IMF 2020 WEO in summary and my thoughts on the markets
The IMF has recently published its World Economic Outlook, based on the data available at the time of April 2020. The decline in global activity due to‧‧‧
03/07/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article
Why a Dual Mandate is Wrong for Monetary Policy
“For the Fed to lend directly to the Treasury, to government agencies, or even to private entities that the Treasury otherwise would have to fund through the‧‧‧
08/06/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article
Decision Trees in Data Science
Decision trees (DTs) are among the most versatile class of machine learning algorithm. Decision Trees are a non-parametric supervised learning method used for classification and regression. The goal is to create‧‧‧
16/05/2020 | Posted in: Data Science & Technology → | Read the article
Super Carry and Super Contango Go Ballistic as Oil Price collapses
The investing style known as commodity curve carry — betting on longer-dated futures and against shorter-dated contracts — has jumped to its highest since at least 2004.‧‧‧
21/04/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article
COVID-19 and Data Science
Data Scientists know how crucial is to master data set and data structures in order to perform any required analysis. There is no difference in dealing with‧‧‧
29/03/2020 | Posted in: Data Science & Technology → | Read the article
RATIONAL EXPECTATIONS THEORY AND QUANTITATIVE EASING
In order to explain fairly simply how expectations are formed, the Theory of Price Movements based on Rational Expectation Framework (John F. Muth, 1961) advance the hypothesis that‧‧‧
28/03/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article
Impact of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) to reduce COVID-19 mortality and healthcare demand
The global impact of COVID-19 has been profound, and the public health threat it represents is the most serious seen in a respiratory virus since the 1918‧‧‧
18/03/2020 | Posted in: Community & Education → | Read the article
“There’s No Moral Hazard In Saving The Economy From The Coronavirus”
Many business across the World are struggling to cope due to the coronavirus pandemic. Like Antoine Gara says, there’s no moral hazard in using the available tools‧‧‧
18/03/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article
Credit vs Equity Market as Pandemic Risk increases
It is not the first time that, at the beginning of a financial crisis, the credit and equity markets have been sending different messages. The divergence between‧‧‧
08/03/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article
What Energy Sector and High Yield Bonds sell-off is telling us?
“Energy sector bonds are bearing the brunt of the damage in high yield in the U.S., where the HYG ETF suffered massive outflows. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Spencer‧‧‧
01/03/2020 | Posted in: Investment & Finance → | Read the article