Here's an interesting story of a girl in Michigan with Grapheme-Color Synesthesia. In other words, she visualizes each digit, zero through nine, as a different color.
For her, and others with the same condition, it adds a new splash to math work.
Quantitative Financial Market Analyst
A quantitative financial market analyst is a person who works in finance using numerical or quantitative techniques.
Low-end Salary:
$46,322/yr
Median Salary:
$75,000/yr
High-end Salary:
$120,000/yr Education:
Quantitative financial market analysts often come from mathematics or physics backgrounds rather than finance related fields, and they are a major source of employment for people with physics and mathematics Ph.D's.
Math Required:
College Algebra
Trigonometry
Calculus I and II
Differential Equations
Linear Algebra
When Math Is Used:
A typical problem for a numerically oriented quantitative analyst would be to develop a model for pricing and managing a complex derivative product.
Potential Employers:
Quantitative financial market analysts work in the financial markets, specifically in the banking industry to support trading and sales functions.
Facts:
Harry Markowitz's 1952 Ph.D thesis "Portfolio Selection" was one of the first papers to formally adapt mathematical concepts to finance.
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Quote Of The Day
"It should be evident that each step in my career has rested on a firm foundation in mathematics. For me, the study of mathematics was the key that opened the doors to the universe."
NASA Astronaut
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