6 Wicked Trends in October

Halloween is around the corner and some interesting new trends have been creeping up this October. Technology has always been a large player in finance, but lately several articles have reported on some emerging trends in technology so I’ve compiled a list of my favorite ones. Trend 1: An article in Edelman says Wall Street’s pockets and Silicon Valley’s tech innovation show promise of extensive market opportunities. Trend 2: Bitcoin and other cyrptocurrencies will lose value, but a few companies are expected to revive the movement, says an article by Odgers Berndston. Trend 3: Popularized by the bitcoin open-source payment system, blockchain technology has the potential to improve transparency and reduce costs, according to Fidelity. It allows financial service companies to securely store identities and data and to instantly settle secure transactions, reports an article by Datamark Inc. Trend 4: Datamark also reports that Cloud Computing will increase productivity. Remote servers connected over the Internet ensure that data is available on-the-go, on a device, boosting productivity. Trend 5: Big data and deep analytics are still subjects of conversation. The sentiment is that they can be accessed with user-friendly “self-service visualizations,” according to Fidelity. There is also hope that an artificial intelligence powerful enough to sort through big data and produce time-saving ways to interpret it will soon be invented, concludes Datamark. Trend 6: Finally, I particularly like our single source platform in-house. Edgar Agents applies this technology to all its services, which means all your documents are automatically exported into Edgar HTML and hyperlinked PDF files within minutes so you everyone is working on the latest version. This eliminates overlapping, inaccurate information and saves on time. As new trends continue to lurk in the shadows, I’ll keep an eye out for the ones that look most promising. To learn more about our company, visit our site at www.edgaragents.com or call 732-780-5036. Also follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+, Instagram and Blogger.