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6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Quantopian Makes First Allocations To Crowd-Sourced Algo Strategies

Quantopian Makes First Allocations To Crowd-Sourced Algo Strategies

Online investment algorithm platform Quantopian has made the initial series of allocations from the $250 million in capital it received from Steven Cohen’s Point72 Asset Management last September, investing between $100,000 and $3 million into a handful of crowd-sourced strategies. 

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6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on US Launches Air Strike On Syria: Over 50 Tomahawk Missiles Hit Syria

US Launches Air Strike On Syria: Over 50 Tomahawk Missiles Hit Syria

As previewed earlier tonight, the US has launched air strikes against Syria, with NBC reporting that under instructions from President Trump, US ships have launched over 50 Tomahawk missiles, striking Syria. NBC adds that only tomahawks missiles fired, no fixed wing aircraft involved, for now.

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6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on trade size vs probability of exercise?

trade size vs probability of exercise?

For those of you who write options a lot. I know probability of early exercise increases the closer you get to expiry. Do larger trades have a higher probability of early exercise, or is it still a mostly last minute thing?

6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on AI for small sample sets?

AI for small sample sets?

Its been 10 years or so since I looked at ANNs. The last time I did, training them almost meant showing them every possible combination of inputs. There were some that were a little better than others. Does anyone know if there are newer ANN (or other AI) techniques that are better able to guess a function with smaller sample sets?

I’ve seen deep-ai and convoluted ai, these still require large sample sets / lots of training, right? Not to mention complex set-ups?

Along those lines,…

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6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Soros-Linked "Undesirable NGOs" Fund ISIS-linked Refugee Boats To EU

Soros-Linked "Undesirable NGOs" Fund ISIS-linked Refugee Boats To EU

Authored by William Engdahl,

 

Investigations by Italian authorities and others have found that NGOs funded by among others George Soros, are actively financing private ships to smuggle tens of thousands of illegal North African refugees into the EU via Southern Italy. The human trafficking is reportedly linked to ISIS smuggling networks. If confirmed by authorities, it could potentially open the NGOs to criminal charges .

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6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Chatter Of Imminent Syrian Airstrikes "Within The Next Several Hours"

Chatter Of Imminent Syrian Airstrikes "Within The Next Several Hours"

Credible sources are reporting that Trump’s airstrikes against Syria, which risk provoking a major military conflict involving not only Russia but also China, could begin imminently, “even within the next several hours.

First, the Spectator tweeted moments ago that there are “reports that journalists are being told to remain at Pentagon and ‘chatter’ of military strike on Syria as soon as tonight

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6 April, 2017 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha II, All Weather Funds Gain In First Quarter of 2017

Bridgewater’s Pure Alpha II, All Weather Funds Gain In First Quarter of 2017

The flagship macro fund at Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater Associates reportedly extended gains from last year during the first quarter, further illustrating the budding renaissance underway in the macro fund space.

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