Comments on: Goldman: Quant Hedge Funds Have To Do Better, Be Less Quant-y

By: guest

guest — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:59:18 +0000

Heard the same stuff that the Reuters article mentioned from many others including BGI. Newer databases, text procesing, linkages, more short-term, more event driven. Every one is exploring the same things. No wonder even these newer things are not working.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:44:45 +0000

AQR will be just fine

By: guest

guest — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:36:06 +0000

From now on all documents and notes will be written in CAPTCHA form. Excel will no longer be used.
-GSAM MD

By: Compsci

Compsci — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:56:53 +0000

What, are they gathering pictures? Physical goods? Spitzer’s memories? I don’t get it.

By: GlobalBeta

GlobalBeta — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:32:10 +0000

In other words – The food in this city is great! Pity about all the Socialists, I had to check my gun at the front desk. What? You want me to tell you how our quant desk makes money. Fuck off.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:40:53 +0000

new ways of making money: sell your ugly ass til your above the watermarks. Might take several years though; so learn to love it.

By: ComfortablySmug

ComfortablySmug — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:22:29 +0000

Yeah, bullshit there’s data that isn’t machine readable
Regards,
Optimus Prime
Autobot Capital Partners

By: american bandersnatch

american bandersnatch — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:58:47 +0000

@4 – crap, now I’m going to have to get a new ID.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:52:36 +0000

john merriweather

By: guest

guest — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:50:43 +0000

@1
…until the crash
(and subsequent explanation of why that certain variable which [we knew about but ignored] would have prevented said crash)
then give me another car and i will “prove” my theory

By: guest

guest — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:37:47 +0000

@1
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By: american bandersnatch

american bandersnatch — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:28:36 +0000

The future is merely the extrapolation of the past. Give me a sufficiently good rear view mirror and I’ll drive down the freeway safely at 150 mph without looking out the windshield.