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The Talking Tuesdays Podcast is all about quantitative topics but mainly focused around quantitative finance, data science, machine learning, career development, and technical topics. Join me for some insight from a risk management professional on how the industry works and how to break in!
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websynradio : a radio program hosted by Dominique Balaÿ. WebSYNradio is an independent radio program whose broadcast is streamed 24/7. WebSYNradio brings together propositions from artists or intellectuals that are for the most part well-established on the international scene.http://synradio.fr/ Parmi les artistes participants : 0 (Joël Merah, Stéphane Garin, Sylvain Chauveau), Adam Nankervis, Alan Dunn, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, Amanda Belantara, Anna O et Alain Descarmes, Anna Raimondo, Anne ...
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Zach Creighton Quant Recruiter and Founder of Hemans
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Zach Creighton is a quantitative finance recruiter and founder of Hemans. Hemans is a premier staffing and search agency with specialization in the Financial Services Corporate Governance sector. Zach talks about his journey into the career of recruiting, misconceptions about recruiters, sourcing talent, and tips for those looking for jobs in the q…
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Stan Uryasev's Quantitative Finance Journey
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I had a great time talking with Stan Uryasev and learning about his journey to quantitative finance. Stan is one of the authors of the original paper on Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR). CVaR is taught in almost every finance program and has had a large impact on the finance community. Stan is also a professor and endowed chair of Stony Brook's Qua…
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Inflation, Spending, and Economics in 2024
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From 2020 until today (7/21/24), the economy has really come into the main conversation especially with inflation as bad as it has been. I bring on economist and personal friend C.R. Olschwang to discuss what is currently happening as well as some general economics around labor, supply, demand, consumption, and business. The Multiverse Employee Han…
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A fun interview with Alexander Unterrainer on KDB and building careers in quantitative finance in London. I have heard a little about KDB over the years but have never used it. Today I sit down with Alexander to learn a bit more about it and how he has built a career on it. He has also been blogging for over a year on how to program in KDB+ which i…
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Programme de Anton Mobin pour webSYNradio : what remains on the tape ?. Invité par Dominique Balaÿ à concOcter une playlist pour WebSYNradio, je décide de revisiter mes expériences réalisées autour du support cassette depuis 2013. En reprenant les modèles, contraintes et concepts de ces expérimentations basiques, voici une heure trente de compositi…
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Podcast de Carl Stone pour websynradio : Aux alentours du Kamya bar, Carl Stone convoque pour ce programme original webSYNradio tout un ensemble d'oeuvres (Ros Bobos, Annie Gosflield, David Toop, Tanner Menard, Joseph Hammer, Ben Neill, Roger Kleier, Saunter Chihei Hatakeyama, Yann Novak, Robert Crouch, Chas Smith, Sawako, Richard Lainhart, et des …
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Podcast de DAVID FENECH pour webSYNradio. Avec des morceaux de The Monks, Andew Liles + Jean Hervé Péron, Glaxo Babies, Renaldo and the Loaf, Felix Kubin, Fritz Muller, Iggy + The Stooges, H.N.A.S, Volcano the Bear, Nervous Norvus, Jac Berrocal + David Fenech + Ghédalia Tazartès, Connan Mockasin, Brigitte Fontaine, Colin Stetson, Jr + His Soulettes…
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Energy Trader, Analyst, and YouTuber Jonathon Emerick
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Jonathon Emerick is an energy trader and quant who also has a YouTube channel (QuantPy). We discuss his journey coming from chemical engineering to quantitative finance which included a Masters of Financial Mathematics. Topics covered in our discussion range from energy markets to risk management to YouTube and day trading. Jonathon Emerick: https:…
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Podcast de Richard Pinhas pour webSYNradio. Track inédit enregistré en studio entre Paris et Tokyo, mixé à Paris, en étroite collaboration avec Oren Ambarchi. Gift from Richard, including a lot of Friends like Joe TALIA, Oren AMBARCHI, William WINANT.http://synradio.fr/richard-pinhas-un-inedit/By RICHARD PINHAS
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Podcast du label Crónica. Pour le vingtième anniversaire du label portugais Crónica, qui s’est imposé comme une "plateforme majeure pour tout ce qui concerne les productions à la limite du conceptuel" (Coda), ses deux initiateurs Miguel Carvalhais et Pedro Tudela ont produit un programme de 3 heures, revisitant chacun des 200 titres du catalogue. h…
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The Last Five Years: Quant Journey 30 to 35
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Since I just turned 35 years old, I figured I would a podcast episode on the journey and the lessons I learned. It was a mixed bag of great years, some struggles, and now coming out the other side. Quantitative finance is a wild ride and never the same for any two professionals. Reflecting on 30 Years: The Journey to Becoming a Quant https://youtu.…
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Economics, Equality, and Bringing America Back
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As many of you know I work in a high paying field and rub shoulders with many wealthy people. That being said, I didn't grow up around Wall Street or any other high powered field. I was an average American who took an interest in quantitative finance and ended up falling in love with statistics and economics. I tend to understand people from a vari…
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Should you have friends at work? Of course! You need a network around you. You need people to talk to who can relate to you. It makes work easier as you understand your colleagues better, it helps find work in the future, and it makes it enjoyable to go to work. That being said, I rarely ever hang out with my colleagues outside of work. However I d…
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Podcast de Cristian Vogel pour websynradio : Third Space Requiems (inédit).“Third Space Requiems” est une trilogie électroacoustique de Cristián Vogel, composée dans les dernières heures de 2023 à la lumière d’événements qui ont profondément marqué son histoire sur un plan intime ou plus universel : Levitationism (0->6'30). Story In Blood (6'30->14…
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How I Paid for My Education (Masters and Undergrad)
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A subscriber asked how I paid for my masters degree as they are very expensive. The short answer on how I paid for it was working part-time and taking out government loans. For my undergrad my parent's paid the first 1.5 years and then I got married and was poor so the school covered my tuition. I also worked two part-time jobs during my undergrad …
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A subscriber asked how I manage my family, working as a quant, two YouTube channels, and a fair amount of hobbies including my homestead. There are really four tips that allow me to manage my schedule. It is also important to realize I do not succeed at everything. Social media makes it look like everything is running smooth with minimal stress how…
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Podcast de Caroline Bergvall pour websynradio : VOICES WITH TEXTS... Morceaux et textes par des poètes et musiciens, solo ou en collaboration. Avec les voix et les sons de Lee Ann Brown, Tom Phillips & Gavin Bryars, Sawako Nakayasu, Ida Börjel & Mathias Kristerson, Caroline Bergvall & Adam Parkinson, Fred Frith, Pauline Oliveros & John Giorno, Char…
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An industry professional asked me why is it so hard to get changes made within a company. They had made some suggestions for improving model validation however they were told there were resource constraints. Resource constraints are very real however this often includes company politics. For example, even if your team can make changes that will imp…
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Programme de SALLY ANN McINTYRE pour webSYNradio : disques pour une ile deserte. Avec des oeuvres et des sons de Janek Schaefer, Vito Acconci, John Cage, Erik Satie, Margaret Leng Tan, William S. Burroughs, Louise Lawler, Alvin Curran, Gavin Bryars, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono.http://synradio.fr/sally-ann-mcintyre/…
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In quantitative finance I hear a lot of students say, "I love money" implying that will make them good at quant finance. It is a very shallow statement and one that shows the student hasn't thought much about that statement. The students that do truly love money for the sake of money are shallow people that won't make it in quant finance. Now that …
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The biggest lie in quant finance is that you can do everything required at the highest level of a model. This includes data engineering, model development (quant research), implementation (quant dev), and be the end user (often a trader or operations team). This full stack quant does exist however they are never the best at everything and they ofte…
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For this Thanksgiving season I would like to express my gratitude for my dad. My dad was a traveling salesman and the reason my mom was able to be a stay at home mom. The one skill that I am most grateful for is my work ethic. I learned to work along side my dad as a kid growing up. The example my dad set helped engrain in my the need and desire to…
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As Thanksgiving is this week I wanted to reflect on my gratitude for my mom. My mom was a stay at home mom and was lucky enough to be able to stay home and spend a lot of time with me as a child. Many of the life lessons around manners, religion, and domestic skills such as cooking and cleaning all came from my mom. My mom's attitude towards educat…
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Understanding performance reviews is challenging especially if you have not worked at a variety of firms. There will always be a human judgement portion which is not a hard science. That being said, reviews should be very specific to each position. When I moved from an individual contributor to a manager role, I was not happen that my annual review…
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Legends Never Die: How to Become a Legend
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Many things make legends who they are. It seems the commonality is the ability to perform at a very high level over an extended period of time. Looking at Fischer Black, Peter Carr, Rick Rubin, George Box, Gilbert Strang, and John Nash it is interesting to see so many difference between them yet they have all had significant contributions to their …
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Programme de Gaël Segalen pour webSYNradio : Original Voices in Rhythms. Des pièces mémorables et uniques dialoguent ici les unes avec les autres comme j'aime dans ma pratique inviter les gens à se réunir pour le moment unique d'une rencontre enregistrée, former un duo et inventer de nouvelles formes de langage.Ce mix va d'une mélodie grande ouvert…
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Podcast de PHILIPPE PETIT pour webSYNradio : 40 ans d’activisme musical ! Bienvenue sur webSYNradio dans notre émission spéciale évoquant la musique de Philippe Petit à l’occasion de ses 40 ans comme musical travel-agent comme il aime lui même se définir.http://synradio.fr/philippe-petit-40-ans-dactivisme-musical/…
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Podcast de LILIANE GIRAUDON pour webSYNradio : POSTCARDS POUR ANTONIO GRAMSCI. Ce qui manque, ce sont les voix. D’autres voix. Habitant autrement la bouche, les poumons, le foie et jusqu’aux os. Ces petites pièces sonores sélectionnées, je les ai imaginées comme de simples cartes postales adressées à Gramsci dont j’ai relu cet été les lettres de pr…
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As grad school programs and undergrad programs are starting up it is important to get the most out of the time you are there. School seems like it goes slow however by the time you graduate and have been working a few years it seems like long ago. 1) Network with a wide range of students. 2) Do informational interviews with alumni and industry prac…
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Programme de Marie-Hélène BERNARD pour webSYNradio : Une « long nez » en Asie. Retour sur plus de deux décennies de pérégrinations en différents pays d'Asie, à une époque où le souci de son empreinte carbone était peu à l'ordre du jour… À l'arrivée, un mille-feuilles spécialement composé et mixé pour webSYNradio au début de l'été 2023, où s'entremê…
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Operation Paperclip and the Dilemma of Funding Science
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As a book review I give "Operation Paperclip" 5/5 stars! I'm not typically a big fan of popular paperback books (non textbooks). The dilemma in the books shows a brief insight into some of the horrible killings and crimes as well as the potential or perceived need for the science to end WWII with Japan as well as fend of Russia (cold war). Determin…
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Programme de Clara de Asís pour webSYNradio : Eyes closed (a playlist). Un dialogue entre des musiques improvisées et des musiques fixées, concrètes ou acousmatiques avec les sons de Michel Doneda et David Merlo, Clara de Asís, Julia A. Miller, Abdul Moimême, Francisco Lopez, Cello + Laptop, Lucie Vítková, David Maranha & Will Guthrie, Manu Holterb…
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I met Christina Qi virtually at the Princeton Quant Conference in 2023. I was really impressed with her presentation on hedge funds, data, and career advice. I connected with her on LinkedIn and found her posts insightful as she explains a lot about what she is doing career-wise even when it isn't the trendy thing to do. I invited her as a guest on…
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The finance industry seems to be following the social movement of adding bias and personal opinions instead of allowing the invisible hand of capitalism to properly assign and balance resources and outcomes. Consulting firms are now coming up with politically driven definitions of bias instead of using the mathematical definition and customers can …
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Programme de Francois Martig pour webSYNradio :UN PAYSAGE EST. Ce programme présente plusieurs années d'enregistrements opérés par François Martig dans des paysages européens, asiatiques et canadiens. « Un paysage est révélateur de notre manière de vivre socialement, politiquement, économiquement. »By Francois MARTIG
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This past podcast season was a lot of fun and I got more interaction and ideas from listeners than ever before. The next season will be in the fall however I have not started planning yet. Let me know what your ideas are for an episode or season and I will try to work them into the next season. If you have found these episodes helpful, please share…
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So I had a previous video many months ago answering a subscriber's question regarding conflict at work. They were concerned with a list of issues that were ethical in nature and how to handling it. They were a junior employee and wanted advice on what to do. My advice was to just look for a new job. A comment on that video stated that it was good t…
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As this channel focuses on quantitative finance and risk management, I tend to focus on financial topics specific to the industry and not personal finance. Due to many requests over the years I will explain how I manage my personal finances. I use a waterfall approach. I have a value selected for the maximum amount I need in my checking account. Th…
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I had an absolute blast at the Princeton Quant Conference! The campus was amazing and my first time visiting, the students from schools all over the north east were interesting and excited in quant finance, and the other speakers and organizers were engaging. It was a great opportunity to meet new people and hear new ideas. If you have a chance to …
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AKI ONDA - For webSYNradio, Aki Onda plays his friend, collaborator and guitar hero Loren Connors music
Programme de Aki Onda pour webSYNradio : aki Onda plays Loren Connors, Aki Onda invite son ami, collaborateur et guitar hero LOREN CONNORS . 34 titres, plus de 2 et demi de musique, le plus ancien de 1976 et le plus récent 2011.By Aki ONDA
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As an educator (content creator), holder of two degrees, and industry practitioner I see the struggle of providing quality education to the right people at the right price. The false narrative that everyone needs a college degree needs to stop. The majority of jobs do not need a college degree. Many jobs need training and universities are not quali…
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This episode is more of a podcast and YouTube update. I have a lot of great ideas for videos however I have been struggling to make content lately. Many of the ideas need a series of videos with structure and organization. They would also be amazing with coding example and beautiful charts however I have been so overwhelmed the last 6-12 months tha…
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Programme de KRISTOFF K.ROLL pour webSYNradio : Une forme. Cette contribution du duo Kristoff K.Roll (Carole Rieussec et Jean-Kristoff Camps) composée pour webSYNradio est un continuum de leurs pièces anciennes et récentes, avec les apports de Daunik Lazro, Dominique Répécaud, Géraldine Keller, Xavier Charles, Jean-michel Espitallier ……
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Building a quant team, a data science team, or just an analytics team is challenging. Online there are many stories of why data science teams fail however all roles that build models or predict values using data run into similar issues. Getting a full pipeline from data to results requires a lot of pieces including data quality, training, hiring, e…
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I left banking about a year ago and many people have asked me why I left. The reason I left is the same reason we're seeing many banks fail. Banks have abandoned meritocracy in favor of political agendas. These agendas have resulted in not hiring or promoting the best candidates but in looking at ways to make the world look how they want it. This i…
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Quantitative Valuations Expert: David Shimko
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I had a blast chatting with David Shimko. We discussed a range of topics from his new book that he is working on that covers a more modern approach to valuation to education and training of new quants. Some interesting topics covered are around the CAPM and options pricing. Simpler Option Pricing (David Shimko): https://youtu.be/uYnYWucILBc Dan Ste…
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As the release of ChatGPT has become a popular topic there is a lot of discussion and speculation on what it can do and what it will do in the future. While the ML, AI, and tech industry is head over heals for a model it seems many other groups are also being swept up in the over excitement including finance (Bloomberg GPT). While GPT is ground bre…
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As I am building a risk management department I am also building the smaller teams within which include model development, model validation, enterprise risk management, and governance. Two of the most critical people are those who lead model development and model validation. Finding technically competent quants is hard enough but requiring they can…
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Podcast de Felix Blume pour webSYNradio : ALLEES ET VENUES SONORES. En 2014, j’entame une communication via internet avec Floriane Pochon, créatrice de Phaune Radio. Rapidement les échanges d’emails et sessions skype se transforment en allées et venues de sons. Je lui partage mon travail en cours ou passé, ainsi que des sons importants pour moi. Fl…
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Life is hard and not enough people admit that. Finding people who will support you unconditionally is very challenging as this small group of people is often called your "tribe." It is easy to get swept away on social media and think you have a large tribe. The pressure to fit into groups that you find interesting as well also erodes your uniquenes…
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