That's always the challenge in the financial markets - separating
the information signal from the noise.
Not exact matches
While investors need
information from various sources to make decisions, it is important to make a distinction between general market
noise and relevant investment
signals.
Based on an advanced mathematical model, Hullin and his colleagues, however, developed a method which can obtain the desired
information exclusively
from what would usually be considered
noise rather than
signal.
Rather than trying to filter out the
signal «
noise»
from stars around which exoplanets are orbiting, Yale scientists studied all of the
signal information together to understand the intricacies within its structure.
The
noise results mostly
from having to amplify the
information carried by the
signal in order to transfer it into an audible form.
A recent survey of 4,600 teachers found that teachers are overwhelmed with so much
information that it's difficult to «separate the
signal from the
noise» (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2015, p. 18).
Whatever claim one makes about the
information that can be extracted
from a
signal however aggressively filtered must be scaled by the log of 1 plus the
signal to
noise ratio.
For (2) we get the velocity
information from the study of velocities that maximizes the
signal - to -
noise in the stacked data.
Find a niche with growth potential Organize
information to make it useful The internet is a distribution channel — not a product Turn words into maths Separate the
signal from the
noise Computers can't do everything Treat content like patented material Print's not dead, it just needs online help
Other teams that were awarded with gongs at the hackathon include a group
from Temenos, who built a platform that allows banks to crowdsource for liquidity, a team
from Deloitte Ireland which built a wearable device that tracks the stress levels of traders on a dealing floor and
Signal Noise, who showed a visualisation platform for investment
information.
Moreover, data expertise is needed to wrangle the stunning amount of company, executive, and social network
information to separate the
signal from the
noise.