How does this uncommon data help manage portfolio volatility? Much of the research of the 1980s and 1990s focused on managing volatility with a single approach for all market conditions. Whether data-enhanced portfolio management is revolutionary or evolutionary, it is no longer optional, but mandatory for sound portfolio management. The Internet has enabled software programmers to scan previously disorganized data sources to draw value through synthesizing information into meaningful inferences, directly predictive of near-term market conditions. Irene Aldridge is a financial researcher dealing with Terabytes of market data every day, so you can do other things, like safeguard the value of your clients' holdings.

Source: Huffington Post June 27, 2016 22:30 UTC