quant

/kwɑnt/
noun
  1. A person who uses mathematical models and quantitative analysis to make financial investments or trading decisions.
    • The hedge fund hired a brilliant quant to develop new trading algorithms.
    • She worked as a quant on Wall Street, building models to predict stock prices.
    • Many quants have backgrounds in physics or computer science.
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