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What’s Ahead for the Stock Market -- and Quant Funds
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 0:09:43
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After weeks of skittishness and fear investors showed signs on Tuesday of settling down. ”Yesterday was one of the dullest days in the market that we’ve had in a while and that’s good in many ways ” says Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel. Investors have been reeling from widespread problems in the subprime sector stocks have fallen yields on Treasury securities have dropped and some companies are finding it hard to borrow money -- all of which spurred the Federal Reserve last week to announce a cut in interest rates. Meanwhile the upheaval has shown that quant funds despite their computer power aren’t immune to mistakes and market downturns. So what can we expect in the weeks ahead? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.