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quant

1 American  
[kwahnt] / kwɑnt /

noun

  1. Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.

Quant 2 American  
[kwahnt] / kwɑnt /

noun

  1. Dame Mary Barbara Mary Quant, 1930–2023, English fashion designer and entrepreneur: often credited as the principal designer of the miniskirt in the 1960s.

quant 1 British  
/ kwɒnt /

noun

  1. a long pole for propelling a boat, esp a punt, by pushing on the bottom of a river or lake

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verb

  1. to propel (a boat) with a quant

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Quant 2 British  
/ kwɒnt /

noun

  1. Mary. born 1934, British fashion designer, whose Chelsea Look of miniskirts and geometrically patterned fabrics dominated London fashion in the 1960s

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quant 3 British  
/ kwɒnt /

noun

  1. informal a highly paid computer specialist with a degree in a quantitative science, employed by a financial house to predict the future price movements of securities, commodities, currencies, etc

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Etymology

Origin of quant

An Americanism dating back to 1985–90; by clipping

Example Sentences

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A JPMorgan team led by head of U.S. equity quant strategy, Arun Jain, finds that the bulk of investor purchases made by retail investors this year has been in AI stocks, semiconductors and Magnificent Seven companies.

From MarketWatch

According to data from Jill Carey Hall, equity and quant strategist with Bank of America Securities, inflows into staples stocks over the past four weeks have been the highest since the firm started tracking such data in 2008.

From Barron's

Quant funds are now the most sought-after category for the first time in its records, a report from Goldman Sachs sales and trading desk found.

From MarketWatch

The quant funds also experienced drawdowns of as much as 5% last July.

From MarketWatch

Looking back on a five-year timeline, however, it is quant funds that have fared best with an aggregate return of 10% and a very consistent profile.

From MarketWatch

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