Futures Trading 101-Part 1: What is Futures Trading?

Futures Trading 101-Part 1: What is Futures Trading?

As a finance major, people will sometimes ask me what interests me about that field or what my favorite thing about it is. The simple answer to that question is that I grew up outside of New York City and my mother and uncles worked in finance, so I was surrounded by...
The Holy Trinity of Stock Trading Apps

The Holy Trinity of Stock Trading Apps

Ten years ago, no one would have imagined that it would be possible to manage you stocks from nearly anywhere with the help of your phone. Today, mobile trading is a very convenient way to constantly keep an eye on market prices, and even buy and trade. Although there...
Monetizing an Idea: What’s the Value of Your Startup?

Monetizing an Idea: What’s the Value of Your Startup?

Taking classes at Queens University, I’ve run into a lot of people who have innovative ideas that they’re looking to leverage to make the next big startup. Innovative ideas are great. They’re the foundation of any successful enterprise. But that...
Changing the Game with Cognitive Finance

Changing the Game with Cognitive Finance

One of the biggest developments in computing has been cognitive computing–self-learning computer systems that use natural language, data mining, and pattern recognition to closer emulate the way that the human mind works. One great example of this is IBM...