Seeing is believing.
Software now on offer from Visible Decisions, a small Canadian firm, allows an entire investment portfolio to be encapsulated as a three-dimensional moving picture on a single screen. The image changes in real time as prices fluctuate and securities are purchased and sold. The viewer can examine c...
| Publicado en: | Economist Vol. 336; pp. 71 - 72 |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
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Economist Newspaper Limited
August 19 1995
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