Quant Alpha

Because you are reading this Bio, one of four things must be true. You are a quant and are intrigued by the idea of reading the stories of others like you. You are not a quant, but aspire to quantness, and you are seeking some insight on how to achieve that goal. You are neither a quant, nor have such aspirations, but you want to understand the way Wall Street really works, perhaps to gain some perspective on the vast and unsympathetic forces affecting your life in mysterious ways. Or, misshelved among the science fiction and fantasy titles by a harried employee, the title has struck your fancy as, perhaps, a potentially satisfying space opera. There might be other things besides these four, but we can’t think of any. For all of you except the fourth group, we are pretty sure this book will provide considerable satisfaction. (For the fourth group, who knows?) By way of introduction, we will explain from our perspective the roots, roles, and contributions of the Wall Street quant