most accurate forecaster of the US economy every year since 2012.
  In a recent interview with Business Insider, he shared his forecasts for 2019 and highlighted areas in which investors should expect flare-ups.
  He also had some specific tips on which asset classes and regions to avoid.Christophe Barraud does not know when the next US recession is coming.
  In fact, economists are generally
  
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• Jeremy Grantham and Howard Marks became investing legends by nailing huge market calls — but they disagree on what traders should do when a bubble is about to burst

  27-10-2018 16:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  Jeremy Grantham and Howard Marks became investing legends with their historically accurate market calls, but they disagree on what to do when a crash is near.
  Grantham believes in waiting to get out until after the market has peaked, while Marks is content fleeing the scene early, even if it means missing out on some returns.
  In a pair of exclusive interviews with Business Insider, the two investing titans explained their differing approaches.Everyone has a different take on when the next big ma
  
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• The 3rd most powerful supercomputer in the world was turned on at a classified government lab in California — Here’s what the 7,000 square foot ‘mini city’ of processing power is like up close

  27-10-2018 16:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  The third most powerful supercomputer in the world has been completed and unveiled: the Sierra.
  This supercomputer, which can do 125 quadrillion calculations in a second, will be used to create simulations that can test how safe and reliable nuclear weapons in the government stockpile is.
  The Sierra is currently being used for scientific work, such as predicting the effects of cancer and mapping traumatic brain injury.Covering 7,000 square feet and with 240 computing racks and 4,320 nodes, a cla
  
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• Tesla is going to have to spend an absolutely staggering amount of money in the next few years (TSLA)

  27-10-2018 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  Tesla finally posted a truly impressive quarter for both profits and revenue.
  That's a good thing, too, because Tesla is looking at billions in investment spending over the next few years to achieve its goals.
  Beyond developing new vehicles and technologies, Tesla will also have to expand its manufacturing footprint globally.
  One of my biggest questions about Tesla has always been why the company wants to grow quite so fast.
  In the abstract, I understand why: CEO Elon Musk believes humanity is l
  
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• 'Crash watch:' Bank of America breaks down why it's still too early to turn bullish — and says where to put your money as market upheaval rages on

  27-10-2018 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  It's still too soon to flip from being bearish to bullish, according to investment strategists Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
  They identified signs that the worst may not be over for the stock market, as well as other vulnerable pockets that could create more volatility. 
  They also recommended trades for investors who share their bearish position. If you're thinking the worst is over for global markets, think again, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch. 
  This past week proved especi
  
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