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		tansey on Dec 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpa... The type of quants talked about in this article probably has a PhD in math, stats, CS (with a focus on machine learning), or something similar.

Akababa on Dec 29, 2019 | [–]

This particular article is about MFE students from one school, but hedge funds love PhDs too.

sukilot on Dec 30, 2019 | [–]

and especially physics, since financial modeling is based on physical modeling.

curiousgal on Dec 30, 2019 | [–]

Well not directly, it's just that they both make use of stochastic calculus.

melling on Dec 30, 2019 | | [–]

Any good MOOCs, etc for the topic?

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