Drivers in the United States know that the price of gasoline is almost constantly changing. But what’s the cause of this unpredictability? The factors can be as local as the nearest gas station and as ...

Rohit Amarnath is CTO of Vertica, a unified analytics platform that enables predictive business insights based on a scalable architecture. If you are looking to procure a new analytics platform for ...

This article provides a summary of key concepts from our latest whitepaper, “Pricing Power Everywhere”, written by Steve Hou, PhD, Quantitative Researcher at Bloomberg. “The single most important ...

A clear view of how Contract for Difference (CFD) values shift requires focus on several base drivers. These drivers shape how prices are quoted and how positions are managed at any point in the ...

This paper studies how the state of the banking sector influences stock returns of nonfinancial firms. We consider a two-factor pricing model, where the first factor is the traditional market excess ...

Oil and gas plays a key role in running our world, from powering homes and businesses to keeping the transportation infrastructure running. Our lives wouldn’t be the same without oil and gas.

Asset pricing and stock market dynamics form a central pillar of contemporary financial economics, seeking to explain how various securities are valued in relation to their risk factors and market ...

We evaluate and compare the performance of four popular factor pricing models: the capital asset pricing model, the Fama and French three-factor model, Carhart’s four-factor model, and the five-factor ...

Factor has an all-new SLiCK, and they are calling it their “first dedicated triathlon bike”. After years in their line-up as a versatile full aero time trial or triathlon bike, Factor has simplified ...