How High‑Dimensional Machine Learning Helps Quant Teams React to Sudden Market Shocks
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Two tragic mass shootings in South Africa have sent shockwaves through global markets, raising questions about how quickly quantitative strategies can adapt to unexpected macro‑risk events. This article shows how the concepts taught in a modern big‑data finance curriculum—high‑dimensional regressions, regularisation, debiased machine learning and factor‑model integration—can be turned into a practical workflow for detecting, modelling and hedging the impact of abrupt news spikes. From News Spike to Signal: The First‑Minute Challenge When a headline breaks, price data, order‑flow and sentiment indicators can all move within seconds....
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