Q2: Jessica Stauth – Seeking Alpha? Try Alpha Factors
Nov 28, 2016•1 hr 8 min
Episode description
Factors are at the core of a modern quant equity workflow. This episode introduces the notion of alpha and risk factors at a high level, and delves into some of the use cases which include: understanding how the market is moving, understanding how a portfolio is exposed to sources of risk, and turning ideas for price forecasting into encapsulated alpha factors.
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