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title: We’ve got much less data than you think
description: "Michael Brandt of QMS Capital presents at Bridge Alternatives' 2019 Time Summit.

Even with terabytes stored in servers and observations over multiple decades, there’s actually very little data at our disposal in finance.  Michael gives a fantastic presentation revealing the reasons why financial modeling is so hard—harder even than self-driving cars and diagnosing cancer."
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# [We’ve got much less data than you think](https://www.bridgealternatives.com/research/insights/weve-got-much-less-data-than-you-think-michael-brandt)

 Written by Bridge Alternatives | Jan 3, 2020 6:00:00 AM

#### Why AI hasn’t revolutionized quant investing (yet)

A presentation by Michael Brandt from the 2019 Time Summit.  Even with terabytes stored in servers and observations over multiple decades, there’s actually very little data at our disposal in finance.  Michael gives a fantastic presentation revealing the reasons why financial modeling is so hard—harder even than self-driving cars and diagnosing cancer.

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