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Quantitative Investing with Vivek Viswanathan Apr 02, 2021

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Vivek Viswanathan, is Global Head of Research at Rayliant Global Advisors founded by the brilliant, Jason Hsu (managed $145 Billion). Rayliant Quantamental China Equity ETF is a $22 Billion active portfolio employing a systematic approach to harvesting behavioral alpha by exploiting mispricings among Chinese stocks traded in markets around the world. We will be talking about Archegos, GameStop, Chinese Market and Algorithmic Trade, and much more. Don't miss this one!

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00:00 intro

00:47 Fundamentals of Stock Investment

05:16 Blind Optimism, FOMO and Psychology of Investment

09:30 Quant Investing, Fundamental and Technical Analysis and Returns

15:40 Sentiment Analysis, Seasonality, Mean Reversal and Trend Signals

20:21 Survivorship Bias, Different Types and Remedy

24:07 Python, Automation, Risk and Retail Investors

31:27 Tech Stocks, Stability and Long-term Returns

34:08 Daniel Kahneman, Psychological Biases and Behavioral Economics

35:22 Tech Fatigue, Eye Strain and Productivity

40:13 Work from Home, Corporate Taxes and Universal Basic Income

45:38 McCarthyism, Socialism and Communism

49:30 Ernest Chang, PhD in Finance to become Quant Investor

52:22 Necessity of a Ph.D, Social Credentialing, Education System and Misplaced Rewards

01:02:40 Coursera IPO, Self-Learning and On-Job Training

01:05:16 Chinese Stock Markets, 2015 Crash, Regulation and Corruption

01:16:57 Why invest in Chinese ETFs, Inefficient Markets and Diversification

01:24:06 Trade Wars between US and China, Alaska Summit, Semiconductor Shortage

01:28:20 Archegos, Theranos, Wirecard, Enron and Stock Market Scams

01:33:20 Nissan Scandal, Arthur Anderson, Big Four and Abetting the Scammers

01:38:30 Rayliant Global Advisors, Jason Hsu and Learning the Trade

01:41:10 Blackbox of Neural Networks, Expected Returns Signals and Explainability

01:44:45 Linear and Non-linear Patterns, Weighted Averages and Decomposition of Reasons

01:47:28 Books, Dhando Investor, Intelligent Investor and Medallion Fund

01:53:18 Work Related Stress, 100 hour week at JP Morgan, Gym and Diet

01:57:10 Protein Intake, Keto and Vegetarianism

02:02:02 Cardio, Glycogen and Oxygen Levels in Blood

Big Data, AI and Health Care with Prashant Natarajan VP H20.ai Mar 27, 2021

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Prashant Natarajan is the Vice President of H20.ai Health and Life Sciences division with a record of turning things around at Siemens Oracle Deloitte Unum. He is a Co-Faculty Instructor at Stanford University, author of numerous best-selling books e.g. “Demystifying Big Data & Machine Learning for Healthcare,” published by Taylor & Francis. His latest book is on its way " Demystifying Artificial Intelligence for the Enterprise: Building Tomorrow’s Self-Driving Organization (upcoming 2021)".

Remote Work with Wayne Turmel Mar 20, 2021

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For 25 years, Wayne Turmel has been obsessed with how people communicate at work. For the last 15, he’s focused on communicating through technology. He is a co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute (www.RemoteLeadershipInstitute.com) , and author or co-author of 13 books including The Long-Distance Teammate, Stay Engaged and Connected While Working Anywhere, and The Long-Distance Leader, Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership. He’s had the honor of working with clients around the globe. Originally from Canada, Wayne now lives and works in Las Vegas.

Bioinformatics with Chanin Nantasenamat aka Data Professor Mar 05, 2021

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On Friday, March 5th, I will be talking to one of the best data science mentors on Youtube, known for his work in bioinformatics and machine learning. His colorful infographics, succinct visualizations of the concepts, and depth of knowledge amaze every beginner in data science. Chanin Nantasenamat is also known as 'Data Professor', a name everyone knows if they have ever searched for 'data science' on youtube. He is the head of 'Center of Data Mining and Biomedical Informatics' at Mahidol University, Thailand, and an Associate Professor as well. He has held visiting professor positions at Uppsala University in Sweden and California State University and University of California in US. He has been the principal investigator of grants worth millions of dollars and has received numerous awards for his teaching and research work. He has over 100 publications at the cutting-edge of bioinformatics. He has peer-reviewed in over 40 journals. Join us as we explore the boundaries of drug development and biotechnology and how data science and AI is helping us do that.

Neuroscience of Memory with Dr Boris Konrad Mar 03, 2021

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Up next on Psyda Podcast is Dr Boris Nikolai Konrad. He is 8x team world champion, holds 4x Guinness Book World records, holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, has degrees in physics and computer sciences, and trains people in techniques like Method of Loci, Mnemonics and Mind Palace (explained in Sherlock & Netflix series 'Memory Games'). He is a TEDx speaker, appears on media regularly including Germany's super popular program 'The Brain', and shows in Chinese, Russian, Italian and Dutch Media. He is featured in BBC News, NPR, CNN, Psychology Today and DW among others. He is the author of the best-selling book 'It's all in your head' currently being translated to English. He currently works at the world-renowned center for Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour in Nijmegen (Netherlands) exploring the depths of the human brain. Join us as we explore the the human brain.

Infonomics with Doug Laney Feb 24, 2021

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Probably one of the richest conversations I have had from a business perspective on Data Science, Infonomics, AI and Psychology of Patterns.
Here are some of the key takeaways:
1. The Wall Street Journal quoted Doug Laney saying ‘ Its flummoxing that companies have better accounting for their office furniture than their information assets’.
2. United and American Airline’s third party valuation based on collateral customer loyalty data is 3-4 times more than their actual market cap.
3. ‘Kushim’ from Yuval Noah Harari’s book 'Sapiens', the first known human being was an accountant, which tells a lot about the importance of information.
4. Future disruptive technologies according to Gartner are DNA storage, Quantum Computing and Carbon Nanotubes.
5. Doug’s been a competitive tennis player and is now exploring pickle ball.
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Psychometrics with Dr Okan Bulut Feb 17, 2021

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On Tuesday, February 16th,2021 I will be talking to one of the leading psychometricians Dr. Okan Bulut. He is a professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta and has worked at premier institutions developing assessments at Pearson, PluralSight, and the American Institute of Research. He is the author of the book 'Handbook of educational measurement and psychometrics using R.'

ML at Amazon with Greg Coquillo Feb 07, 2021

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It was a true blast talking to Greg Coquillo. It is always a pleasure talking to such a good sport and insightful leader and he truly is Amazon material. Here are some of the highlights of our conversation:

1. The trick to coming out of college debt-free is to go to a community college first.

2. Gamestop has really changed the world for the better.

3. Greg would invent the internet if given a chance to time travel back.

4. Bitcoin is still a big no for Greg Coquillo’s investments

5. Amazon is here to stay despite Alibaba, Azure, and Google Cloud.

6. Japanese Wasabi sauce is the real thing. What we have is a watered-down version of that.

7. Sophie the robot still leaves much to desire for Greg. Step up the game Sophie.

Artificial Intelligence with Luis Serrano Feb 03, 2021

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On February 3rd, I talked to Zapata scientist, Dr. Luis Serrano, the author of the best-selling ‘Grokking Machine Learning’ book published by Manning Publications Co. He has worked at Google as a machine learning engineer, at Udacity as the head of AI content, and at Apple as a lead AI educator. He runs a popular YouTube channel where he explains machine learning in layperson terms.

PLSpredict with Dr Souyma Ray Feb 03, 2021

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Dr Soumya Ray is an Associate Professor, ISS, NTHU Director of Center for Service Innovation and Analytics in Taiwan.

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