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Is "quant" finance industry jargon? I picked up the meaning from reading the article but I'm not familiar with the term.

• alsocasey 10y ago
  Quant-itative analyst. Yes, industry jargon.
  • bboreham 10y ago
    Even worse, some banks use the initials "QA" for the function, completely ignoring the idea that those initials already have a meaning in software development.
    • justinlardinois 10y ago
      Finance has existed longer than software development; I think you might be mixing up the chicken and the egg here.
      • pavlov 10y ago
        Surely quality assurance (QA) has been a concern in physical products since the Industrial Revolution started. It's not a software industry term.
        • justinlardinois 10y ago
          Finance precedes the Industrial Revolution as well. But I think the real question is when each of those terms came into being.