financial markets

June 25, 2018

Breaking the First-Digit Law and Other Number Crimes

When the digits that appear frequently in national accounting figures, spreadsheets, and earnings reports are missing, then we can say we have suspicious numbers.

June 21, 2018

Throwback Thursday: A Look Back at the Dow

#TBT: With General Electric leaving the Dow Industrial Average, today is a perfect time to look back at Charles Dow, Eddie Jones, and the Dow that GE joined in 1896.

May 8, 2015

The Data Leaks That Move Markets

In financial markets, data security relates to the timing of data releases because premature releases or leaks unfairly favor one group of investors.