Musings

Thoughts on data, finance, and code

Juggling a full-time career with a PhD

Various things I learned the hard way

Posted by Clint Howard on December 10, 2023

My PhD Thesis

The Battle of the Models: Modern Takes on Traditional and Machine Learning Techniques in Empirical Finance

Posted by Clint Howard on December 10, 2023

Paper implementation: 'The role of central bank capital revisited'

I implement a Monte Carlo analysis of the central bank model from Bindseil, Manzanares, and Weller (2004) in Python.

Posted by Clint Howard on January 9, 2021

Cryptocurrency Asset Pricing

I apply empirical asset pricing techniques to study the cross-section of cryptocurrency returns.

Posted by Clint Howard on December 23, 2020

Horses for Courses: A Systematic Betting Strategy

I develop a systematic strategy for betting on horse racing.

Posted by Clint Howard on June 3, 2018

Global Trade Surpluses

I investigate the United Nations Global Economic Trade data, particularly looking at surpluses given the current global trade tensions.

Posted by Clint Howard on June 2, 2018

Can We Predict Australian Rainfall?

I build a simple LSTM model to forecast Australian average rainfall patterns.

Posted by Clint Howard on June 2, 2018

Home Credit Default Risk Kaggle Competition

Basic approach to a Kaggle competition!

Posted by Clint Howard on May 26, 2018

Textual Analysis of The Office (US) Transcripts

I apply textual analysis techniques to analyse every line from The Office (US).

Posted by Clint Howard on March 24, 2018

A Primitive CryptoCurrency Trading Strategy

I investigate some mildly outdated cryptocurrency data and implement a primitive trading strategy.

Posted by Clint Howard on February 18, 2018