[VIRTUAL] The Quantitative Equity Analyst's Data Science Toolkit w/ Fmr Blackrock VP
Join us for an introduction to some of the data science tools and skills in the quants toolkit and how they are used to research, analyze, and pick securities through the eyes of Quantitative Equity Researcher, Justin Sheetz.
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Wednesday February 10, 2021
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7:30 PM - 9:30 PM (Central Standard Time)
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Virtual
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Events
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About the Event:
Want to break into finance? Learn Data Science!
The world of finance is increasingly data driven. Data science skills are frequently employed to perform research, create and execute trades, model strategies and results. and dictate the strategy hedge funds and other titans of high finance.
Join us for an introduction to some of the data science tools and skills in the quants toolkit and how they are used to research, analyze, and pick securities through the eyes of Quantitative Equity Researcher, Justin Sheetz.
Key takeaways:
Learn about data science in the stock market
Some of the technology and programming tools in quantitative finance
Discover potential Data Science career paths in finance
Agenda:
7:30: Pre-event networking
8:00 pm: Presentation
8:20 pm: Interview with Moderator + Q&A
9:00 pm: Post Event Networking & speaker 1:1 questions
About the Speaker:
Justin Sheetz is the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of boutique quant small-cap investment firm Vitruvian Capital Management. He is researching Natural Language Processing applications in alpha generation and developing the investment platform for his firm and data processes with python and AWS. He completed a Masters in Computational Finance from the University of Washington in 2017. He has worked at BlackRock, Matthews Asia, and Union Bank and been in the data business for over 20 years.
