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Acuity Trading Unveils Supercharged Research Terminal – A Gateway to Forward-Looking Financial Insight
Acuity Trading is proud to unveil its newly supercharged Research Terminal, our latest breakthrough in financial research and blended generative AI...
FINANCEFEEDS PODCAST: ACUITY’S ANDREW LANE WARNS OF OVERRELIANCE ON AI
In the latest episode of the Finance Feeds podcast, Andrew Lane, CEO and Founder of Acuity Trading, engaged in a thought-provoking discussion with...
How Black Friday and Cyber Monday Influence the Financial Markets
Hybrid gained popularity following the pandemic and received an additional boost with the influx of younger shoppers. In 2022, in-store sales on...
Acuity Trading Launches MetaTrader Push Notifications Feature
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils a brand new feature to provide instant insights for MT4/5 mobile app users.
6 Months Since US Banking Crisis, How Are the Banks Faring?
Banks found themselves under the microscope following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse and First Republic in the first half of the...
RoboMarkets Empowers Its Traders with Advanced AI-Driven Tools through Acuity Trading Partnership
In a deliberate effort to offer traders unparalleled opportunities and elevate their trading experience, RoboMarkets is forging a partnership with...
JPMorgan Says Oil Price Could Touch $150/BBL. Support Traders to Capitalise on Market Opportunities with AI Tools
Oil prices surged 25% in Q3 2023, due to robust global demand and OPEC+ supply cuts. JP Morgan expects Brent oil to hit $100 by the year-end and $150...
Xi Jinping’s Foreign Policy Seesaws as China’s Economy Stumbles
The world had just got accustomed to China’s rise as an aggressive and assertive power on the global stage, when Xi Jinping decided to pivot away...
How AI is Changing the Financial Services Landscape
AI transformation is happening faster than digital transformation did. Almost 75% of the world’s largest organisations have already integrated AI...
Acuity Trading Announces New Hire to Financial Team
Acuity Trading is thrilled to welcome our newest team member, Aga Lamb, as our Finance Assistant. Bringing over a decade of UK-based financial...
How the Fed Reaching Peak Rates May Impact Markets
Faced with decades-high inflation, the Federal Reserve has driven its benchmark rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest since 2001. Is the Fed...
How the Fed Reaching Peak Rates May Impact Markets
Faced with decades-high inflation, the Federal Reserve has driven its benchmark rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest since 2001. Is the Fed...
Soaring Interest Rates: Which Companies are Feeling the Pinch?
Much to the relief of businesses and investors, the Federal Reserve took a breather and kept interest rates unchanged at its September meeting. Faced...
TeleTrade Europe Unlocks Acuity Cutting-Edge Investment Solutions for Clients
TeleTrade Europe and Acuity are thrilled to announce an innovative collaboration that will empower traders with unparalleled insights and...
Top Picks from the Q2 Earnings Season
The second quarter of 2023 was brimming with positive surprises. Of the companies listed on the S&P 500, almost 79% reported earnings higher than the...
Acuity Welcomes New Work Experience Student, Bakarina Kebe
Award-winning fintech news analytics and NLP technology company Acuity Trading welcomes Bakarina Kebe to its London office.
US-China Chip War: Are Tech Giants Paying the Price?
Global AI investments, which crossed $92 billion last year, is expected to reach a whopping $200 billion by 2025. While tech giants pour colossal...
How the FIFA World Cup Affects the Markets and Ways To Use It In Your Marketing
If you thought the FIFA Women’s World Cup plays second fiddle to the men’s football tournament, here are some staggering numbers you need to know. As...
Welcome to the Future of Trading: Acuity Trading Launches NewsIQ
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils a brand new product creating unique, actionable insights for brokers and...
How China’s Faltering Economy is Affecting the Rest of the World
After global economic growth slowed from around 6.0% in 2021 to 3.2% in 2022, we welcomed the new year with hopes pinned on China. The economy had...
DXtrade Platform Takes Seconds to Analyse News Arrays with Acuity’s AI
Devexperts, the developer of DXtrade CFD and DXtrade Crypto platforms, has joined forces with Acuity, a leading provider of AI-driven market...
EU Takes the Lead in AI Regulations: What This Means for Tech Giants
Artificial intelligence is well past early stages. It has evolved rapidly, is already shaping the future of almost every industry and its growth...
How to Prepare Traders for the Fed and ECB Rate Decisions This July
An important aspect of trader education is empowering them to trade calendar events, such as major monetary policy changes, economic updates and...
Kama Capital and Acuity Trading Forge Powerful Partnership: Elevating Middle East Trading Landscape with AI-Driven Insights
Kama Capital, a premier Middle East-based brokerage firm, has announced an exciting new partnership with Acuity Trading, a leading provider of...
Facilitate News Trading for Your Traders with Real-Time News Analysis
A major economic event, updates from a company, or a geopolitical event, all stir up the financial markets. For instance, the Russian invasion of...
US Corporate Sector Runs Dry of Capital. What to Expect Next
The Federal Reserve has finally paused rate hikes, after its monetary tightening for 10 consecutive meetings. This has left the US corporate sector...
Acuity Trading Strengthens its Sales Team with New Account Manager, Charlie Avent
He joins us as our new Account Manager, bringing with him years of expertise in selling business intelligence. Based out of our London office,...
Can Saudi Arabia’s ‘Lollipop’ Fuel Oil Prices?
A year back, oil was trading north of $100 per barrel. With a deteriorating economic environment taking its toll on oil demand, prices have...
Acuity Trading launches AI-driven Cof stock traders and multi-asset
Covering all major corporate events, the new Acuity Corporate Calendar, powered by Dow Jones, delivers a wealth of unique, leading insights for stock...
Acuity Trading Announces New Head of Finance and Human Resources
Acuity congratulates valued employee Sunny Stewart who has transitioned into a leadership role as the fintech company’s new Head of Finance and HR.
A Deep Dive into the Growing Divergence Among EU States
Despite various policy initiatives and monitoring systems adopted over more than two decades of the European Union’s formation, the members appear to...
How Your Brokerage Can Gain an Edge with Digitally-Savvy Traders
The Internet and cutting-edge tools have led to a ‘tech-tonic’ shift in trader demographics. According to Saxo Markets, the average age of traders...
Acuity Trading Appoints Joe Neighbour as new Head of Retail
Acuity Trading, a leading provider of trading solutions, today announced the appointment of Joe Neighbour as Head of Retail. In this role, Joe will...
Acuity Trading Announces New Hire to Accommodate Expanding Client Base
Award-winning fintech news analytics and NLP technology company Acuity Trading welcomes Giles Hodgson as its new Business Development Manager.
Bitcoin Has Made Big Moves YTD, Will the Bull Run Continue?
It was a bitterly cold winter for Bitcoin in 2022, which shaved off almost 65% of the coin’s value. There were several reasons for this, including an...
Chinese Stocks are Poised for a Rally in 2023
As the world reopened after the pandemic in 2021, China recorded outsized GDP growth rate of 8.1%. This was not only the highest growth rate in 10...
How Generative AI is Looking to Change Financial Services
Today we understand that Generative AI is going to change the way we work. Generative AI, is the evolution of text in to numbers and back into text....
Key benefits of taking a third-party service from FCA regulated entity
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the UK's independent financial regulator. It is responsible for protecting consumers and ensuring that...
ThinkMarkets announces strategic partnership with Acuity Trading
ThinkMarkets, the multi award-winning global online trading provider has announced today a new strategic partnership with AI pioneers, Acuity Trading.
Fed’s Rate Decision in Focus: How the US Stock Market May Respond
Fed Enters Uncharted Territory By 2022, the US economy was sizzling hot. Did the Fed’s pandemic-driven monetary policy work a little too well? No....
Make News Actionable for Your Traders
Forex rates, index movements, government bond yields, commodity price fluctuations, and economic updates. Did we miss geopolitical events and...
M4Markets introduce Expert Hub: A.I. Powered Tools for Traders
M4Markets is thrilled to launch a powerful suite of AI-powered tools that empower traders with the latest market insights and data-driven analysis....
US Earnings :Key Takeaways from Q4 and What it Means for the Results
US stocks delivered a much better-than-anticipated start to 2023. That was a tad surprising, as traders were still bracing for steep downturns in the...
New team members to R&D facility in Barcelona
Acuity welcomes data science and engineering student at UPC, Barcelona Lucas Manchado who is completing his Final Degree Project with Acuity.
FXChoice & Acuity Trading Announce Partnership to Give Market Insights
FXChoice, a global forex and CFD (contract for difference) trading platform, has announced a strategic partnership with leading fintech innovators...
Why the Corporate Calendar is Essential to Trade Stocks
Earnings reports are among the most market moving events for equities. They are catalysts of both heavy volume and high volatility, and occur four...
UK Economy: A Saga of Spikes and Lows
The UK economy recorded no growth in the final quarter of 2022, only narrowly avoiding a recession, although it contracted by 0.5% in December. The...
Join us @ Vision Forex Forum April 26th 2023 in Cyprus
Join the Acuity Trading team at this year's Vision Forex Forum on April 26th in Limassol, Cyprus.
Award-winning broker Aron Groups data innovators, Acuity Trading
Aron Groups Broker, winners of Forex Expo Dubai’s ‘Fastest Growing Forex broker in MENA ’ and ‘Retail Broker of the Year in MENA’ by Pan Finance has...
How Successful Are Biden’s Green Tax Cuts?
Green industries are among the fastest growing and make a significant contribution to GDP. The International Labour Organisation expects the global...
How Alternative Data Can Accelerate Trading Even in Bear Markets
A bear market typically occurs every 3.6 years and lasts for about 9.6 months. Declining markets may cause nervousness among your clients,...
Acuity partners with multi award winning ECN broker, BlackBull Markets
BlackBull Markets, a world class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products, has signed a partnership with leading...
Acuity Achieves Cyber Essentials Certification
Acuity is cyber-secure by government standards, ensuring that online brokers and investors can continue to use us with confidence.
What the Major Tech Layoffs Mean for the Global Economy
Technology sector layoffs grabbed the headlines through the final quarter of 2022 and have only gained pace in the new year. So far 344 tech...
VT Markets Announces Partnership with Acuity’s Signal Centre
VT Markets, a next-generation multi-asset broker, has announced the integration of Acuity’s Signal Centre into its platform. This new collaboration...
Global broker Eightcap with alternative data pioneers, Acuity Trading
Eightcap, a global CFD broker has announced a new partnership with Acuity Trading, a trusted provider of alternative data and trading technology. The...
Are We Moving from a Multipolar to a Bipolar World Order?
The end of the 20th Century and start of the 21st enjoyed a multipolar world. This began with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a longstanding...
How to Encourage Clients to Keep Trading in a Downtrend
Analysts project sluggish global economic growth of 1.8% through 2023. Resilience of the US economy, against a downturn in Europe, may help us steer...
Why the UK Urgently Needs to Make Some Friends
The past half decade has been a difficult period for the UK’s foreign policy and soft power. Various factors have played a role, including a shift...
Developing Asia’s Economy Outpaces What’s in Store in 2023?
China spent most of the last decade as the stalwart example of Asia’s potential. Dubbed as the world’s factory, the Red Dragon is often the first...
Bearish Investor Sentiment Could Mean a Stock Market Rally 2023 Share
The stock market rallies through 2020 and 2021 were steeper than the most bullish analysts had predicted. The S&P 500 jumped 16.3% in 2020 and ended...
How To Enhance Your Algorithmic Trading with Sentiment Analysis Tools
In collaboration with a research team led by UPC’s Prof. Argimiro Arratia, Acuity’s real-time news sentiment indicators are now informing the...
5 Most Effective Ways Online Brokers Can Leverage Content
With millennials and Gen Z making up a large percentage of the target audience for brokers today, what are the best ways to attract and retain young...
Technology Will Make Retail More Resilient in 2023
Expert projections for global growth in 2023 have been downgraded since the beginning of this year, with central banks focusing on interest rate...
How this CMO Gets the Most from Acuity’s Tools
One of the most recent FinTechs to choose Acuity and its cutting-edge solutions is a Dubai-based firm that offers high-quality education and market...
AnalysisIQ Unveiled to Give Online Brokers Access to Expert Trade Analysis and Ideas
Today, Monday 21st November, award-winning Acuity Trading and its company Signal Centre launch its latest product, AnalysisIQ, a key component of its...
Win an Official England World Cup 2022 Football Shirt
Win an official England World Cup 2022 football shirt!
Triple industry award nominations for Acuity Trading
Love what we do? Vote now and support #TeamAcuity as we go for the triple at this year's Finance Magnates London Summit Awards 2022.
BoE Unveils Biggest Rate Hike 33 Years. Here’s Why Traders Should Care
Economic resilience hasn’t been one of UK’s core strengths. At least not in the way one would expect of a developed nation. After all, the ripple...
Market Opportunities Amid the OPEC+ Production Cuts
Oil prices typically rise on improving global growth outlooks. This year has been a completely different story, with prices skyrocketing even amid...
European Banking Crisis: Who Stands to Lose or Gain?
On September 10, 2008, Lehman Brothers CFO Ian Lowitt said at the bank’s quarterly earnings call, “I think our capital position at the moment is...
Here’s Why the EU is Unlikely to Slip into a Recession
When forecasters dotted their i's and crossed their t’s in their 2021 reports, their predictions reflected significant pressure on global growth....
Video: What is Data Science? Steve O’Hare and Andrew Lane Explain
Curious about data science? Signal Centre’s CEO Steve O’Hare and Andrew Lane are breaking it down for you in the video below.
What Ethereum’s Big Merge Means for the Crypto Universe
It’s finally time for the Big Merge. Over the last two years, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency has been running an experiment. This has...
Acuity Trading AssetIQ set to revolutionise online trading experience
Acuity Trading today launched their latest online trading tool and broker offering, AssetIQ. AssetIQ is a centralised multi-asset research...
How Traders Make Decisions
Every trader learns pretty quickly that emotions and knee-jerk reactions can spell disaster in the financial markets. They work to fine-tune trading...
What the End of Dollar Dominance Could Mean for the Global Economy
The US dollar has had a great run. It has been the cogwheel of the global markets for over a century, playing an outsized role in worldwide trade,...
Our Key Takeaways from the Q2 Earnings Season
Possibly the most nail-biting earnings season in a long time is drawing to a close. If analyst commentary kept you on the edge of your seat, you...
What the ECB Rate Hike Could Mean for the Markets
It’s finally happened. For months the European Central Bank had refrained from announcing a rate hike, despite the aggressive monetary tightening...
China Still on the Road to Fast Track Recovery in H2
IP-infringement, covid-19 management, yuan manipulation. We may have many reasons to be mad at China. But the world at large still has its hopes...
Signal Centre partners with trusted Global Online Broker, ATFX
ATFX and Signal Centre are entering into an exciting new partnership, a move that unites both companies’ first-class customer service and trading...
Will Cryptocurrencies Thrive During a Recession?
Bitcoin, the first decentralised cryptocurrency, was forged in the embers of the most severe recession in modern times. The Great Financial Crisis...
Unlocking Trading Opportunities Through Alternative Data
In the highly competitive financial services landscape, every broker is attempting to attract traders with cutting-edge technology. How do you gain...
Retailers Sound the Alarm on Inflation. Why Central Banks Hiking Rates
Retailers spent most of the past two years trying to parry the blows to their business from pandemic restrictions and sparse economic activity.
Acuity Trading announces two new hires to meet trade opportunities
We’re delighted to welcome two new additions to Acuity Trading: Matthew Warner into a New Business Development role and Tyra Thompson as Account...
Acuity Trading wins Best Award in 2022 Technical Analyst Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Acuity Trading has been named the winner of the Best Specialist Data Provider Award 2022 by Technical Analyst.
Here’s Why Gold is Unlikely to Breach $2,000 Anytime Soon
The covid-19 pandemic triggered several unprecedented events in the financial markets. We saw negative oil prices, US circuit breakers kicking in...
Marketing integration and seal deal between Vantage and Signal Centre
Award-winning, multi-asset broker Vantage has signed a new partnership with professional trading signals provider Signal Centre.
Acuity announces new Business Administrator to support to growing team
We are delighted to welcome Ramona Florica-Bala to the Acuity Trading team!
The Economic Impact of Achieving Net Zero by 2050
Net Zero Emission targets stem from the breakthrough 2015 Paris Agreement, where countries committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to keep...
Signal Centre Expands Technical Analysis Team
Our award-winning trading signals provider, Signal Centre is delighted to welcome another kickstart scheme graduate Isaac Johnson to its Technical...
How Biden’s Asia Economic Framework Could Impact Markets
It’s been half a decade since the US had a meaningful Asian economic policy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was once poised to become the...
How the Sanctions on Russia Impact Global Markets
On February 24, we woke up to news of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Peace talks had failed, and Russian forces were entering the southern...
Global FX broker Valutrades partners signals provider Signal Centre
Valutrades, a leading provider of online trading in foreign exchange (FX, Forex), Commodities and Index CFD's has partnered with Signal Centre to...
Acuity Trading Launches Fintech Internship Programme
Acuity Trading is delighted to welcome Inés Broto Clemente and Carlos Moyano Gravalos to its newly established internship programme.
CBDCs in Focus This Year: Will These be the Bitcoin Killer?
In the early 18th century, one would associate Nassau with anarchy and pirate treasure. Fast forward to the 21st century and Nassau is home to...
How Important is Following the News for Forex Trading?
Forex rates are significantly impacted by economic factors. A currency is more appealing for investors when its issuing country shows strong...
Oil Hits 7-Year High. Should We Brace for a Steep Decline?
Around 77% of people globally expressed their desire to live more sustainably, showed a study by South Cross University. Another survey by Yale...
Here’s Why the Commodities Super Cycle Will Continue in 2022
The commodity markets were optimistic heading into 2022. Through 2021, demand continued to return globally, after the pandemic lull. Supported by...
Acuity Trading announces new hire growth across quantitative investors
Setting its sights firmly on institutional markets, Acuity Trading is kicking off 2022 with a clear plan for growth in this sector by hiring business...
Acuity Partners with Award-Winning Company INGOT Brokers
INGOT Brokers - a premium multi-asset brokerage firm aimed at making financial markets easily available and accessible to traders of all kinds, has...
Best Ways to Trade the Economic Calendar
The economic calendar is a crucial part of a forex trader’s arsenal. The calendar lays out the time and date, and potential impacts of major domestic...
EU’s Economic Prospects Remain Bright Despite New Cases and Supply
The winter of 2021 finds the European Union on an interesting footing. The Q3 economic output surpassed the pre-pandemic levels, putting the bloc...
Two-thirds of UK financial services companies improve decision making
Financial services companies in the UK are increasingly relying on web scraping alternative data sources, with almost two-thirds (63 per cent) using...
Blueberry Markets’ growth strategy blooms with fruitful partnership
One of Australia’s most trusted brokers, Blueberry Markets has signed a partnership deal with the award-winning trading signals provider, Signal...
Is it Time to Short Hyper-Growth Stocks?
Inflation, Omicron, energy crisis, Evergrande default, bond tapering and tensions between the US and China. These grabbed the headlines in 2021. Even...
The Increasing Prominence of Alternative Data in Finance
In the last few years, hedge funds and other investment firms have increasingly tapped into alternative data to drive their strategies. Information...
Signal Centre team kick starts their expansion plans
The award-winning trading signals provider, Signal Centre is delighted to welcome Jamie Pakenham Walsh to its Technical Analysis team.
What China’s Power Crisis Means for the Global Economy
Concerned about the skyrocketing oil prices? That is just a blip compared to China’s energy crisis. To understand how grave the Sino-situation is,...
Acuity Trading announces new marketing hire to support growth
Acuity Trading are delighted to welcome Rhys Jenkins to the team.
The MAGA Saga: Why Amazon , While Microsoft, Apple and Google Spiked
Is Amazon turning from being the unstoppable ecommerce juggernaut to a rapidly aging giant? What else could explain the stock underperforming its...
Alternative Data for Investment Decisions
The sheer amount of data available online has been a topic of discussion for years. As every sector of the global economy marches towards digital...
The Next Monster Stocks in the Making
The pandemic ended the longest period of economic expansion in American history (uninspiring GDP prints notwithstanding). The Fed pumped in billions...
The Real Impact of the US Fed’s Stimulus Tapering
We’re finally in taper territory. All market activity across assets and around the world seems to be in response to the US Fed’s tapering plans.
Stock Market Predictions: What is Alternative Data?
In the initial months of 2021, a Reddit message board, WallStreetBets, caused an upheaval in the financial markets. It highlighted the power of...
Signal Stream posed to pioneer trading signals best practice
The award-winning trading signals provider, Signal Centre, today launches Signal Stream a new intuitive platform to better support traders through...
Should the Chinese Government’s Tech Crackdown Spook Global Investors?
In 2020, the Ant Group was on the verge of making history. Its planned IPO to raise $37 billion in a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai markets...
How to Play the Global Chip Drought?
Global equities ended August near record highs, with the Delta variant failing to infect investor sentiment. But can investors continue to shrug off...
Can Alternative Data be Considered Insider Trading?
To discover new market opportunities and gain a competitive edge, investment managers are increasingly turning to alternative data. Prominent among...
Why Investors Should Focus on Lookalike Stocks
Contrary to anything we’ve seen earlier, the pandemic actually led to a deluge of dollars in the financial markets. The Nasdaq added over 40% in...
Robust Portfolio Optimization with News Sentiment Indicators
Acuity Trading's latest research paper aims to show how Acuity’s news sentiment indicators can be used to improve the standard mean-variance...
Is Oil Heading for a Supercyle?
We’re well into the back half of the year and oil prices remain below $100 per barrel. This seems like such an achievement, given that oil prices...
How do Hedge Funds Use Data?
The global hedge funds industry, accounting for approximately $3 trillion in assets, showed resilience through the pandemic. An explosion of pent-up...
What Do NATO Budget Plans Mean for Defence Companies?
US President Joe Biden reaffirmed America’s “ironclad commitment” and support for the NATO alliance during his visit to Europe last month, in an...
Crux Supplier Spotlight: Acuity Trading
Better understand why financial service companies, particularly quant funds, are finding sentiment scores (minute, hourly and daily data), news...
Here’s Why We Won’t See the Next Netflix Amazon Go to Market in Europe
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron said he hoped to see at least 10 tech companies in Europe reach valuations of more than €100 billion by...
News sentiment data proves itself as an alternative to the Fama-French model in determining outsized returns
In our latest quantitative research published today, our Barcelona based company Acuity Analytics share their recent findings on the use of a...
Stock Market Predictions: What Data is Most Coveted by Hedge Funds?
The hedge fund world is fast changing. The industry has been long dominated by impressive personalities, famous for resorting to contrarian...
Could We Soon See the Demise of Cryptocurrencies as We Know Them Today
Cryptocurrencies are really a tiny part of the global market. But it’s an asset class that investors can no longer ignore. While most retail trades...
Price Rise in Commodities May Have Plenty of Runway Left
It doesn’t take a genius to predict a rise in commodity prices with a recovery in the global economy. But the magnitude of the rally so far is...
Stock Market Predictions: Other Factors to Consider
Investors rely on analyst reports to predict stock market performance. The insights they gain from experts might serve as a backbone for their...
Will The iCar Drive Apple Stock Price in 2021?
Apple investors are accustomed to being surprised and delighted with the company’s innovations and new product releases Now they’re looking forward...
All Eyes on Infrastructure Stocks as Biden an Unprecedented $2tn Plan
Infrastructure has been a sticky subject for the major US parties over the past few years. Textbooks tell us that it is a bipartisan policy that...
Here’s What Investors Should Know About the US-China Relations
“The United States isn’t qualified to speak to China from a position of strength,” were the words of American relationship specialist and...
Acuity Trading announces new business development hire to drive growth
We’re delighted to welcome Arissa Ames to the Acuity Trading team.
Is Volkswagen Gearing Up to Overtake Tesla?
Tesla had a monumental year in 2020. The EV maker sold nearly 500,000 cars. Despite pandemic restrictions and a global semiconductor shortage forcing...
Acuity Trading wins Best AI Data award in 2021 Technical Analyst Award
We’re delighted to announce that Acuity Trading has been named the winner of the Best AI Data Award 2021 by Technical Analyst.
Acuity partners with multi award winning global broker Equiti
Equiti Group, a world class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products has signed a three way partnership with...
Will Airlines Stocks Take Off in 2021?
The covid-19 pandemic has been the single biggest downturn in the performance of airlines stocks. To stop the spread of the pandemic, authorities...
Acuity Trading Completes First Acquisition of Signal Centre
Acuity Analytics, the parent company of financial technology firm Acuity Trading, announced today that it has completed its first acquisition with...
Is the US Headed for Double-Digit Inflation Again?
The Great Inflation is the most important macroeconomic story in the second half of the 20th century in the United States. Coming into 1965, Consumer...
Acuity’s growth, partnerships and products: Co-founder & COO Nikki
Hi, Nikki, glad to have you at Fazzaco. Firstly, happy International Women’s Day. Please explain what your current role at Acuity is and how you got...
How Worried Should E&Ps Be About Biden’s Fracking Policy?
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) has been thrust to the forefront of US policy debate once more. On January 27, the Biden Administration launched a...
How Silver Escaped the Short Squeeze
January 2021 was a month when the world collectively turned its attention to GameStop and AMC Entertainment. The investment consensus was that these...
New Acuity Trading research and development hub opens in Spain
Acuity Trading’s new R&D Centre in Barcelona has formally launched.
What to Expect from Apple’s Stock in the Weeks Following Q1 Results
Brexit is done. Joe Biden has been sworn in. It’s time for politics to take the backseat. The earnings season for US stocks has grabbed investor...
EuropeFX partners with Acuity for AI-powered news sentiment analysis
EuropeFX has strengthened its commitment to retail traders in 2021 with the offering of Acuity Expert Advisors (EA) for its growing user base.
The Resilience of Chinese Electric Vehicle Makers
On September 26, 2008, Warren Buffet bought 225 million shares of a then little-known Chinese alternative-energy manufacturer called BYD. The shares...
Using AI to exploit the power of news to boost trading activities
When trading, navigating the news landscape of the financial markets can be likened to navigating the English Channel in a yacht. Traversing busy...
The Different Types of Tools Traders Can Use
Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” The saying holds so true for the world of trading.
Is Wall Street Overly Bullish About the Covid-19 Vaccines?
November 9 was a good day for Wall Street bulls. Stocks opened strong, and the S&P 500 surged 3% after the bell. The reason – Pfizer had issued a...
FTSE opens new year with a bang but will slip as virus fears escalate?
The London market began the new year with a bang as Britain deployed its second Covid-19 jab and fears of post-Brexit border chaos disappeared, but...
The charts that tell the story of a year like no other
Key indicators that illustrate in graphic form our altered world.
What 2021 May Have in Store for the Global Financial Markets
‘Tis the season to be jolly and the market’s mood in December certainly feels that way. Is it because investors are eagerly waiting for 2020 to be...
Germany’s Move Away from Economic Orthodoxy Underpins Euro’s Prospects
The eurozone came of age earlier this year. But is there enough reason to celebrate this union turning 21 years old?
Acuity Trading announces new partnership of financial alternative data
Acuity Trading, a leading alternative data provider of market insights, today announces its partnership with data solutions company Crux Informatics....
No-Deal Brexit Will Inflict Serious Pain on Europe, Too
Europeans seem more sanguine about Brexit than the British. More French column inches were filled with the death of former President Valery Giscard...
Has Europe Broken the Second Wave?
A couple of weeks after several European countries went on (at least partial) lockdown once again in the face of surging COVID-19 cases, the...
The 3 C’s About China That Investors Can No Longer Ignore
Throughout this year China may have become synonymous with coronavirus, but that’s not one of the three “Cs” we’re talking about today. Amid the...
Why Solar Stocks Could Be Set To Skyrocket In 2021
With the elections done and dusted and Joe Biden firmly on the road to ascending to the Oval Office, the renewable energy sector is licking its chops...
ExxonMobil Goes from Hero to Zero. Time to Reconsider Oil?
Since we’re on the subject of heroes, it seems appropriate to mention John Davison Rockefeller, who changed the face of the oil industry. Rockefeller...
Pandemic Presents Opportunities For Bank Credit Risk
It is a critical moment for bank credit risk right now. While US banks were in reasonably good shape heading into the Covid-19 crisis – especially...
Acuity Trading announces new hires to drive news sentiment innovation
Pre-Covid-19 Acuity Trading was already operating a remote, global team streamlined for agility and innovation. We’ve now begun to expand our team to...
Has the Market Priced in a Biden Win? Who Benefits the Most?
If there’s anything certain about the US Presidential elections, it’s that markets will have a kneejerk response to whoever crosses the finishing...
CR Hope Foundation: Clean Energy Empowers Coastal Community in Kenya
In 2018 Acuity Trading pledged its support to CR Hope Foundation, a charity committed to fighting poverty and providing education and sporting...
A Supervised Learning Framework for News-based to Financial Returns
At Acuity Research Lab, in collaboration with Barcelona Tech (CS Dept.), we continuously seek for new ways to extract sentiment information from news...
Pound Could Sink Further as Brexit Continues to Rock the Boat
In June 2016, the UK voted in favour of exiting the EU, by a slim margin of 51.9%. The news shook the global financial markets. British and Wall...
Acuity Launches New MT4/5 Feature
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils the latest upgrade to their Research Terminal for the Metaquotes MT4 and...
European Covid-19 Infections Rise. Can Europe Afford a Second Bailout?
The second wave of coronavirus in Europe has grabbed the headlines. While France is reporting north of 13,000 daily cases, the UK has 6,000+ daily...
Sentiment Driven Portfolio Selection
In a previous post (Arratia, 2020) we outlined the design of some automatic trading strategies for single assets, making use of the financial...
Financial Market News Technology Experts Acuity Trading Unveil Website
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI trading tools, announces the launch of their new website. The site, live today, features a streamlined design...
Tech, Utility and Banking Stocks: The Fight for Investor Focus
Tech stocks… cha-ching! Yes, we’re talking about the phenomenal rally in the MAGA companies – Microsoft, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, and Amazon....
Here’s What a Biden Win Could Mean for the Stock Market
As the US Presidential elections draw closer, investors should brace themselves for some stock market turbulence. Thanks to the pandemic, investors...
Trading with Sentiment
Acuity Trading produces a variety of news-based sentiment indicators for many market assets conveying different emotions. How can an automated...
How does News Volume Data Help Us To Trade?
Economic reports and geo-political news developments spur short-term volatility in the global financial markets, altering risk profiles and asset...
How News Sentiment Can Help Us Trade
News sentiment analysis is fast becoming one of the foremost data driven methods to employ the effects of market psychology in trading. This is not...
How Calendar and Sentiment Data Helps Us Trade
Whether it is a Presidential tweet or a massive earthquake rocking an Italian village, every bit of news has the power to spur market volatility....
Acuity partners with UAE’s #1 STP broker, GTCFX
GTCFX, a fully regulated multi-asset global STP broker that provides online trading services for stocks, energy, indices, and commodities is proud to...
What a Trump Win in 2024 Could Mean for Interest Rates and the Markets?
What a Trump Win in 2024 Could Mean for Interest Rates and the Markets?
Acuity Trading Unveils Supercharged Research Terminal – A Gateway to Forward-Looking Financial Insight
Acuity Trading is proud to unveil its newly supercharged Research Terminal, our latest breakthrough in financial research and blended generative AI...
FINANCEFEEDS PODCAST: ACUITY’S ANDREW LANE WARNS OF OVERRELIANCE ON AI
In the latest episode of the Finance Feeds podcast, Andrew Lane, CEO and Founder of Acuity Trading, engaged in a thought-provoking discussion with...
How Black Friday and Cyber Monday Influence the Financial Markets
Hybrid gained popularity following the pandemic and received an additional boost with the influx of younger shoppers. In 2022, in-store sales on...
Acuity Trading Launches MetaTrader Push Notifications Feature
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils a brand new feature to provide instant insights for MT4/5 mobile app users.
6 Months Since US Banking Crisis, How Are the Banks Faring?
Banks found themselves under the microscope following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Credit Suisse and First Republic in the first half of the...
RoboMarkets Empowers Its Traders with Advanced AI-Driven Tools through Acuity Trading Partnership
In a deliberate effort to offer traders unparalleled opportunities and elevate their trading experience, RoboMarkets is forging a partnership with...
JPMorgan Says Oil Price Could Touch $150/BBL. Support Traders to Capitalise on Market Opportunities with AI Tools
Oil prices surged 25% in Q3 2023, due to robust global demand and OPEC+ supply cuts. JP Morgan expects Brent oil to hit $100 by the year-end and $150...
Xi Jinping’s Foreign Policy Seesaws as China’s Economy Stumbles
The world had just got accustomed to China’s rise as an aggressive and assertive power on the global stage, when Xi Jinping decided to pivot away...
How AI is Changing the Financial Services Landscape
AI transformation is happening faster than digital transformation did. Almost 75% of the world’s largest organisations have already integrated AI...
Acuity Trading Announces New Hire to Financial Team
Acuity Trading is thrilled to welcome our newest team member, Aga Lamb, as our Finance Assistant. Bringing over a decade of UK-based financial...
How the Fed Reaching Peak Rates May Impact Markets
Faced with decades-high inflation, the Federal Reserve has driven its benchmark rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest since 2001. Is the Fed...
How the Fed Reaching Peak Rates May Impact Markets
Faced with decades-high inflation, the Federal Reserve has driven its benchmark rate to a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest since 2001. Is the Fed...
Soaring Interest Rates: Which Companies are Feeling the Pinch?
Much to the relief of businesses and investors, the Federal Reserve took a breather and kept interest rates unchanged at its September meeting. Faced...
TeleTrade Europe Unlocks Acuity Cutting-Edge Investment Solutions for Clients
TeleTrade Europe and Acuity are thrilled to announce an innovative collaboration that will empower traders with unparalleled insights and...
Top Picks from the Q2 Earnings Season
The second quarter of 2023 was brimming with positive surprises. Of the companies listed on the S&P 500, almost 79% reported earnings higher than the...
Acuity Welcomes New Work Experience Student, Bakarina Kebe
Award-winning fintech news analytics and NLP technology company Acuity Trading welcomes Bakarina Kebe to its London office.
US-China Chip War: Are Tech Giants Paying the Price?
Global AI investments, which crossed $92 billion last year, is expected to reach a whopping $200 billion by 2025. While tech giants pour colossal...
How the FIFA World Cup Affects the Markets and Ways To Use It In Your Marketing
If you thought the FIFA Women’s World Cup plays second fiddle to the men’s football tournament, here are some staggering numbers you need to know. As...
Welcome to the Future of Trading: Acuity Trading Launches NewsIQ
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils a brand new product creating unique, actionable insights for brokers and...
How China’s Faltering Economy is Affecting the Rest of the World
After global economic growth slowed from around 6.0% in 2021 to 3.2% in 2022, we welcomed the new year with hopes pinned on China. The economy had...
DXtrade Platform Takes Seconds to Analyse News Arrays with Acuity’s AI
Devexperts, the developer of DXtrade CFD and DXtrade Crypto platforms, has joined forces with Acuity, a leading provider of AI-driven market...
EU Takes the Lead in AI Regulations: What This Means for Tech Giants
Artificial intelligence is well past early stages. It has evolved rapidly, is already shaping the future of almost every industry and its growth...
How to Prepare Traders for the Fed and ECB Rate Decisions This July
An important aspect of trader education is empowering them to trade calendar events, such as major monetary policy changes, economic updates and...
Kama Capital and Acuity Trading Forge Powerful Partnership: Elevating Middle East Trading Landscape with AI-Driven Insights
Kama Capital, a premier Middle East-based brokerage firm, has announced an exciting new partnership with Acuity Trading, a leading provider of...
Facilitate News Trading for Your Traders with Real-Time News Analysis
A major economic event, updates from a company, or a geopolitical event, all stir up the financial markets. For instance, the Russian invasion of...
US Corporate Sector Runs Dry of Capital. What to Expect Next
The Federal Reserve has finally paused rate hikes, after its monetary tightening for 10 consecutive meetings. This has left the US corporate sector...
Acuity Trading Strengthens its Sales Team with New Account Manager, Charlie Avent
He joins us as our new Account Manager, bringing with him years of expertise in selling business intelligence. Based out of our London office,...
Can Saudi Arabia’s ‘Lollipop’ Fuel Oil Prices?
A year back, oil was trading north of $100 per barrel. With a deteriorating economic environment taking its toll on oil demand, prices have...
Acuity Trading launches AI-driven Cof stock traders and multi-asset
Covering all major corporate events, the new Acuity Corporate Calendar, powered by Dow Jones, delivers a wealth of unique, leading insights for stock...
Acuity Trading Announces New Head of Finance and Human Resources
Acuity congratulates valued employee Sunny Stewart who has transitioned into a leadership role as the fintech company’s new Head of Finance and HR.
A Deep Dive into the Growing Divergence Among EU States
Despite various policy initiatives and monitoring systems adopted over more than two decades of the European Union’s formation, the members appear to...
How Your Brokerage Can Gain an Edge with Digitally-Savvy Traders
The Internet and cutting-edge tools have led to a ‘tech-tonic’ shift in trader demographics. According to Saxo Markets, the average age of traders...
Acuity Trading Appoints Joe Neighbour as new Head of Retail
Acuity Trading, a leading provider of trading solutions, today announced the appointment of Joe Neighbour as Head of Retail. In this role, Joe will...
Acuity Trading Announces New Hire to Accommodate Expanding Client Base
Award-winning fintech news analytics and NLP technology company Acuity Trading welcomes Giles Hodgson as its new Business Development Manager.
Bitcoin Has Made Big Moves YTD, Will the Bull Run Continue?
It was a bitterly cold winter for Bitcoin in 2022, which shaved off almost 65% of the coin’s value. There were several reasons for this, including an...
Chinese Stocks are Poised for a Rally in 2023
As the world reopened after the pandemic in 2021, China recorded outsized GDP growth rate of 8.1%. This was not only the highest growth rate in 10...
How Generative AI is Looking to Change Financial Services
Today we understand that Generative AI is going to change the way we work. Generative AI, is the evolution of text in to numbers and back into text....
Key benefits of taking a third-party service from FCA regulated entity
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is the UK's independent financial regulator. It is responsible for protecting consumers and ensuring that...
ThinkMarkets announces strategic partnership with Acuity Trading
ThinkMarkets, the multi award-winning global online trading provider has announced today a new strategic partnership with AI pioneers, Acuity Trading.
Fed’s Rate Decision in Focus: How the US Stock Market May Respond
Fed Enters Uncharted Territory By 2022, the US economy was sizzling hot. Did the Fed’s pandemic-driven monetary policy work a little too well? No....
Make News Actionable for Your Traders
Forex rates, index movements, government bond yields, commodity price fluctuations, and economic updates. Did we miss geopolitical events and...
M4Markets introduce Expert Hub: A.I. Powered Tools for Traders
M4Markets is thrilled to launch a powerful suite of AI-powered tools that empower traders with the latest market insights and data-driven analysis....
US Earnings :Key Takeaways from Q4 and What it Means for the Results
US stocks delivered a much better-than-anticipated start to 2023. That was a tad surprising, as traders were still bracing for steep downturns in the...
New team members to R&D facility in Barcelona
Acuity welcomes data science and engineering student at UPC, Barcelona Lucas Manchado who is completing his Final Degree Project with Acuity.
FXChoice & Acuity Trading Announce Partnership to Give Market Insights
FXChoice, a global forex and CFD (contract for difference) trading platform, has announced a strategic partnership with leading fintech innovators...
Why the Corporate Calendar is Essential to Trade Stocks
Earnings reports are among the most market moving events for equities. They are catalysts of both heavy volume and high volatility, and occur four...
UK Economy: A Saga of Spikes and Lows
The UK economy recorded no growth in the final quarter of 2022, only narrowly avoiding a recession, although it contracted by 0.5% in December. The...
Join us @ Vision Forex Forum April 26th 2023 in Cyprus
Join the Acuity Trading team at this year's Vision Forex Forum on April 26th in Limassol, Cyprus.
Award-winning broker Aron Groups data innovators, Acuity Trading
Aron Groups Broker, winners of Forex Expo Dubai’s ‘Fastest Growing Forex broker in MENA ’ and ‘Retail Broker of the Year in MENA’ by Pan Finance has...
How Successful Are Biden’s Green Tax Cuts?
Green industries are among the fastest growing and make a significant contribution to GDP. The International Labour Organisation expects the global...
How Alternative Data Can Accelerate Trading Even in Bear Markets
A bear market typically occurs every 3.6 years and lasts for about 9.6 months. Declining markets may cause nervousness among your clients,...
Acuity partners with multi award winning ECN broker, BlackBull Markets
BlackBull Markets, a world class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products, has signed a partnership with leading...
Acuity Achieves Cyber Essentials Certification
Acuity is cyber-secure by government standards, ensuring that online brokers and investors can continue to use us with confidence.
What the Major Tech Layoffs Mean for the Global Economy
Technology sector layoffs grabbed the headlines through the final quarter of 2022 and have only gained pace in the new year. So far 344 tech...
VT Markets Announces Partnership with Acuity’s Signal Centre
VT Markets, a next-generation multi-asset broker, has announced the integration of Acuity’s Signal Centre into its platform. This new collaboration...
Global broker Eightcap with alternative data pioneers, Acuity Trading
Eightcap, a global CFD broker has announced a new partnership with Acuity Trading, a trusted provider of alternative data and trading technology. The...
Are We Moving from a Multipolar to a Bipolar World Order?
The end of the 20th Century and start of the 21st enjoyed a multipolar world. This began with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a longstanding...
How to Encourage Clients to Keep Trading in a Downtrend
Analysts project sluggish global economic growth of 1.8% through 2023. Resilience of the US economy, against a downturn in Europe, may help us steer...
Why the UK Urgently Needs to Make Some Friends
The past half decade has been a difficult period for the UK’s foreign policy and soft power. Various factors have played a role, including a shift...
Developing Asia’s Economy Outpaces What’s in Store in 2023?
China spent most of the last decade as the stalwart example of Asia’s potential. Dubbed as the world’s factory, the Red Dragon is often the first...
Bearish Investor Sentiment Could Mean a Stock Market Rally 2023 Share
The stock market rallies through 2020 and 2021 were steeper than the most bullish analysts had predicted. The S&P 500 jumped 16.3% in 2020 and ended...
How To Enhance Your Algorithmic Trading with Sentiment Analysis Tools
In collaboration with a research team led by UPC’s Prof. Argimiro Arratia, Acuity’s real-time news sentiment indicators are now informing the...
5 Most Effective Ways Online Brokers Can Leverage Content
With millennials and Gen Z making up a large percentage of the target audience for brokers today, what are the best ways to attract and retain young...
Technology Will Make Retail More Resilient in 2023
Expert projections for global growth in 2023 have been downgraded since the beginning of this year, with central banks focusing on interest rate...
How this CMO Gets the Most from Acuity’s Tools
One of the most recent FinTechs to choose Acuity and its cutting-edge solutions is a Dubai-based firm that offers high-quality education and market...
AnalysisIQ Unveiled to Give Online Brokers Access to Expert Trade Analysis and Ideas
Today, Monday 21st November, award-winning Acuity Trading and its company Signal Centre launch its latest product, AnalysisIQ, a key component of its...
Win an Official England World Cup 2022 Football Shirt
Win an official England World Cup 2022 football shirt!
Triple industry award nominations for Acuity Trading
Love what we do? Vote now and support #TeamAcuity as we go for the triple at this year's Finance Magnates London Summit Awards 2022.
BoE Unveils Biggest Rate Hike 33 Years. Here’s Why Traders Should Care
Economic resilience hasn’t been one of UK’s core strengths. At least not in the way one would expect of a developed nation. After all, the ripple...
Market Opportunities Amid the OPEC+ Production Cuts
Oil prices typically rise on improving global growth outlooks. This year has been a completely different story, with prices skyrocketing even amid...
European Banking Crisis: Who Stands to Lose or Gain?
On September 10, 2008, Lehman Brothers CFO Ian Lowitt said at the bank’s quarterly earnings call, “I think our capital position at the moment is...
Here’s Why the EU is Unlikely to Slip into a Recession
When forecasters dotted their i's and crossed their t’s in their 2021 reports, their predictions reflected significant pressure on global growth....
Video: What is Data Science? Steve O’Hare and Andrew Lane Explain
Curious about data science? Signal Centre’s CEO Steve O’Hare and Andrew Lane are breaking it down for you in the video below.
What Ethereum’s Big Merge Means for the Crypto Universe
It’s finally time for the Big Merge. Over the last two years, the world’s second largest cryptocurrency has been running an experiment. This has...
Acuity Trading AssetIQ set to revolutionise online trading experience
Acuity Trading today launched their latest online trading tool and broker offering, AssetIQ. AssetIQ is a centralised multi-asset research...
How Traders Make Decisions
Every trader learns pretty quickly that emotions and knee-jerk reactions can spell disaster in the financial markets. They work to fine-tune trading...
What the End of Dollar Dominance Could Mean for the Global Economy
The US dollar has had a great run. It has been the cogwheel of the global markets for over a century, playing an outsized role in worldwide trade,...
Our Key Takeaways from the Q2 Earnings Season
Possibly the most nail-biting earnings season in a long time is drawing to a close. If analyst commentary kept you on the edge of your seat, you...
What the ECB Rate Hike Could Mean for the Markets
It’s finally happened. For months the European Central Bank had refrained from announcing a rate hike, despite the aggressive monetary tightening...
China Still on the Road to Fast Track Recovery in H2
IP-infringement, covid-19 management, yuan manipulation. We may have many reasons to be mad at China. But the world at large still has its hopes...
Signal Centre partners with trusted Global Online Broker, ATFX
ATFX and Signal Centre are entering into an exciting new partnership, a move that unites both companies’ first-class customer service and trading...
Will Cryptocurrencies Thrive During a Recession?
Bitcoin, the first decentralised cryptocurrency, was forged in the embers of the most severe recession in modern times. The Great Financial Crisis...
Unlocking Trading Opportunities Through Alternative Data
In the highly competitive financial services landscape, every broker is attempting to attract traders with cutting-edge technology. How do you gain...
Retailers Sound the Alarm on Inflation. Why Central Banks Hiking Rates
Retailers spent most of the past two years trying to parry the blows to their business from pandemic restrictions and sparse economic activity.
Acuity Trading announces two new hires to meet trade opportunities
We’re delighted to welcome two new additions to Acuity Trading: Matthew Warner into a New Business Development role and Tyra Thompson as Account...
Acuity Trading wins Best Award in 2022 Technical Analyst Awards
We’re delighted to announce that Acuity Trading has been named the winner of the Best Specialist Data Provider Award 2022 by Technical Analyst.
Here’s Why Gold is Unlikely to Breach $2,000 Anytime Soon
The covid-19 pandemic triggered several unprecedented events in the financial markets. We saw negative oil prices, US circuit breakers kicking in...
Marketing integration and seal deal between Vantage and Signal Centre
Award-winning, multi-asset broker Vantage has signed a new partnership with professional trading signals provider Signal Centre.
Acuity announces new Business Administrator to support to growing team
We are delighted to welcome Ramona Florica-Bala to the Acuity Trading team!
The Economic Impact of Achieving Net Zero by 2050
Net Zero Emission targets stem from the breakthrough 2015 Paris Agreement, where countries committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to keep...
Signal Centre Expands Technical Analysis Team
Our award-winning trading signals provider, Signal Centre is delighted to welcome another kickstart scheme graduate Isaac Johnson to its Technical...
How Biden’s Asia Economic Framework Could Impact Markets
It’s been half a decade since the US had a meaningful Asian economic policy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was once poised to become the...
How the Sanctions on Russia Impact Global Markets
On February 24, we woke up to news of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Peace talks had failed, and Russian forces were entering the southern...
Global FX broker Valutrades partners signals provider Signal Centre
Valutrades, a leading provider of online trading in foreign exchange (FX, Forex), Commodities and Index CFD's has partnered with Signal Centre to...
Acuity Trading Launches Fintech Internship Programme
Acuity Trading is delighted to welcome Inés Broto Clemente and Carlos Moyano Gravalos to its newly established internship programme.
CBDCs in Focus This Year: Will These be the Bitcoin Killer?
In the early 18th century, one would associate Nassau with anarchy and pirate treasure. Fast forward to the 21st century and Nassau is home to...
How Important is Following the News for Forex Trading?
Forex rates are significantly impacted by economic factors. A currency is more appealing for investors when its issuing country shows strong...
Oil Hits 7-Year High. Should We Brace for a Steep Decline?
Around 77% of people globally expressed their desire to live more sustainably, showed a study by South Cross University. Another survey by Yale...
Here’s Why the Commodities Super Cycle Will Continue in 2022
The commodity markets were optimistic heading into 2022. Through 2021, demand continued to return globally, after the pandemic lull. Supported by...
Acuity Trading announces new hire growth across quantitative investors
Setting its sights firmly on institutional markets, Acuity Trading is kicking off 2022 with a clear plan for growth in this sector by hiring business...
Acuity Partners with Award-Winning Company INGOT Brokers
INGOT Brokers - a premium multi-asset brokerage firm aimed at making financial markets easily available and accessible to traders of all kinds, has...
Best Ways to Trade the Economic Calendar
The economic calendar is a crucial part of a forex trader’s arsenal. The calendar lays out the time and date, and potential impacts of major domestic...
EU’s Economic Prospects Remain Bright Despite New Cases and Supply
The winter of 2021 finds the European Union on an interesting footing. The Q3 economic output surpassed the pre-pandemic levels, putting the bloc...
Two-thirds of UK financial services companies improve decision making
Financial services companies in the UK are increasingly relying on web scraping alternative data sources, with almost two-thirds (63 per cent) using...
Blueberry Markets’ growth strategy blooms with fruitful partnership
One of Australia’s most trusted brokers, Blueberry Markets has signed a partnership deal with the award-winning trading signals provider, Signal...
Is it Time to Short Hyper-Growth Stocks?
Inflation, Omicron, energy crisis, Evergrande default, bond tapering and tensions between the US and China. These grabbed the headlines in 2021. Even...
The Increasing Prominence of Alternative Data in Finance
In the last few years, hedge funds and other investment firms have increasingly tapped into alternative data to drive their strategies. Information...
Signal Centre team kick starts their expansion plans
The award-winning trading signals provider, Signal Centre is delighted to welcome Jamie Pakenham Walsh to its Technical Analysis team.
What China’s Power Crisis Means for the Global Economy
Concerned about the skyrocketing oil prices? That is just a blip compared to China’s energy crisis. To understand how grave the Sino-situation is,...
Acuity Trading announces new marketing hire to support growth
Acuity Trading are delighted to welcome Rhys Jenkins to the team.
The MAGA Saga: Why Amazon , While Microsoft, Apple and Google Spiked
Is Amazon turning from being the unstoppable ecommerce juggernaut to a rapidly aging giant? What else could explain the stock underperforming its...
Alternative Data for Investment Decisions
The sheer amount of data available online has been a topic of discussion for years. As every sector of the global economy marches towards digital...
The Next Monster Stocks in the Making
The pandemic ended the longest period of economic expansion in American history (uninspiring GDP prints notwithstanding). The Fed pumped in billions...
The Real Impact of the US Fed’s Stimulus Tapering
We’re finally in taper territory. All market activity across assets and around the world seems to be in response to the US Fed’s tapering plans.
Stock Market Predictions: What is Alternative Data?
In the initial months of 2021, a Reddit message board, WallStreetBets, caused an upheaval in the financial markets. It highlighted the power of...
Signal Stream posed to pioneer trading signals best practice
The award-winning trading signals provider, Signal Centre, today launches Signal Stream a new intuitive platform to better support traders through...
Should the Chinese Government’s Tech Crackdown Spook Global Investors?
In 2020, the Ant Group was on the verge of making history. Its planned IPO to raise $37 billion in a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai markets...
How to Play the Global Chip Drought?
Global equities ended August near record highs, with the Delta variant failing to infect investor sentiment. But can investors continue to shrug off...
Can Alternative Data be Considered Insider Trading?
To discover new market opportunities and gain a competitive edge, investment managers are increasingly turning to alternative data. Prominent among...
Why Investors Should Focus on Lookalike Stocks
Contrary to anything we’ve seen earlier, the pandemic actually led to a deluge of dollars in the financial markets. The Nasdaq added over 40% in...
Robust Portfolio Optimization with News Sentiment Indicators
Acuity Trading's latest research paper aims to show how Acuity’s news sentiment indicators can be used to improve the standard mean-variance...
Is Oil Heading for a Supercyle?
We’re well into the back half of the year and oil prices remain below $100 per barrel. This seems like such an achievement, given that oil prices...
How do Hedge Funds Use Data?
The global hedge funds industry, accounting for approximately $3 trillion in assets, showed resilience through the pandemic. An explosion of pent-up...
What Do NATO Budget Plans Mean for Defence Companies?
US President Joe Biden reaffirmed America’s “ironclad commitment” and support for the NATO alliance during his visit to Europe last month, in an...
Crux Supplier Spotlight: Acuity Trading
Better understand why financial service companies, particularly quant funds, are finding sentiment scores (minute, hourly and daily data), news...
Here’s Why We Won’t See the Next Netflix Amazon Go to Market in Europe
Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron said he hoped to see at least 10 tech companies in Europe reach valuations of more than €100 billion by...
News sentiment data proves itself as an alternative to the Fama-French model in determining outsized returns
In our latest quantitative research published today, our Barcelona based company Acuity Analytics share their recent findings on the use of a...
Stock Market Predictions: What Data is Most Coveted by Hedge Funds?
The hedge fund world is fast changing. The industry has been long dominated by impressive personalities, famous for resorting to contrarian...
Could We Soon See the Demise of Cryptocurrencies as We Know Them Today
Cryptocurrencies are really a tiny part of the global market. But it’s an asset class that investors can no longer ignore. While most retail trades...
Price Rise in Commodities May Have Plenty of Runway Left
It doesn’t take a genius to predict a rise in commodity prices with a recovery in the global economy. But the magnitude of the rally so far is...
Stock Market Predictions: Other Factors to Consider
Investors rely on analyst reports to predict stock market performance. The insights they gain from experts might serve as a backbone for their...
Will The iCar Drive Apple Stock Price in 2021?
Apple investors are accustomed to being surprised and delighted with the company’s innovations and new product releases Now they’re looking forward...
All Eyes on Infrastructure Stocks as Biden an Unprecedented $2tn Plan
Infrastructure has been a sticky subject for the major US parties over the past few years. Textbooks tell us that it is a bipartisan policy that...
Here’s What Investors Should Know About the US-China Relations
“The United States isn’t qualified to speak to China from a position of strength,” were the words of American relationship specialist and...
Acuity Trading announces new business development hire to drive growth
We’re delighted to welcome Arissa Ames to the Acuity Trading team.
Is Volkswagen Gearing Up to Overtake Tesla?
Tesla had a monumental year in 2020. The EV maker sold nearly 500,000 cars. Despite pandemic restrictions and a global semiconductor shortage forcing...
Acuity Trading wins Best AI Data award in 2021 Technical Analyst Award
We’re delighted to announce that Acuity Trading has been named the winner of the Best AI Data Award 2021 by Technical Analyst.
Acuity partners with multi award winning global broker Equiti
Equiti Group, a world class provider of online trading technology and multi-asset financial products has signed a three way partnership with...
Will Airlines Stocks Take Off in 2021?
The covid-19 pandemic has been the single biggest downturn in the performance of airlines stocks. To stop the spread of the pandemic, authorities...
Acuity Trading Completes First Acquisition of Signal Centre
Acuity Analytics, the parent company of financial technology firm Acuity Trading, announced today that it has completed its first acquisition with...
Is the US Headed for Double-Digit Inflation Again?
The Great Inflation is the most important macroeconomic story in the second half of the 20th century in the United States. Coming into 1965, Consumer...
Acuity’s growth, partnerships and products: Co-founder & COO Nikki
Hi, Nikki, glad to have you at Fazzaco. Firstly, happy International Women’s Day. Please explain what your current role at Acuity is and how you got...
How Worried Should E&Ps Be About Biden’s Fracking Policy?
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) has been thrust to the forefront of US policy debate once more. On January 27, the Biden Administration launched a...
How Silver Escaped the Short Squeeze
January 2021 was a month when the world collectively turned its attention to GameStop and AMC Entertainment. The investment consensus was that these...
New Acuity Trading research and development hub opens in Spain
Acuity Trading’s new R&D Centre in Barcelona has formally launched.
What to Expect from Apple’s Stock in the Weeks Following Q1 Results
Brexit is done. Joe Biden has been sworn in. It’s time for politics to take the backseat. The earnings season for US stocks has grabbed investor...
EuropeFX partners with Acuity for AI-powered news sentiment analysis
EuropeFX has strengthened its commitment to retail traders in 2021 with the offering of Acuity Expert Advisors (EA) for its growing user base.
The Resilience of Chinese Electric Vehicle Makers
On September 26, 2008, Warren Buffet bought 225 million shares of a then little-known Chinese alternative-energy manufacturer called BYD. The shares...
Using AI to exploit the power of news to boost trading activities
When trading, navigating the news landscape of the financial markets can be likened to navigating the English Channel in a yacht. Traversing busy...
The Different Types of Tools Traders Can Use
Benjamin Franklin once said, “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” The saying holds so true for the world of trading.
Is Wall Street Overly Bullish About the Covid-19 Vaccines?
November 9 was a good day for Wall Street bulls. Stocks opened strong, and the S&P 500 surged 3% after the bell. The reason – Pfizer had issued a...
FTSE opens new year with a bang but will slip as virus fears escalate?
The London market began the new year with a bang as Britain deployed its second Covid-19 jab and fears of post-Brexit border chaos disappeared, but...
The charts that tell the story of a year like no other
Key indicators that illustrate in graphic form our altered world.
What 2021 May Have in Store for the Global Financial Markets
‘Tis the season to be jolly and the market’s mood in December certainly feels that way. Is it because investors are eagerly waiting for 2020 to be...
Germany’s Move Away from Economic Orthodoxy Underpins Euro’s Prospects
The eurozone came of age earlier this year. But is there enough reason to celebrate this union turning 21 years old?
Acuity Trading announces new partnership of financial alternative data
Acuity Trading, a leading alternative data provider of market insights, today announces its partnership with data solutions company Crux Informatics....
No-Deal Brexit Will Inflict Serious Pain on Europe, Too
Europeans seem more sanguine about Brexit than the British. More French column inches were filled with the death of former President Valery Giscard...
Has Europe Broken the Second Wave?
A couple of weeks after several European countries went on (at least partial) lockdown once again in the face of surging COVID-19 cases, the...
The 3 C’s About China That Investors Can No Longer Ignore
Throughout this year China may have become synonymous with coronavirus, but that’s not one of the three “Cs” we’re talking about today. Amid the...
Why Solar Stocks Could Be Set To Skyrocket In 2021
With the elections done and dusted and Joe Biden firmly on the road to ascending to the Oval Office, the renewable energy sector is licking its chops...
ExxonMobil Goes from Hero to Zero. Time to Reconsider Oil?
Since we’re on the subject of heroes, it seems appropriate to mention John Davison Rockefeller, who changed the face of the oil industry. Rockefeller...
Pandemic Presents Opportunities For Bank Credit Risk
It is a critical moment for bank credit risk right now. While US banks were in reasonably good shape heading into the Covid-19 crisis – especially...
Acuity Trading announces new hires to drive news sentiment innovation
Pre-Covid-19 Acuity Trading was already operating a remote, global team streamlined for agility and innovation. We’ve now begun to expand our team to...
Has the Market Priced in a Biden Win? Who Benefits the Most?
If there’s anything certain about the US Presidential elections, it’s that markets will have a kneejerk response to whoever crosses the finishing...
CR Hope Foundation: Clean Energy Empowers Coastal Community in Kenya
In 2018 Acuity Trading pledged its support to CR Hope Foundation, a charity committed to fighting poverty and providing education and sporting...
A Supervised Learning Framework for News-based to Financial Returns
At Acuity Research Lab, in collaboration with Barcelona Tech (CS Dept.), we continuously seek for new ways to extract sentiment information from news...
Pound Could Sink Further as Brexit Continues to Rock the Boat
In June 2016, the UK voted in favour of exiting the EU, by a slim margin of 51.9%. The news shook the global financial markets. British and Wall...
Acuity Launches New MT4/5 Feature
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI data-driven trading tools, unveils the latest upgrade to their Research Terminal for the Metaquotes MT4 and...
European Covid-19 Infections Rise. Can Europe Afford a Second Bailout?
The second wave of coronavirus in Europe has grabbed the headlines. While France is reporting north of 13,000 daily cases, the UK has 6,000+ daily...
Sentiment Driven Portfolio Selection
In a previous post (Arratia, 2020) we outlined the design of some automatic trading strategies for single assets, making use of the financial...
Financial Market News Technology Experts Acuity Trading Unveil Website
Acuity Trading, a global provider of AI trading tools, announces the launch of their new website. The site, live today, features a streamlined design...
Tech, Utility and Banking Stocks: The Fight for Investor Focus
Tech stocks… cha-ching! Yes, we’re talking about the phenomenal rally in the MAGA companies – Microsoft, Apple, Google parent Alphabet, and Amazon....
Here’s What a Biden Win Could Mean for the Stock Market
As the US Presidential elections draw closer, investors should brace themselves for some stock market turbulence. Thanks to the pandemic, investors...
Trading with Sentiment
Acuity Trading produces a variety of news-based sentiment indicators for many market assets conveying different emotions. How can an automated...
How does News Volume Data Help Us To Trade?
Economic reports and geo-political news developments spur short-term volatility in the global financial markets, altering risk profiles and asset...
How News Sentiment Can Help Us Trade
News sentiment analysis is fast becoming one of the foremost data driven methods to employ the effects of market psychology in trading. This is not...
How Calendar and Sentiment Data Helps Us Trade
Whether it is a Presidential tweet or a massive earthquake rocking an Italian village, every bit of news has the power to spur market volatility....
Acuity partners with UAE’s #1 STP broker, GTCFX
GTCFX, a fully regulated multi-asset global STP broker that provides online trading services for stocks, energy, indices, and commodities is proud to...
What a Trump Win in 2024 Could Mean for Interest Rates and the Markets?
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