David Aferiat

By Claire Bendig With technological growth comes limitless data sources. The question is: how can massive amounts of data aid the flow of business? Jacob Sorensen, CIO at Bank of the West, named three key factors in how businesses manage data during a panel discussion at the Benzinga Fintech Summit...

Trade Ideas, the fintech startup that uses artificial intelligence to pick stocks, has been named a finalist for the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Awards. The company was one of three chosen by an audience vote at the Benzinga Fintech Summit Sept. 28 in San Francisco. The Fintech Summit “exceeded...

Artificial intelligence adds yet another victory to its scorecard. The portfolio of Trade Ideas' virtual analyst and discovery engine, HOLLY, outperformed the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) in the first half of the year with pre-commissions returns around 39 percent ━ nearly five times...

Robo-advisors have burst onto the trading scene in recent years, and some estimates suggest these automated trading algorithms will be responsible for nearly half a trillion dollars of assets under management (AUM) by 2020. With that much money on the line, Trade Ideas co-founder and managing...

Financial expert and media personality Jeff Macke was the fireside chat host at the 2015 Benzinga Fintech Awards gala in New York on April 8. Below is the video and full transcript of his talk with David Aferiat, Managing Partner at Trade Ideas, LLC. Jeff Macke: Hey, I'm with David...