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End of Week Links: Python, RBA, Trading & DVDS

By Mark | Published April 9th, 2010

The RBA raised rates again, funny that the RBA putting the brakes on the economy yet government still throwing money away. Must be an election year . Dr.Brett’s Blowup – must read post. OMG, not again The Death of Short-Term Mean-Reversion? Hack the Market goes into detail on a pairs portfolio in Stratbox. Random Roger,…

Weekend Reading, Videos & Links – Rapid Miner, AI, Stats

By Mark | Published March 19th, 2010

This week I have spent most of my time on system building and things are coming along well. The real-time execution engine will take a bit more work. I am still about 6 months from going live. At the moment I am going over the Timothy Sykes trading DVD’s to see if I can automate…

Weekend Reading – Some Quant Fin

By Mark | Published February 26th, 2010

Matlab and Rapid Miner Videos Neural Market Trends Rapid Miner video tutorials have resumed. Pairs trading with Matlab. Basic pair’s trading in Matlab youtube video. Short video on GUI creation in Matlab. Monte Carlo methods in Matlab video. Interactively create plots in Matlab video. Importing Excel data files into  Matlab video. Curve fitting in Matlab…

End of Week Links

By Mark | Published November 27th, 2009

Britain’s Pirate finder bill. 60 Free apps we are most thankful for. Why Google wave sucks, And why you will use it anyway. Portfolio.com has an article on Capital Flight. The Kirk Report has some very interesting Mail bag Q&A. (If you are not a member of this site yet you are missing a lot…

Weekend Reading and Links

By Mark | Published May 2nd, 2008

John Chow has had his worth month. Afraid to trade has a look inside transports. Expected credit losses vs mark to market losses from Alea. Sales Tax declines in most states from calculated risk. GDP still growing (barely) from Econbrowseer. What MBA students really want from Finance Viewpoint. Crude Oil hottest commodity on the planet….

Thursday Finance Links:

By Mark | Published April 10th, 2008

Econbrowser with Oil and the Great Moderation. Buyout CLOs used for Fed loans Naked Capitalism. This is an excellent piece from Naked Shorts Crack prices plunge—Fred Reserve. The Big Picture takes a brief look at the UnTradeables. Algorithmic Trading – Key Components for Real Time Trading from Money Science. The Rise and Rise of Analyst…

Weekend Reading

By Mark | Published April 4th, 2008

The Kirk report is back up and running strong with Charles back from vacation. Bear Market Review: The Story Begins and Ends with Bear Stearns from Successful Trading tips. Need a change of scenery why not work in Dubai. Everyone loves a little Bar Stool Economics, here we learn how the U.S Tax system works….

Four Day Weekend

By Mark | Published March 21st, 2008

The ASX closed early yesterday and there is as usual a mass exodus from the city. The pain of yesterday market falls completely gone . Windows Service pack One for Vista has gone live so it is a perfect time to install it on your trading platform and make sure everything is running smoothly while…

Finance Blogs Readability Ranked

By Mark | Published March 17th, 2008

The readability of text or in this case blogs can be assessed in numerous ways. Readability algorithms attempt to measure the grade or level required for a person to comprehend a text. Common factors used for evaluating readability include: Number of words in a sentence. Number of syllables per word. Usually algorithms also include a…

Weekend Money, Trading and Life Links

By Mark | Published March 7th, 2008

The worlds youngest billionaire. (Makes me feel so old) Trend traders performance results. (very impressive results, just ordered Michael Covel’s first book on trend trading) Fundamental Analysis + Technical Analysis = Success. (An interesting paper) Don’t set a date for your life to start: this is it. ( Time to take action) 20-money hacks tips…

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