WBA Talk S1E5: How to become the alchemists of Wall Street

Abstract:
Owing to their successful models which predict markets with tremendous accuracy, quantitative analysts (quants) have long been considered the mathematical wizards or programming experts behind Wall Street. The challenging nature of quantitative finance results in a high rate of failure; the minority who do succeed consistently deliver exceptional performance to their clients. As such, skilled quants who can leverage statistics, state-of-the-art technologies, and massive datasets to devise successful portfolios are in great demand and command high salaries.