I like burgers and I also like to try new burger joints. There’s always a risk to trying new a place. Maybe the burger won’t be cooked in the same way, maybe the patty won’t be quite as good quality, maybe the chips will be soggy etc. In some cases, it could be a factor…
Category: General
Events, General
Berkshire Hathaway Meeting in Omaha
by Saeed Amen •
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…
Data, General
Clean data and Twitter blue ticks
by Saeed Amen •
I’m not a very good cook, although I can make a good burger, and this opinion is obviously in no way biased! One of the few things I do know, is that you need to make sure that before preparing the vegetables from your burger, like lettuce and tomato, you need to clean them first…
General, Macro
Inflation forecasting for VCs & corporates
by Saeed Amen •
Let’s say you want to have a Whopper, but there’s a shortage of some of the ingredients, let’s say tomatoes. To increase your chance of getting a full burger without any missing tomatoes, you could try going to multiple Burger King restaurants. However, this is probably going to be a futile exercise if there’s a…
Data, General
Dealing with rare events in financial models
by Saeed Amen •
Harold Macmillan, the British prime minister between 1957-1963, was once asked, what was the most challenging thing he faced. His reply was “events, dear boy, events”. It may well be an apocryphal, and it has been suggested that he instead said “the opposition of events”. Politics is obviously not the only place, where events have…
Data, General, Macro
When should you release a model in production?
by Saeed Amen •
What’s the general process for buying a burger from a restaurant? You look at a menu, you order, and the waiter or waitress returns to your table, with a burger, ready for you to eat. They might offer some additional condiments, and then you can enjoy your burger. Next time you go to the restaurant,…
General, Macro, Python
ChatGPT and forecasting macro
by Saeed Amen •
First off, and possibly this might disappoint some, this post is written by a human, who has a certain penchant for burgers, as opposed to ChatGPT, who prefers to digest CPU cycles and TCP packets. Twitter and LinkedIn are awash with examples of questions for ChatGPT and their answers. I have to admit some of…
Data, Foreign Exchange, General, Macro, Python
Hundreds of quant papers from #QuantLinkADay in 2022
by Saeed Amen •
If you follow me on Twitter (@saeedamenfx), you’ll notice that I post a lot of stuff about burgers (yes, I do like them). In an effort to make sure that I at least regularly post quant content (as opposed to burger based tweets), I started posting a daily link under the #QuantLinkADay hashtag. Usually these…
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…