Quantamental
Could you tell me more about the quantamental stategy -
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What is the time frame?
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Is this the future of investing, how exactly does it work?
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It it fundamental research followed by optimization/risk management in a quantitative sense?
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Are people in the quantamental field going to be generalists or is there still going to be quantamental people who are only in one industry?
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Will quantamental analysts need to know coding so that they can do optimization/risk management on their own or do they just need to do the fundamental research?
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Right now I am a freshman and majoring in finance, I am thinking about picking up a second major in computer science, would this be a good idea if my goal is to work for a "quantamental" type fund?
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You may need to tailor your question a bit more. Asking about "the quantamental strategy" is like asking what is the quant strategy or what is the fundamental strategy. Short answer is: there are a lot of quantamental strategies, some with rely on quant screens, optimizers, trading more and some that rely on fundamental analysis, metrics, macro etc more. So, to your questions:
1. Can be both short term and long term
2. Not sure, probably will be more people running quantamental strategies in the future. However, over time the definition of what is quantamental might change anyway.
3. That's one way of doing it. You can also apply quant in alpha signals or screening at the beginning or in trading strategies.
4. There will be both, just like you have it right now in fundamental research. Probably more generalists vs pure fundamental.
5. It will definitely help, you could get by just by being able to read/understand the code and having good quant analysts helping with new code or testing.
6. Not sure if there are many quantamental type shops. Typical path is to either start as a quant or a fundamental analyst and move into the other area over time. That being said, a Finance/CS double major looks good on paper, as long as your grades don't suffer and you can still get good internships.
Right now in my pa (Used for educational purposes)I find ideas using fundamental research and then using quantitative risk management and optimization. Do you think to better learn the field I should start using some other methods (if so which ones) or is my strategy good how it is. Also, right now I invest across all sectors, should I start trading in only one sector which later I could get a job in or is being a generalist fine?
Generalist is fine, if you can find the right alpha metrics and have a strong process. Walk me through your quant optimization and quant risk management in your personal account.
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Could mean a variety of things. Some examples:
Anything between high frequency and long term value could fall into the quantamental holding period
Quantamental implies a blend of human and computer decision making. The best humans can't beat computers in chess. Computers can't beat the best humans aided by computers. A similar idea could apply to quantamental portfolio management.
It can be
They will tend to specialize in a certain style of investing or asset(s)
I would say yes especially at junior levels you will be expected to program. At the very least it will make your job easier.
This is my background. It looks good but you don't need to kill yourself with the actual double degree. Hard to say what funds will expect but it only takes data structures and algorithms to get a job at google. Understanding AI / ML is good too.
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