This blog post taps into some of the theories outlined by behavioral finance. Specifically I’m going to look at research done on what is called overconfidence. Overconfidence among investors can manifest itself in many ways. One of these forms is excessive optimism (or pessimism) with regards to beliefs in future outcome. Carleton, Chen, and Steiner… Continue reading Excessive Optimism and Analyst Recommendations
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One year of blogging
On this day one year ago, 10th of June 2010, I started this blog. And I’ve been able to keep it up, with at least one post a month, and 20 posts in total. Given that I set a goal of posting 2-4 times a month, that’s not too far off. Looking at the Google… Continue reading One year of blogging
Performance: Rackspace Cloud vs Amazon Web Services
Performance related posts and articles seem to be rather popular, with my Java vs C++ post being one of the big traffic drivers on this blog. Now it’s time to do another one, with a very specific use case in mind. I’m into the third and final term for my masters in quantitative finance. As part of… Continue reading Performance: Rackspace Cloud vs Amazon Web Services
Hashing passwords
If there’s one thing that really annoy me, it’s when I forget my password at some random website, ask for a password reminder and get my old password sent back to me in clear text in an email. This shows so many levels of ignorance in the people that developed the system, that I immediately feel like… Continue reading Hashing passwords
The profitability of technical analysis in a high frequency setting
UPDATE: The report has been completed, available here. One busy month behind me, and another one up next. Currently doing exam revisions and had some rather time consuming coursework so far, which has sadly prohibited me from doing anything here on this blog. So, to make up for a month of no blog activity I’ll set aside… Continue reading The profitability of technical analysis in a high frequency setting