Q2: Jessica Stauth Seeking Alpha? Try Alpha Factors

Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 10:27 p.m.

b'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.\\n --\\n Sponsored by DataCamp.com \\u2013 DataCamp is the ultimate go-to for learning data science and stats, using programming languages Python and R. Start any online course today\\u2014for FREE!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'