Posts related to technology and how it can help with finance and investing
In his book Organizational Alpha, author Ben Carlson observes that when an investment office discuss their problems and issues, the focus is less on markets and more on organizational challenges such as governance, process and collaboration. The value of collaboration Read More …
Quantitative investment firms such as Two Sigma, AQR, Dimensional, etc. have built their success on a foundation of data and analytics. Asset owners, financial advisors, and fundamental asset managers now have an opportunity to use similar analytics and approaches to Read More …
What excites me is that you can use technology to travel in two equally helpful directions – you can use basic off-the-shelf technology to dramatically improve your current processes, or you can use tech to transform the way you do business. Read More …
A combination of off-the-shelf databases, APIs that connect to data, and a web/mobile based front-end, running on cloud platforms like Azure, Sharepoint or Amazon Web Services can easily take your current processes, make them faster, scalable, accurate and most Read More …
The availability of data, the computing power to analyze data, along with the ability to run analytics using languages like Python, R, or platforms like IBM’s Watson Analytics have changed the way asset allocation or investment decisions can be made. Read More …
While technology is exciting, I often hear from investment professionals that they don’t understand technology and that while the staff they hire may be good at analyzing markets, there aren’t that many people who are good at analysis and technology Read More …