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• Education

  

  Breaking new ground with neural nets

  After reviewing neural nets’ past failures and charting a course for a more modern application of the technology in the previous installment, we bring into focus the fuzzy promises of the past and build the framework for using these tools in trading.

• Commodities

  

  Cocoa falls as concern grows over bean size and quality

  The flow of cocoa from western Africa is down for seasonal considerations, and traders wonder about the quality and size of the mid crop after some hot and dry weather during the growing season.

• Financials

  

  Americans most optimistic since 2007 as stocks surge

  Americans’ confidence in the economy climbed in May to the highest level in almost six years as rising real estate values and record stock prices boosted household wealth.

• ETFs

  

  Gold ETF outflows drag on metal as holdings drop to 4-year low

  As inflation is low and equity markets are rising, gold-backed ETP investors have been rotating out of gold. The SPDR Gold Trust holdings dropped to a four-year low to 1,041 metric tons yesterday.

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