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Irene Aldridge spoke on #Collateral #Mgmt with #HFT (@HFTIndex) at FTF in Chicago

AbleMarkets aggressive HFT index is highly predictive of returns and volatility on the intraday, T+1, and event T+20 basis, all without affecting correlation structure between financial instruments. The findings allow portfolio managers to significantly fine-tune their portfolio compositions.

@IreneAldridge of @AbleMarkets spoke at Prof. Frank Fabozzi’s class @Princeton on new-age portfolio management

Aldridge delivered a 90-minute guest lecture focusing on the importance of technology and market microstructure in modern portfolio management.

Grateful to have been featured by Daily #Fintech!

We are thrilled to note that AbleMarkets has been featured in Daily Fintech: Clusters in real-time For professional traders, to protect themselves from dark or speedy events like those hidden in HFT trading, flash crashes, and other algorithmic activities; AbleMarkets research that can be used

Tracking AbleMarkets aggressive #HFT helps beat VWAP (and other execution #algos)

Improve your execution today!  Download the full research paper here and reach out to steve@ablemarkets.com to get the ball rolling. Abstract AbleMarkets 20-minute Aggressive HFT Index tracks bursts of aggressive HFT activity in either buyer-initiated or seller-initiated trades.  When buyer-initiated trades exceed seller-initiated trades by

Would #Hedging Aggressive #HFT Be a Great Benefit to You?

Aggressive HFT in the U.S. markets is costing you a pretty penny through depleted liquidity, resulting slippage and volatility. Protecting your long-term investments against adverse aggressive high-frequency trading (HFT) activity is now possible with AbleMarkets Aggressive HFT Index.

AbleMarkets Daily Aggressive #HFT Index Is Now Available on Quandl

AbleMarkets Aggressive HFT Index helps to hedge aggressive HFT exposure, predict volatility, improve portfolio optimization (increase returns, minimize volatility, and raise Sharpe ratio).

What ETFs, Smart Betas and Flash Crashes have in common

Smart Betas may be very risky strategies, and ETFs only make things worse.

FinTech Disruptors Are Here. What Are the Incumbents To Do?

What are the industry incumbents to do to compete with FinTech disruptors?

Do Macro News Releases Give Advantage to a Selected Few?

In today’s supercharged environment, the embargoed news distribution not only makes no sense, it is actually disadvantaging regular investors and enabling a clever few make outsized profits at everyone else’s expense.

What Are Other Investors Thinking? If You Knew, Would That Be A Great Benefit To You?

Machine-collected sentiment on specific stocks has been shown to predict intraday volatility and future returns. The AbleMarkets Internet Chatter index has consistently predicted short-term volatility over the past six years, and is used by investors, execution traders and risk management professionals.