quant
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quantitative analysis.
quant
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quantitative analysis.
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Business Slang. an expert in quantitative analysis.
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Etymology
Origin of quant
An Americanism dating back to 1985–90; by clipping
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Two picked up tactical trends, while another fundamental indicator went into their more diversified quant macro strategy.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Explaining the success of his fund’s strategies this year, Tom Feng, the chief investment officer of the quant strategies product, acknowledged some of that success was a direct result of some fund-manager intervention.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Others, like Chroman and Hoke, are recent college graduates with math and quant backgrounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
It was seen as a coup when Situational attracted institutional investors including quant trading firm Jane Street, which ranks among Wall Street’s most profitable firms and rarely allocates capital to outside managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
“At the ratings agencies the corporate credit people are the least bad,” says a quant who engineered mortgage bonds for Morgan Stanley.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Quant trading firms typically want the most powerful processors available, to quickly run their investing models and give them even a tiny fraction of a second’s trading advantage, Perevozchikov said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
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 ● Jan. 30, 2026
His father worked in a car battery factory, while his mother, a trained teacher in Jamaica, became a seamstress for Mary Quant.
From BBC ● May 25, 2024
Quant strategy is a neutral tool, but "in China, it's being used to provide liquidity to the bad guys," he said, referring to listed firms with poor governance.
From Reuters ● Sep. 21, 2023
At last Hugo raised his voice solemnly, and uttered the words: "Quant a moi, je crois en Dieu!"
From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Maurice Francis Egan
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