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By Irene Aldridge Managing Director, Head of Research, AbleMarkets.com Yesterday, May 4, 2022, the markets eagerly awaited and then vibrantly celebrated the U.S. Federal Reserve decision. The Fed raised the rates by 0.5%, the largest raise since 2000, and the Dow Jones index went up by 2.97% from 11:30 AM to 4 PM. The S&P 500 ETF NYSE:SPY alone went from $414.29 at 12 PM Noon yesterday to $429.06 at the 4 PM close, registering a 3.56% gain.   Figure 1. AbleMarkets tweet from May 4, 2022, 11:56 AM. At AbleMarkets, however, we saw a less exuberant picture. As we posted on our Twitter around 11:56Read More →

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By Irene Aldridge Financial technology is moving in leaps and bounds. An enormous amount of development comes from crypto, where computer scientists, often unaware of established economic theories, progress with the design and development of super-optimal market-making, settlement and reconciliation systems. These systems often leave even the most sophisticated equities and commodities platforms in the dust.  Indeed, the spillover has been quietly revolutionizing the financial industry. Take, for example, the latest, yet unpublished, research of Prof. Agostino Capponi of Columbia University Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) department. It focuses on market microstructure and intertemporal dynamics of market-making in the crypto and, more broadly, DecentralizedRead More →

The panel included Marco Lopez de Prado and was moderated by the great Frank Fabozzi.Read More →

Irene Aldridge has co-authored research on interpreting artificial intelligence and building trading strategies from data. A draft of the working paper can be found on SSRN. Title: What Data Series Matter? Explaining key trends and factors generated by Artificial Intelligence Abstract: We show a simple way to let the data speak for themselves. Specifically, we show how a large mixed bag of data, potentially embedded with missing data points and collinearities, and therefore unsuitable for traditional econometric analysis, can be useful in building fast and meaningful big data and artificial intelligence analyses and predictions. What’s more, our technique helps the results of the analyses toRead More →

A new research, available on AbleMarkets.com showcases the power of tracking Institutional Activity in predicting the market direction for Russell 3000 stocks, selected ETFs, commodities, currencies and more.Read More →

A new white paper by Irene Aldridge of AbleMarkets (abstract presented below) shows how institutional and aggressive HFT flows predict future betas and how portfolio managers can incorporate this information to generate profits. Please click here to download the full version of the paper. AbstractRead More →

Irene Aldridge will speak on the panel titled “Fintech and the Future of Finance” on Thursday, March 4, 2021, along with Anand Autar of ING and Caroline Tarnok of Coinbase. The panel will be moderated by John Bowden of ING. Here is the link to the event: https://netforum.avectra.com/eweb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=CMCAS&WebCode=210225FintechPanelRead More →

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