Deutsche Bank Dives Deep Into Machine Learning In Investing

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Mark Melin
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As machine learning in finance has been harshly questioned of late, Deutsche Bank, noting the repeated discussions in the media, issues their own take in a 110-page report out September 30. The is that while machine learning can be “very relevant” in finance, “dangerous pitfalls” exist. After defining machine learning – “machine learning is an empirical, algorithmic approach to the problems already tackled by Statistics” – the report explained the nuance. The more the topic is explained the more the strengths and weaknesses in adaptive trading and investment methods are clear. Supervised and unsupervised machine learning is not about human…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.