Published in FAUN Publication·PinnedMember-onlyFour Docker Containers for the Natural Language Processing LifecycleDocker images for the Natural Language Processing lifecycle of development, test, stage, and production — Our Product Lifecycle Consists of Four Stages During the last two and a half years of work, we have developed and maintained several Natural Language Processing projects for production. We have created Docker images for each version control hub in each project: Dev, Test, and Stage. I will detail the Docker solutions to create production NLP projects.Lifestyle6 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·PinnedMember-onlyYou Want Company and Country Financial Data into a Python Pandas DataframeShown is a method for retrieving time-dependent asset prices and worldwide economic data. There are many databases for financial data. The primary free (no paywall) databases that I use are: Yahoo Finance is a good source of downloadable time-dependent asset prices from any U.S trading market ticker. I show a…Python6 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·PinnedMember-onlyWill Inflation Cause A Financial Market Bubble Burst or a Slow Downturn?I argue that the market is efficient and that prices reflect the future performance of market instruments. All upturns and downturns of prices, above random noise, are due to predicted future micro and macro events and surprises. I focus on the inflation macro event in this blog article, Disclaimer: the…Investing12 min read
Published in Towards Data Science·PinnedMember-onlyDividing MLOPs into Five Ops GroupsMLOps = DevOps + DataOps+ MLLabOps + MLProdOps + DSOps — I was taught to transform a complex problem into a simpler problem, by dividing the problem into smaller sub-problems. I made the process paradigm of Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) simpler by dividing it into five different, but overlapping process groups or…Machine Learning5 min read
Published in Better Programming·PinnedMember-only20 Type Hinting Techniques and Tools for Better Python CodeLet’s discuss why type hinting techniques and tools improve your Python code — Overview of Type Hints or Type Annotations Python is a dynamically typed language. However, starting with Python 3.5 (PEP 484), type hints were introduced. Type hints (note: not strong type checking) make it possible, post coding of Python, to do static type checking of code. Here’s a great figure showing the evolution of Python type hinting:Programming11 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Aug 8Member-onlyWhat if the Fed Fails to Curb Inflation?The U.S. stock market changes its outlook from one week to the next as the traditional indicators of company profits, inflation, Fed rate, employment rates, house prices, bond yields, and others send mixed signals. Are we entering a bull market, or are we currently in a short-lived rest before returning…Investing5 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Jul 20Member-onlyHow does the Fed Bank Affect the U.S. Economy and Asset Prices?There exists unusually high volatility in the asset market because of the Federal Bank's response to inflation. Depending on the latest value releases of CPI, GNP, unemployment, and others, the federal Bank's rate and M1 money supply change. Fed Bank changes are forward priced into the asset market. We look…Federal Reserve8 min read
Published in DataDrivenInvestor·Jul 8Member-onlyHow does Inflation Quantitatively Affect the Fed Rate and Cause Bargain Price Stocks?The correlation between inflation (CPI), the Fed Rate, and other U.S. economic indexes is measured. Our historical analysis indicates that inflation peaks preceded the past four U.S. recessions. Inflation Defined Prices rise, usually and in theory, when demand exceeds supply. A temporary shortage, such as an isolated natural disaster in a small…Inflation12 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Jul 6Member-onlyFour Levels of Machine Learning Operation Maturity for Cloud ComputingA checklist to determine your Machine Learning Operation (MLOps) maturity level. — As part of the AI 1.0 surge (1983–1987), I felt that AI, to be of practical use, had to be distributed. Since then, I have been building distributed operating systems. I admit I stopped when I encountered Kubernetes in 2016 because from a Software Architect and Engineer viewpoint, there was…Mlops8 min read
Published in FAUN Publication·Jun 23Member-onlyFour High-Performance Asset Risk Methods to Add to a Pandas DataFrameA step-by-step approach for defining by formula and creating four different high-performance methods for risk of a market-exchange asset. — There are different risks of an asset. I go over four different risks. One is an uncommonly reported risk, while the other three are commonly reported. For each type of risk: I explain the definition of each risk. Show how to calculate the risk; Show the python code function for…Pandas10 min read
