Richard Craib – Crowdsourcing Data Science for Returns at Numerai (Capital Allocators, EP.314)
Capital Allocators – Inside the Institutional Investment Industry
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From Curiosity to Quantitative Finance
This chapter recounts the journey of becoming a quantitative analyst, beginning with early interest in finance sparked by family. It explores the development of a global equity machine learning model and contrasts traditional trading with data-driven strategies. Additionally, it discusses the innovative approach of Numerai, a crowdsourced hedge fund, that incentivizes data scientists through cryptocurrency rewards.
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