Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
Dimitri Bianco
The Talking Tuesdays Podcast is all about quantitative topics but mainly focused around quantitative finance, data science, machine learning, career development, and technical topics. Join me for some insight from a risk management professional on how the industry works and how to break in!
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Quantitative Valuations Expert: David Shimko
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
04/04/23 • 65 min
I had a blast chatting with David Shimko. We discussed a range of topics from his new book that he is working on that covers a more modern approach to valuation to education and training of new quants. Some interesting topics covered are around the CAPM and options pricing.
Simpler Option Pricing (David Shimko):
https://youtu.be/uYnYWucILBc
Dan Stefanica's Primer on Linear Algebra (affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3JIL9pD
Website:
https://www.FancyQuantNation.com
Support:
https://ko-fi.com/fancyquant
Quant t-shirts, mugs, and hoodies:
https://www.teespring.com/stores/fancy-quant
Connect with me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-bianco
https://twitter.com/DimitriBianco
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Will GPT and AI Solve Everything?
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
04/02/23 • 62 min
As the release of ChatGPT has become a popular topic there is a lot of discussion and speculation on what it can do and what it will do in the future. While the ML, AI, and tech industry is head over heals for a model it seems many other groups are also being swept up in the over excitement including finance (Bloomberg GPT). While GPT is ground breaking with the chat interface it can't do everything, it will never be able to do everything, and it shouldn't do everything. There seems to be a lack of discussion around the morals, ethics, and how people work (physically, emotionally, and behaviorally). AI and other tools should assist humans to increase efficiency not try to replace them.
Some topics I cover in this episode is why do humans write, how do humans find value and meaning, what does GPT do, dangers of common thing, governmental impacts, freedoms, the disconnect from the common man, and of course how this will impact quantitative finance.
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Mainline Economics with C.R. Olschwang
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
03/14/23 • 61 min
A friend of mine, C.R. Olschwang recently wrote a book, "Mainline Business Cycle Theory." I don't often get the chance to discuss economics with economists as there are not very many in banks or fintech. In this chat we discuss economics schools of thought, what is mainline vs mainstream economics, ESG, economic models, utility functions, and issues with economic data. This conversation could have went for many hours as the number of interesting economic topics is quite large. Maybe we'll get back together to discuss wages, monetary vs fiscal economics, and what money is in the perspective of de-fi.
Mainline Business Cycle Theory (affiliate link):
https://amzn.to/3FiGc5h
Connect with C.R. Olschwang:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-olschwang/
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Trading from End to End with QuantConnect
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
03/01/23 • 55 min
Jared Broad from QuantConnect is our guest today. We discuss why QuantConnect is open source along with many of the struggles with getting, cleaning, and managing data. QuantConnect helps you get quality data for model and strategy development and then helps you get that strategy implemented onto the exchanges with minimal effort. One of the coolest things about QuantConnect is the wide range of data available especially some of their more unique alternative data sources.
Video Version:
https://youtu.be/6Me3dfwqilA
QuantConnect Job:
https://www.getonbrd.com/jobs/programming/quantitative-developer-internship-quantconnect-remote
QuantConnect:
https://www.quantconnect.com/
Website:
https://www.FancyQuantNation.com
Support:
https://ko-fi.com/fancyquant
Quant t-shirts, mugs, and hoodies:
https://www.teespring.com/stores/fancy-quant
Connect with me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-bianco
https://twitter.com/DimitriBianco
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Where Am I Headed: Banking, FinTech, or Tech
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
05/24/22 • 38 min
After 8 years in the banking I quit my job. I quit my job as a quant in the risk management area. I have built, validated, audited, and implemented model across a range of financial products at a range of different banks. I have felt burnt out for a few years but wasn't sure what to do. After Covid hit the world and a bad work experience I decided to just leave and take some time to think (thanks to the encouragement of my wife). Luckily for me, my network is large enough that a few fintech firms, a global bank, and a FAANG firm all reached out wanting to see if I would bring my talent to their firm. I talked to many people over the last few months and finally made a decision. In this episode I discuss the process and why I chose to leave banking for now.
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Fundamental Quant CEO Milind Sharma
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
05/10/22 • 67 min
Milind Sharma is the QuantZ / QMIT CEO with a deep background in quantamental investing. His experience started with a solid education from Carnegie Mellon with the Milind Sharma is the QuantZ / QMIT CEO with a deep background in quantamental investing. His experience started with a solid education from Carnegie Mellon with the MS in Computational Finance program back in 1995 when the program was just starting. On top of that he build a great career around quantitative finance running trading teams at some of the largest global banks. Today we discuss his background, quantamental finance, and QWAFAxNew.
Milind Sharma:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/milind-s-0879b4/
QuantZ:
http://www.quantzqmit.com/media
QWAFAxNew:
https://qwafaxnew.org/
YouTube Version:
https://youtu.be/5_sulCeAv2s
Website:
https://www.FancyQuantNation.com
Quant t-shirts, mugs, and hoodies:
https://www.teespring.com/stores/fancy-quant
Connect with me:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-bianco
https://twitter.com/DimitriBianco
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Quant Programs and Rankings with Peter Carr
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
03/01/22 • 76 min
I released a quantitative finance masters ranking for 2022 and found the process very challenging. The goal is to provide transparency to students so they can see how the programs are structured, where they are placing students in the industry, and a view of program rigor. While I have a good grasp on what the industry is looking for and what it is like being a student is one of these programs, I wanted to get some feedback from a program director who understands both the academic side and the industry side.
There is no better guest prepared to discuss these topics with than Peter Carr. He has been the head of quant research at Bloomberg, the global head of market modeling at Morgan Stanley, and is currently the department chair of NYU Tandon's Finance and Risk Engineering. He has also had a good impact on the quant industry with his long list of academic papers and contributions to textbooks.
Peter Carr:
https://engineering.nyu.edu/faculty/peter-carr
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Machine Learning in Finance with Agus Sudjianto
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
03/16/21 • 56 min
Machine learning, deep learning, and AI aren't as new to finance as many people think. I have a great conversation with Agus about his career and journey into quant finance. He provides some great insight on career advice as well as some of the issues he sees with using machine learning especially in finance.
Some of the important takeaways from this conversation are:
- Be nice to everyone you meet.
- ML is a localized method.
- Technical skills such as statistics can be applied to many different careers.
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AI4's Daniel Lackland - Training, Education, and Conferences
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
11/17/20 • 56 min
I am excited to have Daniel Lackland from Ai4 come and chat with me about the AI community. Ai4 provides conferences that bring together some of the biggest names in the AI community from a variety of industries including tech, finance, healthcare, and a variety of others. They have been expanding what they do to include education which includes both paid courses as well as free YouTube videos. I was a panelist and host of a AI for finance and banking event which was a lot of fun. Below is a link to the event.
Externally Facing: Customer Engagement, Marketing, Lending
https://youtu.be/UfHwn-e3qoE
Ai4:
https://ai4.io/
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Hedge Funds and Data with Christina Qi
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant
06/20/23 • 44 min
I met Christina Qi virtually at the Princeton Quant Conference in 2023. I was really impressed with her presentation on hedge funds, data, and career advice. I connected with her on LinkedIn and found her posts insightful as she explains a lot about what she is doing career-wise even when it isn't the trendy thing to do. I invited her as a guest on the podcast to learn more about her and her career. One of the best points she makes in this interview is the importance of work-life balance.
If you want a more complete picture of her background, check out her LinkedIn profile.
Christina's LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinaqi/
Data Bento:
https://databento.com/
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How many episodes does Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant have?
Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant currently has 117 episodes available.
What topics does Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant cover?
The podcast is about Banking, Podcasts, Education, Science, Data Science and Machine Learning.
What is the most popular episode on Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant?
The episode title 'Energy Trader, Analyst, and YouTuber Jonathon Emerick' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant?
The average episode length on Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant is 31 minutes.
How often are episodes of Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant released?
Episodes of Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant?
The first episode of Talking Tuesdays with Fancy Quant was released on Jan 10, 2020.
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