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Ram Ahuwalia

CEO of Lumida We love research analysts, CFAs, quants and hire the best of the best! Send your resume to [email protected].

Previous roles: Fixed income credit portfolio decisioning at a major bank/broker-dealer, Management Consulting in Financial Services, Columbia Economics, and Machine Learning. Live and work in NYC.

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How do you mix quantitative asset allocation with qualitative views?

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Why is the first principal component a proxy for the market portfolio?

How do I graphically represent the evolution of a covariance matrix over time?

Which approach dominates? Mathematical modelling or data mining?

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What is the best way to "fix" a covariance matrix that is not positive semi-definite?
Oct 1, 2011
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Which approach dominates? Mathematical modeling or data mining?
Jul 24, 2011
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Which approach to estimating fundamental factor models is better, cross-sectional (unobservable) factors or time-series (observable) factors?
Sep 14, 2011
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How do you mix quantitative asset allocation with qualitative views?
Jan 6, 2012
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Why does the minimum variance portfolio provide good returns?
Feb 1, 2012
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Why is the first principal component a proxy for the market portfolio, and what other proxies exist?
Dec 30, 2011
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What are the best sources for equity quantitative research?
Aug 9, 2011
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What papers have progressed the field of quantitative finance in recent years (post 2000)?
Sep 23, 2011
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Recommendations for books to understand the math in quantitative finance papers?
Sep 26, 2011
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How do I graphically represent the evolution of a covariance matrix over time?
Aug 1, 2011
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