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Reading list for incoming QR role at top trading firm
Hi, I will be joining a top trading firm for a graduate QR role next summer and was wondering what kind of books/topics are most effective to look into as preparation. Note I have a CS background and it is not decided yet which desk I will be joining (however, the firm is not one of the very...
GMAT Score and Success in IB/HF/PE/Consulting
This is referred to those who already work in IB/HF/PE/Consulting: given that you've already landed a job at a top company, do you think that the GMAT score, especially the quant section, is an indication/prediction of how well one will do in his/her job as an analyst? I've been studying for the...
Quant Trading / Quant Research
Hi WSO - hoping someone can shed some light on these two areas of finance. I've found bits and pieces of information, but no detailed breakdown of the two. Understand that there's also some variability in what the titles mean at different firms. Particularly interested in learning: What do these...
Quantitative Research Consultant - model alphas
Has anyone had experience with the competition and had success in developing investment model alphas? I've started reading up on material and I'm looking around for springboards for ideas or examples of well thought out alpha expressions
MSF concentration: Quant Finance or Corporate Finance/Asset Management
which one is better for the resume, job prospects, etc? It is true my quant chops are not exactly high, on the GMAT I got 84th percentile verbal vs. 28th math, and on the SAT had a V/M of 720/630. Last math I took was 6 yrs ago, calculus of a single variable, and before that, precalculus, altho I...
How Good of an Investor/Port Manager Can One Be Without Quant Skills?
Hi, So I was just curious, since a lot of the trading /investing these days is more quantitative than in past generations, just how good of an investor can one be without possessing very good math skills (i.e. at least a math major UG level)? Can people with minimal (i.e. typical finance degree math...
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