Category: Data Management
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Quantitative Finance Applications in R
Do you want to do some quick, in depth technical analysis of stock prices? After I left CERN to work as consultant and to earn an MBA, I was engaged in many exciting projects in the finance sector, analyzing financial data, such as stock prices, exchange rates and so on. Obviously there are a lot…
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How to unleash Data Science with an MBA?
My Data Science journey starts at CERN where I finished my master thesis in 2009. CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the home of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and has some questions to answer: like how the universe works and what is it made of. CERN collects nearly unbelievable amounts of data…
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IMF Global Data Explorer
How about some visual takeaways from the IMF’s World Economic Outlook? Recently I prepared two nifty data visualizations with Tableau that I like to share with you. These visualizations allow you to explore plenty of economical data, including IMF staff estimates until 2020. Don’t forget to choose “Units” after switching “Subject” on the right-side bar.…
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A Data Processing Guide in the Big Data Jungle
We are deep in the Big Data jungle. According to Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, Big Data has now officially passed the “peak of inflated expectations”, and is now on a one-way trip to the “trough of disillusionment”. Gartner says it’s done so rather fast, because we already have consistency in the way we approach…
