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Revisiting this thread. Kensho was just scooped up by S&P for $550 million. Nice exit for the founding team, and a nice return for Goldman. Here...
Quantopian should have free futures data available within their platform.
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According to Reuters around the time of the arrest: "Shortly before the deal was announced, Yan conducted online research related to insider...
We hear so often of the death of active investing, hedge funds closing down, etc., and yet the returns here have very easily beaten the broader...
Quantopian offers free fundamentals data from Morningstar; you'll need to learn a bit of Python to graph and filter it. Morningstar gets the raw...
It would be interesting to see your posted chart in inflation-adjusted terms. Some back-of-the-envelope calculations of inflation for various...
Here is a survey of some recent work in this space. This should keep you busy for a while, as there are so many terms and techniques to know:...
Thanks for the links. Just to report back, here's a summary of my findings: Weight changes from 2001 to 2014: Medical care went from 6.0 to 7.7...
Anyone know the answers to these specific questions? How have the weights changed over the years? With college tuition and medical expenses...
Predicting realized volatility is easier than predicting implied volatility. Unfortunately, we often need the latter. Ernie Chan has a good...
This thread started with: Oh, the irony.
Also, CS released this note today. I am still trying to make heads or tails of it:...
Re: housing the homeless: From the NYT, shipping containers being utilized in Oakland, CA:...
With Third Avenue and now Stone Mountain suspending redemptions, it's time to start a thread about these junk bond funds. Carl Icahn says these...
Brazil looks like a complete mess, from the chart in the article and everything else going wrong there.
I am not an options expert, so forgive me if this is a naive question: In hindsight, what would have been a good way to take advantage of the...
Curious, is there any historical reason why the Fed moves in 0.25% increments? Would a move by 0.10 or 0.05 really have a material effect on...
I am considering selling OTM calls on a company that has just declared bankruptcy. From what I understand, it is normal for such a company to be...
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