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MoneyScience is reborn
The MoneyScience website has recently had a dramatic change. It now has a social infrastructure, and the resources are better organized. Here I report on the discoveries I’ve made so far in the bit of time that I’ve been poking about on the site. Events There is a calendar of events that is organized by … Continue reading
Talking The R Journal latest release
Volume 3/1 of The R Journal has been released. It of course has articles about using R. In addition it has a feature that I highly support. In preparation for the UseR! Conference 2011 August 16-18 in Coventry there are two Help Desk articles on making a good technical presentation. Technical presentation Rob Hyndman writes … Continue reading
Upcoming Events
2011 March 08, 8:00 AM, London EDHEC Risk Institute presents: Raman Uppal How to (or how not to) manage money New approaches for portfolio construction. Admission is free, but registration (soon) is required. More details in the brochure (pdf) 2011 March 08 6PM, London The LondonR meeting. Details at http://www.londonr.org/ 2011 March 09 6:30, New … Continue reading
Thalesians: events and videos
The Thalesians is a group that has been going for a few years in London, and is just about to have its first event in New York. It holds events on various topics that are generally not far from quantitative finance. Events The first New York talk will be held Wednesday 2011 February 23. Gerald … Continue reading
Backtesting talk, and other events
I will speak November 2 at the Thalesians on “Effective Backtesting”. Registration is now open. Abstract: Backtesting builds a bridge from the past to the future. These bridges are shaky and unstable. We’ll explore the ways they are likely to fall down. We’ll also show how random portfolios can strengthen the bridges. Details at http://www.thalesians.com/ … Continue reading
Upcoming events
• LondonR Group will meet 2010 October 05 6PM – 9PM The Counting House, 50 Cornhill near Bank, London. See details at http://www.londonr.org/ • The HEC Finance and Statistics Conference will be held 2010 October 08 in Paris. Details are at http://appli7.hec.fr/reunion/financeandstatistics2010/ • Patrick Burns is scheduled to talk on “Effective Backtesting” on 2010 November … Continue reading
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