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…
Category: Events
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…
Events, General, Macro
Oracle of Omaha, Berkshire Hathaway 2019
by Saeed Amen •
The Old Market area of Omaha, harks to an earlier time, with its cobbled stone roads and old West architecture. It is the largest city in Nebraska today, and as “The Gateway to the West” it grew with the railways and today it is still home to the headquarters of Union Pacific the largest railroad…
Events
QuantMinds Lisbon 2018
by Saeed Amen •
Lisbon sits wedged between the Atlantic on the West and the river Tagus on the south. It’s buildings seemingly tanned to deep pastel shades, reflect a sun, which seems forever present. Whilst is it the history of the city, which appears to greet the visitor at first, whether it the Tower of Belem, or monastery,…
Events
Buffett, Munger and the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway Meeting
by Saeed Amen •
It’s that weekend in the year, when investors converge on Omaha for the Berkshire Hathaway meeting. Over the years it has grown from a relatively low key affair with a handful attendees, to today, where attendees pack Omaha’s CenturyLink Center for the meeting (which has a capacity of around 17,000). It was my third time…
Data, Events, Foreign Exchange, Python
QuantCon NYC 2018 review
by Saeed Amen •
John Fawcett, founder of Quantopian with Rich Newman, FactSet A big reason people visit New York is for the burgers, right? You’ve got Shake Shack, Minetta Tavern, the Burger Joint… I could construct quite a long list. OK, that’s probably just a reason which encourages me to visit New York! At the end of…
Events, Foreign Exchange, TCA
Review of TradeTech FX USA 2018
by Saeed Amen •
Markets only go up, right? Well, equity markets, in any case. February proved that perhaps this isn’t that case. However, whilst equity cash and vol markets were rattled, the effects on FX more broadly, were relatively tepid. The USD did strengthen, but only modestly, and since then most of those gains have reversed. Against that backdrop,…
Data, Events, General
Interpretation talks at NIPS
by Saeed Amen •
“I model for a living”. If I had said that to my friends, I suspect it would be greeted by laughter. The closest I’ve been to a catwalk, is seeing, well a cat walk. Obviously, when I say, model, I mean quantitatively model. Without any sort of context, most people would likely interpret it from…