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Institutional investors face complex decisions—where to allocate capital, which managers to trust, how to weather volatility. These choices can’t rely on instinct alone. They require data, structure, ...

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View post: Wayfair is selling a $73 Turkish bath towel set for just $48 that comes in 20 colors Quantitative analysis is a number and data-driven approach to investing that uses mathematical models ...

Data analyses usually make assumptions (which may be explicit or, more commonly, implicit): for example, “no unmeasured confounding”. When assumptions are untestable their potential importance can ...