What type of math is used by those who work on Wall St. and make the so-called "big bucks?"
Dec 19, 2014 #1 bballwaterboy 85 3 Main Question or Discussion Point What type of math is used by those who work on Wall St. and make the so-called "big bucks?"
Main Question or Discussion Point What type of math is used by those who work on Wall St. and make the so-called "big bucks?"
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Dec 21, 2014 #2 jedishrfu Mentor Insights Author 11,489 5,020 Here's an article about how to become a quant http://www.quantstart.com/articles/Self-Study-Plan-for-Becoming-a-Quantitative-Developer
Here's an article about how to become a quant http://www.quantstart.com/articles/Self-Study-Plan-for-Becoming-a-Quantitative-Developer
Jan 1, 2015 #4 Doug Huffman Gold Member 804 110 Retired quant Nassim Nicholas Taleb has his professional papers on-line, some here http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=475810 at Social Science Research Network. Many more are linked from his current professional homepage http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ and in his various popularized writings. https://www.amazon.com/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/e/B000APVZ7W His background is very different from the stereotypical quant from high energy physics.
Retired quant Nassim Nicholas Taleb has his professional papers on-line, some here http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=475810 at Social Science Research Network. Many more are linked from his current professional homepage http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ and in his various popularized writings. https://www.amazon.com/Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb/e/B000APVZ7W His background is very different from the stereotypical quant from high energy physics.