The Fear Index
His name is carefully guarded from the general public but within the secretive inner circles of the ultra-rich Dr Alex Hoffmann is a legend – a visionary scientist whose computer software turns everything it touches into gold.
Together with his partner, an investment banker, Hoffmann has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that tracks human emotions, enabling it to predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions...
Together with his partner, an investment banker, Hoffmann has developed a revolutionary form of artificial intelligence that tracks human emotions, enabling it to predict movements in the financial markets with uncanny accuracy. His hedge fund, based in Geneva, makes billions...
Latest News
- Hedge fund invests based on the mood of the Twittersphere
30th May 2011
Successfully predicting the patterns of a financial market has always been a job for skilled fund managers relying on their own knowledge and experience... - TED Talk: How algorithms shape our world
1st July 2011
Successfully predicting the patterns of a financial market has always been a job for skilled fund managers relying on their own knowledge and experience... - Emotions Influencing Global Markets
4th May 2011
A new paper published by an Indiana University professor, combined with recent practices on Wall Street, suggest that Twitter may be a goldmine of valuable financial information... - Advancing Moore's Law Into New Realms
5th May 2011
Intel has claimed the biggest breakthrough in microprocessor design in more than 50 years, raising the stakes significantly for rivals in the increasingly capital-intensive global chip industry...
Reviews
- “Britain’s leading thriller writer ”
Daily Telegraph - “A master of the intelligent thriller ”
Sunday Times - “One of the very few people writing serious, intelligent thrillers which deal with the great issues of our
time”
Daily Express - “A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock”
Nelson Mandela, Guardian - “The Fear Index is certainly another winner.” Evening Standard
- “You’ll love the book. And the movie when it comes out. But you’ll be afraid. You’ll be very afraid.” Sunday Herald
- “The Fear Index could scarcely be more of the moment.” The Times
- “Set over the course of a day in the money markets, Robert Harris’s adroitly spare and contemporary thriller is a gripping update of the ideas behind Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot, though here it is man’s relationship with algorithms that concerns Harris.” Telegraph
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