Looks like the primary thing that we need to work on now is increasing the number of questions on the site: area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/117/quantitative-finance. Let's all try to build some interest around asking questions. Maybe we should organize a "flash mob" kind-of-thing, where we try to get as many people hitting the site at the same time as possible. We just need to get over that hump of getting questions asked.
I recommend to remove the "beta" tag from "Quantitative Finance beta".
"Beta" makes the site less sincere and professional. The "beta" version remained for some years now, I dont see why it should be called beta anymore.
I'm kind of surprised no one has asked about BitCoin arbitrage strategies yet. With all the noob questions lately, I would have thought this was a given.
Just my 2p guys, but I think you might want to ease up on the 'you ain't no quant' bar for measuring questions. I'm a professional, but I know very little about a lot of areas of finance. Right now I wouldn't want to ask a question about those areas here; I'd go read the rest of the internet first, and only ask once I was a long way down the rabbit hole. I think the critical mass will happen when people are free to ask quant questions without getting closed down.
@SRKX The other "celebrity" that might be amenable is Emanuel Derman. I am better acquainted with him than Taleb, but it is all I can do to get and hold his attention (he can be unnervingly sharp witted, and discerning). Once again, what would we do with either of them? Shane and Dirk both think I'm dingy, and they're probably right. Any other people you would want, of what you consider "quant fin celebrity" or serious fin celebrity?
Naturally, many HFT shops on a panel were vehemently opposed to this view. I have many of the interesting talks in softcopy format. I was relieved to hear a regulator comment that what keeps her up at night are unintended consequences of regulation. Email me and I'll send it over to whomever is interested: [email protected] .
Anybody else going to the Chicago Quant Invest / HFT conference this June 25th-June 28th? I'm giving a talk on applying machine learning and other disciplines to the investment process. As a result I have several full-conference complimentary passes. Email me if you'd like to attend!
If anyone is curious about how Quantitative Finance is doing in comparison, we have far more visitors than those sites, plus we keep growing at a slow but steady pace (moderators can see the traffic logs).
Hey folks... The "Battle of the Quants" conference is in New York next week: battleofthequants.com . There is a panel on the impact of HFT on "Market microstructure and institutional investor response", as well as the impact of HFT on industry more generally. Panelists are comped. Shoot me a note if you'd like to participate as soon as possible (see profile for contact info). Cheers
This is the first spam I've seen. Does that mean we've "arrived"? ;-) http://quant.stackexchange.com/questions/2638/what-is-the-top-market-timing-site-on-the-internet
Hey everyone. Glad to see that the site is humming along. @TalFishman is having some great contributions. Starting to get a little more active again, although can't really access the site during the day.
Various studies out there have demonstrated the very large and growing influence of high frequency trading (HFT) on the markets. HFT firms are clearly making a great deal of money from somewhere, and it stands to reason that they are making this money at the expense of every other participant in...
Many common topics on the site have multiple overlapping tags covering the same or similar areas. The specific tags I have in mind are:
Risk
risk
risk-management
risk-models
coherent-risk-measure
risk-neutral
risk-neutrality
risk-premium
Research/reference request
research
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Is anyone still here in chat? What are people's impressions of how the site has been progressing? Many of you have probably noticed I've made a concerted effort to contribute quality content and to clean up some old posts for clarity, brevity, and grammar. I hope I haven't stepped on anybody's toes here.
It's a tough question though. I prefer to distinguish between experts and amateurs, rather than institutional vs. retail. It's hard to draw a line on a specific platform; I tend to think that the content of the question may be more relevant.
If so, how could I access it? Some post was mentioning it but I couldn't find a link to it in FAQ or the first page of the forum.
I recommend to remove the "beta" tag from "Quantitative Finance beta".
"Beta" makes the site less sincere and professional. The "beta" version remained for some years now, I dont see why it should be called beta anymore.
