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Is Everyone a Day Trader

[Cross-posted on the Gridstone Blog].

Ft.com has a nice widget that is very recent by my reckoning. If you hover over the name of a public company in any article on ft.com, a nice “chartlet” pops up. If you click on the company it takes you to the company in the Company Research part of their website.

I thought the pop-up was quite cool. It performs well, looks nice. It could even have been useful to readers. If I have one problem with it, it is the choice of the chart – a daily price chart. More »

Tags: Capital Markets, Equity Research, Gridstone

Gridstone and the Top-Down Approach to the Semantic Web

What does Gridstone Research do? If an Equity Analyst asks this question, the answer we give is what our home page says,

Using cutting-edge technology, Gridstone assembles, analyzes and structures unstructured company information into financial data, guidance, operational data and structured text. Information that could take hours to assemble is available at your fingertips, at our website or directly in Excel.

This describes the end-user benefit. But for those who are interested in such matters, it still doesn’t answer the question of what we actually do. More »

Tags: Gridstone, Semantic Web, Technology

Gridstone Excel Add-in

We just released a very important product - an Excel Add-in that allows Analysts to pull in our rich data directly into their spreadsheets. Excel is very central to the work flow of our users. We think that this is probably the easiest-to-use Excel Add-in in the Financial Information business.

I whipped up a Slidecast about it. Even if you are not connected to the Financial world, take a look at it. I think it is effective and I spent about a day on it and that too because I tried many different approaches until I hit my stride. Feedback is welcome. If you’re interested in the tools I used, leave a comment.

Tags: Equity Research, Gridstone, Technology

Jobs at Gridstone Technologies!

Our company’s name, Gridstone Research, can be a little misleading to potential employees. We are not a KPO, a common misunderstanding among people who have heard about us. In fact we are more similar to Yahoo! Finance (for an institutional investor, though. Y!F is retail investor oriented) than we are to a research outsourcing company.

Our India operations are one part technology and one part research content. In fact, mixing the two is what makes our idea so different from the other equity research platforms in the market.

We are looking for people who get excited about technology. Capital Markets experience is not required. If you want to join a great team building some cutting-edge technology, take a look at the jobs below:

Principal Architect

Project Manager

Sr. Developers

Principal Scientist

Apply directly or write to me. All jobs are based in Malad, Mumbai.

And no, we haven’t changed the name of the company to Gridstone Technologies!

Tags: Gridstone

Wanted: Technical Architect and Project Manager

We’re building a Search Tools team in Mumbai.

If you are a Technical Architect with experience in Object-Oriented Design, Test Driven Development and Agile Practices, drop us a line. For the same team we are also looking for a Project Manager and Software Developers.

In our hiring, we look for talented people who are passionate about work and life. Our offices are in Mindspace, an office complex in Malad (W) in Mumbai. For our employees who choose to live in Malad, the quality of life is great. All the advantages of city life in a metro, with very short commutes (think lunch at home).

More details on the careers section of our website. Apply directly or write to me via the Contact page on this blog. Be sure to attach your resume or a summary of your experience.

Tags: Gridstone