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265: Invest Like A Tesla

August 21, 2019 by David Stein · Updated May 20, 2021

How the composition of Tesla's autopilot software gives clues to how we should invest, recognizing there are no perfect algorithms for driving or investing. In this episode you’ll learn: Why Americans are afraid of self-driving cars.How autonomous automobile software works.Why people reject even the best possible algorithms.What are examples of safety features and rules of thumb we should build into our investing process.Why does everyone think a recession is coming soon even … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: AI, algorithms, artificial intelligence, rules of thumb, Tesla

256: Will Artificial Intelligence Change Investing?

June 12, 2019 by David Stein · Updated May 20, 2021

How does artificial intelligence and machine learning work and what are some examples of how individual investors can use AI in their investing. In this episode you’ll learn: What is artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning.How is AI being used by different industries.How are AI models built with supervised and unsupervised learning.What are the components of a quantitative trading model and why it is insufficient to have an AI based stock ranking service.What … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: AI, algorithms, artificial intelligence, machine learning

210: Are There Always Winners and Losers When Trading?

June 20, 2018 by David Stein · Updated May 27, 2021

Why fair markets require uncertainty for both the buyer and the seller, and why sellers don't need to disclose everything they know to the buyer. Photo by Nitin Bhosale In this episode you’ll learn: What should be disclosed when selling an asset.What is the difference between hiding a defect and not revealing information that might impact the future price.Why fair markets have uncertainty for both the buyers and sellersHow algorithms have changed stock investing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: algorithms, Cicero (Marcus Tullius), high frequency trading, quantitative trading, Taleb (Nassim Nicholas)

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