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The Rise of Data-Driven Investing by Justin Chan — 6 min read When JCPenney reported its financial results for 2Q 2015, it came as quite a shock to the market. The US retail giant outperformed most analyst expectations, which subsequently led to a 10% surge in its stock price over the next 2 days. …

The Challenge of Forex Trading for Machine Learning by John DeCleene — 6 min read Machine learning is a branch of artificial intelligence that has grabbed a lot of headlines previously. People are fascinated by the concept of machines seemingly ‘thinking’, and learning how to carry out tasks more proficiently over time. This has been both a holy…

Don’t learn a programming language, solve a problem instead by Nathan Slaughter — 4 min read For years I studied programming languages to build better investment tools. That piled the work of programming on top of building forecasting and risk management models. What actually happened is that I didn’t spend as much time on the real problems I needed…

Before we cover some Machine Learning finance applications, let’s first understand what Machine Learning is. Machine Learning (ML) is a part of data science that uses different models to analyze data and make predictions.

The job market in year 2040 by Sylvain Rochon — 6 min read As a futurist, I’m often asked about the future of jobs. It is a concern for policy-makers, employers and the general population alike. What I realized, however, is that no one cares about losing the job itself. What they are worried about is…

Let’s picture the stock market 30 years ago:

Cryptocurrency Landscape in 2018 by Syed Shoeb —5 min read The cryptomarket had a lively beginning to 2017 with the bulls coming to rest, and losing 60+% of total market cap value in just January. Further, 2018 was turned out to be pessimistic with the downward crypto market trends. …

About a month back, while I was sitting at a café and working on developing a website for a client, I found this woman sitting at a table near me, observing what I was doing for quite some time. After a while, she asked me if I was coding and…