Math required for Financial industry?

Gonna have to go through Calc 1, 2 and Linear this year so I was wondering, are there any jobs in finance that even use calculus level of math or higher?

When I say jobs in finance, I'm referring to people who major in finance/business and not something STEM-related. (This excludes quants as they're closer to engineering/CS than finance and require a post-grad degree in a STEM field.)

How much math is required in IB, PE, AM, RE? I'm assuming basic algebra at most and arithmetic at least but then again I'm not in the industry.

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Stats are very helpful, both in finance and in life...

I have a friend who lives in the country, and it's supposed to be an hour from 42nd Street. A lie! The only thing that's an hour from 42nd Street is 43rd Street!
 
"Mostly Random Dude" Stats are very helpful, both in finance and in life...

Agreed. more stats than anything else in AM. Explaining underperformance is a part of almost every AM job. (Nobody ever has to explain outperformance, they just want you to keep doing whatever you're doing to outperform)

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 
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