The Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting returned in person for the second time after COVID this weekend in Omaha. As noted by Warren Buffett, there was somewhat of a clash in the calendar with the Coronation over the Atlantic, although he did quip that they had their own King Charles here at the meeting, in the…
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Events, General
QuantMinds 2022 Barcelona
by Saeed Amen •
It’s been thirty years since Barcelona held the Olympics. Whilst I never visited the city before the Olympics, it’s difficult not to notice the impact of the event. You can see this in many areas of the city, such as in the seaside, where the beachfront was developed. The legacy of the Olympics in Barcelona…
Events, Foreign Exchange, General
TradeTech FX in Amsterdam
by Saeed Amen •
Amsterdam is a city that I haven’t visited for a while. I’m glad to say not much has changed since my last visit: the rain (yes, I seem to pick the worst days to visit), the canals and more. It’s one of those large cities, which somehow manages to retain a small town feeling, and…
Events, General, Macro
The 2022 Berkshire Hathaway Meeting
by Saeed Amen •
Walking around Omaha, there are reminders of the old West. In the Old Market district, the cobble stones remain, but the old style saloon bars are gone. In their place there are fancy restaurants and bars. There are sculptures of old Omaha, stagecoaches cast from bronze. The railroad is still there, but the original station…
Data, Events, Foreign Exchange, General, Macro, Python
Extracting expectations for French election
by Saeed Amen •
We can’t know everything, even a fraction of everything. If we want to find something out, we need to do research. Typically, we’ll try to look at what else has been researched about a topic. If it’s a very niche topic, then it’s less likely we’ll find something relevant. However, if the topic is popular,…
Events, Foreign Exchange, General
Notes from TradeTech FX USA
by Saeed Amen •
Usually, I don’t particularly look forward to long haul flights, being cooped up in a seat for hours on end, “enjoying” plane food etc. However, this time was different, earlier this month, I was excited about going on a long flight to the USA. After all, it’s only been a few months since pandemic travel…
Events, General
QuantMinds 2021 in Barcelona
by Saeed Amen •
The above photo is of Montjuïc Castle which has one of the best views over the city. The view from there kind of explains why the location was chosen from a strategic perspective. As a city Barcelona has many places which punctuate the skyline, whether it’s that castle, or the (still unfinished) Sagrada Familla, Gaudi’s…
Data, Events, General
Direction and error in data and elections
by Saeed Amen •
The big news story this week was the US presidential election, as well as elections in the House and the Senate. The result isn’t yet fully known, although at the current time, it looks fairly likely that Joe Biden is going to get to 270 votes in the electoral college to become president. As…
Data, Events, General
AI and Data Science in Trading Conference London
by Saeed Amen •
AIDST has quickly established itself as one of the most important finance based data science conferences in the calendar. I recently attended and presented at the recent AIDST London event in September. The conference featured a mixture of both high-level talks and also more technical sessions. The conference began with a presentation from Manoj Saxena,…
Events
QuantMinds 2019 Vienna
by Saeed Amen •
Vienna is one of those places which has somehow largely eluded my travels. The last time I visited it was 25 years ago. However, it has very much stuck in my memory. History is one of those things which you can never escape from in Vienna. The echos of musical history are everywhere, whether it…