Stock-picking warm up

Picking up patterns in language

Laura Batterink is a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. She earned her BA in neuroscience from Middlebury College in 2007 and her PhD in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Oregon in 2012. Her research focuses on the contribution of implicit and explicit mechanisms to language acquisition and related forms of learning. This research has implications for understanding why ...

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Warm up angina

Walk-through angina dates back more than 200 years. It was first described in a letter to the British physician, William Heberden. The term is used to describe patients with ischemic heart disease who have reduced symptoms after an episode of angina. It is related to ‘‘warm up’’ angina or, when playing golf, ‘‘first hole’’ angina. The mechanisms responsible for warm up angina are not yet clear,...

Warm - up and Flexibility

Athletes looking to improve sport performance or lengthen their athletic careers by modifying the risk of injury—as well as the exercising public—often focus on warm-up and flexibility routines in their training. Considerable research has been conducted on both of these issues and a surprising picture is emerging. The bulk of the current research is supportive of training and injury-prevention ...

Stock Picking, Industry Picking and Market Timing in Sell-Side Research

Sell-side analysts employ different benchmarks when defining their stock recommendations. For example, a ‘buy’ for some brokers means the stock is expected to outperform its peers in the same sector (“industry benchmarkers”), while for other brokers it means the stock is expected to outperform the market (“market benchmarkers”), or just some absolute return (“total benchmarkers”). We use these ...