A history of quant
How we got from there to here
Could an oil price shock retrigger inflation?
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It’s quant. But not as you know it
Fast reading The MDT Advisers team uses machine learning to parse through vast amounts of data and seek a multitude of equity opportunities in an unbiased way. The investment team designs, oversees, and continuously looks for ways to improve upon the various tools in its investment process. The entire approach is transparent and the reasoning […]
US-China trade talks at a turning point?
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MDT: Entscheidungsbäume für mehr Transparenz
Kurz gefasst Beim quantitativen Investieren werden in der Regel riesige Datenmengen durchforstet, um Anlagemöglichkeiten zu finden. Der Einsatz von „Entscheidungsbäumen“ bei MDT erhöht die Transparenz und verhindert, dass die Entscheidungsfindung zu einer datengesteuerten „Black Box“ wird. Das Team setzt empfohlene Trades außer Kraft, wenn es zu dem Schluss kommt, dass die Modelle nicht alle […]
Credit investors threatened with tax hike on US income
Fast reading The US is weighing up legislation that could see foreign investors hit with a tax hike. In the event that section 899 is triggered, entities from “discriminatory foreign countries” would be hit by a tax increase on US income of up to 20%. The proposal raises the possibility of a slowdown in foreign […]
South Korea’s new dawn
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Fed may do little in this push-me-pull-you market
It’s become a cliché but bond markets remained volatile in May, with investors ultimately discounting the latest tariff tantrums and re-embracing risk. US Treasury yields spiked once again as the federal budget and deficit took centre court, but this time other forms of fixed income investment (asset-backed, corporate, international and municipals) benefitted by comparison to […]
Riding the storm
Video transcript How have we navigated the volatility? ‘Liberation Day’ brought a tonne of volatility and uncertainty to the markets, and in trying to navigate through that we set up a series of five milestones to help confirm our bullish stance. The first thing we wanted to see was more dovish trade talk, talk about […]
Trump’s tariff rollout hits roadblock
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