Ten Financial Applications of Machine Learning (Seminar Slides)

Financial ML offers the opportunity to gain insight from data:* Modelling non-linear relationships in a high-dimensional space* Analyzing unstructured d

June 18, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Fact, Fiction, and the Size Effect

In the earliest days of empirical work in academic finance, the size effect was the first market anomaly to challenge the standard asset pricing model and promp

May 24, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Detection of False Investment Strategies Using Unsupervised Learning Methods

Most investment strategies uncovered by practitioners and academics are false. This partially explains the high rate of failure, especially among quantitative h

April 23, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Initial Coin Offerings

This paper examines the market for initial coin offerings (ICOs). ICOs are smart contracts based on blockchain technology that are designed for entrepreneurs to

April 22, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Pulling the Goalie: Hockey and Investment Implications

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March 8, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Corporate Green Bonds

I examine corporate green bonds, whose proceeds finance climate-friendly projects. These bonds have become more prevalent over time, especially in industries wh

February 27, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Deep Value

We define “deep value” as episodes where the valuation spread between cheap and expensive securities is wide relative to its history. Examining deep v

February 14, 2018 · 2 min · thequant.space

Decoding Alipay: Mobile Payments, a Cashless Society and Regulatory Challenges

The financial industry has witnessed the so-called “fintech revolution” in recent years. Due to the emergence of information technologies such as cloud computin

January 24, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Advances in Financial Machine Learning (Chapter 1)

Machine learning (ML) is changing virtually every aspect of our lives. Today ML algorithms accomplish tasks that until recently only expert humans could perform

January 19, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

The 10 Reasons Most Machine Learning Funds Fail

The rate of failure in quantitative finance is high, and particularly so in financial machine learning. The few managers who succeed amass a large amount of ass

January 18, 2018 · 1 min · thequant.space

Metcalfe's Law as a Model for Bitcoin's Value

This paper demonstrates that bitcoin’s medium- to long-term price follows Metcalfe’s law. Bitcoin is modeled as a token digital currency, a medium of exchange w

December 2, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Blockchain-Based Token Sales, Initial Coin Offerings, and the Democratization of Public Capital Markets

Best known for their role in the creation of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, blockchains are revolutionizing the way tech entrepreneurs finance their business en

October 5, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Green BondFinanceand Certification

Financing of investments through green bonds has grown rapidly in recent years. But definitions of what makes a bond “green” vary. Various certificati

September 26, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Fintech and the Future ofFinance

The application of technological innovations to the finance industry (Fintech) has been attracting tens of billions of dollars in venture capital in recent year

August 22, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Machine Learning for Trading

In multi-period trading with realistic market impact, determining the dynamic trading strategy that optimizes expected utility of final wealth is a hard problem

August 14, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Do Investors Value Sustainability? A Natural Experiment Examining Ranking and Fund Flows

Examining a shock to the salience of the sustainability of the US mutual fund market, we present causal evidence that investors marketwide value sustainability.

August 9, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Fact, Fiction, and Value Investing

Value investing has been a part of the investment lexicon for at least the better part of a century. In particular the diversified systematic “value factor” or

July 5, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Putting Integrity Into Finance: A Purely Positive Approach

The seemingly never-ending scandals in the world of finance, accompanied by their damaging effects on value and human welfare, make a strong case for an additio

May 4, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

From FinTech to TechFin: The Regulatory Challenges of Data-DrivenFinance

Financial technology (‘FinTech’) is transforming finance and challenging its regulation at an unprecedented rate. Two major trends stand out in the current peri

April 29, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space

Textual Analysis in Accounting and Finance: A Survey

Relative to quantitative methods traditionally used in accounting and finance, textual analysis is substantially less precise. Thus, understanding the art is of

April 27, 2017 · 1 min · thequant.space