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EVENT: Finding alpha at the intersection of finance and technology

Oct 1st, 2007 | Filed under: zDefault

We cover a lot of financial events at AllAboutAlpha.com ranging from major international gatherings to private conferences hosted by industry leaders.  Most can be described as hard-core finance events.

But the event described below is truly unique in that it is about the intersection of finance and technology.  Financial blogs are just one example of the inhabitants of this intersection.  Others include various forms of “Web 2.0″ trading and research technologies.  This event will feature Barry Ritholz, the world’s most-read financial blogger and the most alarming and hair-raising financial technology yet to be developed by scientists: Jim Cramer.

As we’ve written on these pages, the advent of the Internet and the development of financial technologies such as options, hedge funds, and ETFs have some striking parallels:

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AllAboutAlpha.com Partners with CAIA

Sep 30th, 2007 | Filed under: zDefault

As regular readers of AllAboutAlpha.com are aware, we aim to create a broad platform of discussion and dialogue.  As a result, guest postings are always encouraged.

Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of a partnership that we believe will further this goal of bringing other voices into this dialogue.  With the cooperation of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) Association we will be launching a regular column featuring the alpha-centric views of CAIA members around the world.

If you are currently a CAIA Association member, we encourage you to visit the CAIA Association website for details regarding the submission of original content.  And if you are not a member of the CAIA Association, we encourage you to find out more by visiting the CAIA website (http://www.caia.org). 

While the Alternative Viewpoints column is designed as a platform for CAIA members only, we continue to welcome any expressions of interest in contributing to the general dialogue at AllAboutAlpha.com.