Big data and market sentiment come together a Forbes article. Thomson Reuters uses analytics to make sense of how news drives market sentiment. Link here

Study Financial History

A recent article in the Financial Times reminds readers why financial professionals need to remember that 'this time it is different' is wishful thinking than reality. Financial history shows that excess liquidity, psychology and regulatory failure causes risk to be mispriced, bubbles to develop and crises to break. Link : ‘Financial amnesia’ a factor behind crisis

A case for Economics

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/for-young-college-graduates-the-case-for-economics/2012/01/03/gIQAfTmzYP_story.html