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Introduction to NLP

“Why do we need NLP?” You may ask this question as you've witnessed the advancement of natural language processing (NLP) in recent years. Let’s see how NLP helped a well-established investment firm named "Harmony Investments." For decades, Harmony Investments had been renowned for its astute financial strategies and portfolio management, ranging from stocks and bonds to real estate and alternative investments. However, the sheer volume and variety of data sources, including news articles, earnings reports, social media posts, and financial statements, made it nearly impossible to manually analyze all the information. The firm's analysts were spending an excessive amount of time collecting and reviewing data. Recognizing ...

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