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Praise for How I Became a Quant
"Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant details the quirky world of quantitative analysis through stories told by some of today's most successful quants. For anyone who might have thought otherwise, there are engaging personalities behind all that number crunching!"
--Ira Kawaller, Kawaller & Co. and the Kawaller Fund
"A fun and fascinating read. This book tells the story of how academics, physicists, mathematicians, and other scientists became professional investors managing billions."
--David A. Krell, President and CEO, International Securities Exchange
"How I Became a Quant should be must reading for all students with a quantitative aptitude. It provides fascinating examples of the dynamic career opportunities potentially open to anyone with the skills and passion for quantitative analysis."
--Roy D. Henriksson, Chief Investment Officer, Advanced Portfolio Management
"Quants"--those who design and implement mathematical models for the pricing of derivatives, assessment of risk, or prediction of market movements--are the backbone of today's investment industry. As the greater volatility of current financial markets has driven investors to seek shelter from increasing uncertainty, the quant revolution has given people the opportunity to avoid unwanted financial risk by literally trading it away, or more specifically, paying someone else to take on the unwanted risk.
How I Became a Quant reveals the faces behind the quant revolution, offering you?the?chance to learn firsthand what it's like to be a?quant today. In this fascinating collection of Wall Street war stories, more than two dozen quants detail their roots, roles, and contributions, explaining what they do and how they do it, as well as outlining the sometimes unexpected paths they have followed from the halls of academia to the front lines of an investment revolution.
"Led by two top-notch quants, Richard R. Lindsey and Barry Schachter, How I Became a Quant details the quirky world of quantitative analysis through stories told by some of today's most successful quants. For anyone who might have thought otherwise, there are engaging personalities behind all that number crunching!"
--Ira Kawaller, Kawaller & Co. and the Kawaller Fund
"A fun and fascinating read. This book tells the story of how academics, physicists, mathematicians, and other scientists became professional investors managing billions."
--David A. Krell, President and CEO, International Securities Exchange
"How I Became a Quant should be must reading for all students with a quantitative aptitude. It provides fascinating examples of the dynamic career opportunities potentially open to anyone with the skills and passion for quantitative analysis."
--Roy D. Henriksson, Chief Investment Officer, Advanced Portfolio Management
"Quants"--those who design and implement mathematical models for the pricing of derivatives, assessment of risk, or prediction of market movements--are the backbone of today's investment industry. As the greater volatility of current financial markets has driven investors to seek shelter from increasing uncertainty, the quant revolution has given people the opportunity to avoid unwanted financial risk by literally trading it away, or more specifically, paying someone else to take on the unwanted risk.
How I Became a Quant reveals the faces behind the quant revolution, offering you?the?chance to learn firsthand what it's like to be a?quant today. In this fascinating collection of Wall Street war stories, more than two dozen quants detail their roots, roles, and contributions, explaining what they do and how they do it, as well as outlining the sometimes unexpected paths they have followed from the halls of academia to the front lines of an investment revolution.
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理数系研究職からファイナンスに移ることを考えていたときに本のタイトルが目に入った本。当然ながらファイナンス業界で生きてきた書き手たちのキャリアなどについて書かれているため、金融知識や語彙が無い人間にとっては、意味が分からない表現が頻出する。最低限の準備をしてから読むことをお勧めする。金融知識どころかファイナンスリテラシーが全くなかった自分は、実務やファイナンスのコンセプトなどが語られている部分を理解することが出来なかった。殆どのエッセイは一般向けに書かれているわけではなく、ファイナンスを目指している若者へ向けてか、あるいは業界人が昔話に花を咲かせることを目的に書かれた雰囲気である。
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編集方針がしっかりしていなく、全体としては多少アマチュア的で支離滅裂な印象を受けるが、25人ものクオンツの様々な体験記をざっと読めるので、為になる情報はちりばめられていると思う。タイポや文法の間違いが多く直されていなかったりと基本的な編集にも問題がある。こういった点に神経が行き届けば、もっと面白い作品となっただろう。しかしクオンツのような特殊な経歴をもった人間がどのようにキャリアを築いたのかなど、分かりにくい部分を知ることが出来るのは、理系の学位持ちがファイナンスに流れることの多い状況を踏まえると、有難いことだ。理数的な研究で培える能力のどの部分が、クオンツとしての業務に役立つのかある程度想像出来る点も面白い。
全体的に著作として向上する余地はあるものの、自分にとって役に立つ読書ではあった。
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エッセイの質には、大きなばらつきがある。成功者のキャリアを中心にした生い立ちの記のようなものから、自分の過去のプロジェクトを単にリストしたようなつまらないものもある。その一方で、アカデミアからファイナンスへ流れた理系ドクター持ちによるかなり哲学的なエッセイなども含まれる。基礎研究から企業社会への大転換などは、自分にとっては一番興味をそそられた部分である。
編集方針がしっかりしていなく、全体としては多少アマチュア的で支離滅裂な印象を受けるが、25人ものクオンツの様々な体験記をざっと読めるので、為になる情報はちりばめられていると思う。タイポや文法の間違いが多く直されていなかったりと基本的な編集にも問題がある。こういった点に神経が行き届けば、もっと面白い作品となっただろう。しかしクオンツのような特殊な経歴をもった人間がどのようにキャリアを築いたのかなど、分かりにくい部分を知ることが出来るのは、理系の学位持ちがファイナンスに流れることの多い状況を踏まえると、有難いことだ。理数的な研究で培える能力のどの部分が、クオンツとしての業務に役立つのかある程度想像出来る点も面白い。
全体的に著作として向上する余地はあるものの、自分にとって役に立つ読書ではあった。
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See how quants have changed the world!
2007/7/30
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Although people may argue why this and that person was not on the Wall Street's quant elite list, I'd say that the authors picked an amazing list of 25 quants, representing quantitative equity portfolio management, market microstructure, derivatives pricing, and risk management. Yes, as you may not be aware of, there are two types of quants, one in quantitative equity/market microstructure and one in derivatives pricing/risk management. They are somewhat related, but use very different tools. The former is less well known until early 2000s (the boom of market neutral hedge funds) and the latter is overly covered in academic programs since late 1990s.
It's very interesting and inspiring to learn how these 25 quants became quants. Many with physics/math background came to finance, due to the cut of funding in hard science after the cold war. Many people became quants because of "accident". Few people came to this world because they had wanted to do quant finance from the beginning. Of course, it's all different now. Smart and ambitious university students aim at quant finance from day one. There are also many graduate computation finance/financial engineering/math finance programs to choose from, so you don't have to go through a lengthy PhD program.
Life is highly path dependent (as many of the 25 quants said in the book). Choose your career careful, but more importantly, choose something that you really enjoy (and hopefully, also something you are really good at) - this is one of the key messages in the book. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone with a keen interest in joining the quant finance world.
It's very interesting and inspiring to learn how these 25 quants became quants. Many with physics/math background came to finance, due to the cut of funding in hard science after the cold war. Many people became quants because of "accident". Few people came to this world because they had wanted to do quant finance from the beginning. Of course, it's all different now. Smart and ambitious university students aim at quant finance from day one. There are also many graduate computation finance/financial engineering/math finance programs to choose from, so you don't have to go through a lengthy PhD program.
Life is highly path dependent (as many of the 25 quants said in the book). Choose your career careful, but more importantly, choose something that you really enjoy (and hopefully, also something you are really good at) - this is one of the key messages in the book. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone with a keen interest in joining the quant finance world.
15 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Interesting Stories, Sloppy Editing
2007/11/6
形式:ハードカバー
A collection of first person narratives from some of the leaders of the quant revolution in financial markets over the last 3 decades. Some of the story telling seemed perfunctory, but in other cases it was downright inspiring. Most provide insight into the workings of Wall Street and the more exotic instruments and strategies in play in today's markets, and as such were of value to this non-professional reader.
Poor editing became annoying; words were not only misspelled, they were actually missing and had to be inferred from context.
Emmanuel Derman's "My Life as a Quant" provides only one story and not 25, but it is told with deep personal insight and a sense of humor. It also provides more technical discussion of a number of the important financial models developed and utilized in the market since the 1980s. For those interested in understanding how a hard scientist transitions from academia into finance, I would recommend it as a much better starting place than "How I Became a Quant."
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
Poor editing became annoying; words were not only misspelled, they were actually missing and had to be inferred from context.
Emmanuel Derman's "My Life as a Quant" provides only one story and not 25, but it is told with deep personal insight and a sense of humor. It also provides more technical discussion of a number of the important financial models developed and utilized in the market since the 1980s. For those interested in understanding how a hard scientist transitions from academia into finance, I would recommend it as a much better starting place than "How I Became a Quant."
My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance
16 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Many good & useful, some useless chapters
2007/11/10
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It seems almost every chapter is a variation on this answer to the question:
i) You don't become a "quant", because nobody can really defin what that is, but thanks for asking
ii) I got where I am today through skill, work, and (lots of) luck
iii) here's my well-polished story
iv) story
Still, it's a good read, mostly. Many chapters are interesting for the further reading they suggest, or questions they raise.
i) You don't become a "quant", because nobody can really defin what that is, but thanks for asking
ii) I got where I am today through skill, work, and (lots of) luck
iii) here's my well-polished story
iv) story
Still, it's a good read, mostly. Many chapters are interesting for the further reading they suggest, or questions they raise.
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