Data mining is trash
Waters Technology ($)
Pull from Matthew Rothman’s QDC2020 presentation—and other expert takes— on data mining, spurious correlations, and what it means to really know your… Read More
Covid-19: Capital is (partially) the cure
Wall Street Journal
Hear from Nasdaq’s CEO, Adena Friedman, how markets have adjusted and rebounded from pandemic-level events in the past. Read More
When data goes dark: Alt data’s unhedgeable risk
Business Insider
Learn how alt data providers, such as Quandl, respond when data suppliers are taken off the board. Read More
Don’t believe the hype: AI and fund management
Financial Times ($)
Cite “newfangled alternative data” as part of fund management’s traversal through the trough of disillusionment in this opposing Financial Times piece. Read More
Head of quant trading leaves Point 72
Financial News ($)
Follow a prominent industry move as more traditional investors attempt to embrace quant strategies. Read More
China suppressed Covid-19 with AI & big data
Menafn
Get details on how Chinese authorities managed to assess at-risk outbreak areas using geolocation data pulled from your average cell phone. Read More
Mississippi introduces Consumer Data Privacy Act
Lexology
See Mississippi’s new plans to institute a data privacy act—stricter than California’s— in July of 2021. Read More