Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-30-2007, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 236
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Forum: EDF
11-17-2007, 11:32 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 331
Re: Grand Unified Theory Solved... Maybe
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he's super arrogant but occasionally funny. his use of the phrase "cargo cult" to describe amateur scientists who latch on to small bits of theories they don't understand is pretty...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-12-2007, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 81
Re: Is this a good site to rely on?
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interesting. I was refered to that site by my roommate. Any other sites you guys recommend?
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Maybe try: collective 2 (http://collective2.com)
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-08-2007, 05:33 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 278
Re: Market Model Thingy
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If I were to rerun it, getting rid of all stocks < X, what is a good X?
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I don't know exactly...I wish someone else who traded/trades small caps would reply. I'm...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-08-2007, 04:44 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 278
Re: Market Model Thingy
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does any other "fixes" come to your mind regarding data analysis in matlab? like something along the pinv type fix?
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Can't think of a major fix right now.
If there...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-07-2007, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 278
Re: Market Model Thingy
No idea about decimal places..if someone knows it please post it.
Up to now I just multiplied by 10 to the appropriate power.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-07-2007, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 278
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-07-2007, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 230
Re: Quants without phds?
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so you agree with me? great.
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Over the short term yes. Over the long term no...like I said there other factors besides PhD-s that are not helping. But long term...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-07-2007, 08:46 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 278
Re: Market Model Thingy
One easy way to check your code is to generate random data with 0 mean returns:
e.g. rand(m,n)-0.5 in matlab with m,n desired size
and see if your code generates profit (of course it...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-07-2007, 08:27 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 230
Re: Quants without phds?
OP, depends on what you mean by "quant". My friend who is doing 40% marketing, 30% fundamental analysis and 30% regression calls himself quant. Another one who reads VaR values all day assumes he is...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-19-2007, 02:56 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 128
Re: Survival of the fittest
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GA can be applied in many areas. While this particular model doesn't reflect GA, survival of the fittest algorithms were used when selecting the inputs.
To avoid overfitting is modeling...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-18-2007, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 128
Re: Partners & NDA
I am an expert in Genetic Algorithms. I could publish in the field since I used it for years. You're right that it can provide an edge, but the code you posted has nothing to do with GA. You just...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-17-2007, 06:29 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 127
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
08-17-2007, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 127
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-14-2007, 02:33 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 124
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
07-13-2007, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 124
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
05-25-2007, 05:24 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 129
Re: Morgan Stanley says stocks could fall 10%
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Question for the statistically minded:
If you have an asset with a 17% standard deviation, how often can you say it will fall at least 10% in the next six months and end up being right...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
05-19-2007, 03:29 PM
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Replies: 702
Views: 2,874
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-24-2007, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 188
Re: Cinco de Mayo
$30 teenage prostitutes. Nothing like a real Tijuana experiencce. Make sure you get both boys and girls.
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Forum: BBV4Life
04-24-2007, 04:13 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 238
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-24-2007, 03:15 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 76
Re: oriental vs asian
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the adjective "oriental" is used for stuff not people
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Yeah, like oriental masseuse.
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-23-2007, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 191
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Forum: Other Other Topics
04-23-2007, 12:40 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 179
Re: Post your own conspiracy theory thread
Mason is jewish. Sklansky is jewish. Ed Miller is half jewish. It's clear that 2+2 was created by Zionists to fool the population into believing that it is possible to profit from gambling. However,...
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Forum: BBV4Life
04-22-2007, 07:13 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 213
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Forum: BBV4Life
04-22-2007, 03:41 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 191
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