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GLG Topic: Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative Analysis in the financial market arena is the practice of developing and implementing mathematical models to assist the activities of traders and risk managers within investment banks, hedge funds and other financial institutions. Such professionals are known as quant analysts or simply, quants.

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Leading Experts: Quantitative Analysis

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Jason MacQueen
CEO
Alpha Strategies

Jason MacQueen is currently the CEO of Alpha Strategies, a quantitative investment firm with a compelling proposition for providing investment services. Jason founded QUANTEC in 1980, which was the first firm to develop risk models for equity markets outside the USA. In 1984 QUANTEC launched the first...

Sorin Sorescu, Founding Partner, Galiber GroupSorin Sorescu
Founding Partner
Galiber Group

Sorin Sorescu, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Finance at Texas A&M University, where he holds the Bookman Research Professorship. He is also Founding Partner in the Galiber Group, an equity long-short hedge fund. Prior to this, Dr. Sorescu served as an Assistant Professor of Finance at University...

Russell Lundholm, PhD, Professor, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (INC) - CCRussell Lundholm, PhD
Professor
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (INC) - CC

Russell Lundholm is the Andersen Professor of Accounting and former department chair at the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. He has taught at the University of Michigan since 1993 and at Stanford University from 1987 to 1993. Dr. Lundholm's expertise lies at the intersection of...

Elizabeth Demers, Visiting Professor of Accounting, INSEADElizabeth Demers
Visiting Professor of Accounting
INSEAD

Elizabeth Demers, PhD, is a Professor of Accounting at INSEAD. Dr. Demers’s research interests relate to economic issues concerning Internet and other New Economy firms. Her studies investigate Internet stock valuations, the marketing role of IPOs, IPO failure prediction, technology stock market bubbles,...

Hamilton Lin
President
Wall St. Training

Hamilton Lin, CFA, is the President of Wall St. Training, a corporate training firm that teaches the fundamentals of financial analysis, modeling and valuation. He has a broad background in investment banking and mergers & acquisitions in diverse industries ranging from oil & gas to insurance to asset...

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GLG NewsSM Analysis: Quantitative Analysis(?)

Opinions and analyses expressed in GLG News are solely those of the author. See the Terms of Use for details.
Flawed analysis | 06-03-2008
Analysis of: Oil expert says 3 countries control prices | www.charleston.net
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

This analysis does not hold water for a number of reasons. Oil prices are easy to explain without the conspiracy theories that make for interesting reading and conversation but not in reality.

Stockholder Market Analysis | 05-06-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Current stockholder that can provide a market analysis.

Miami-Dade Market Analysis | 05-19-2008
Analysis of: Investor Report: Miami-Dade County | realtytimes.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

South Florida is undergoing a major change from the height of development to the peaks of uncertainty. With almost 20,000 units in the pipeline for 2008/2009 and at least 10,000 more orginally planned after that, it shouldn't be a surprise that condos are being sold wholesale right now. Keep this in...

A misguided analysis - Mehdi Varzi, President, Varzi Energy | 06-02-2008
Analysis of: Oil expert says 3 countries control prices | www.charleston.net
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

1. The above analysis fails to appreciate the key factors behind the rise in oil prices to record levels. While political developments may add "spice" to oil prices, they alone cannot account for the massive rise that has taken place in recent years. 2. There is no reference to the huge rise in upstream...

Flaws in this analysis | 06-20-2008
Analysis of: Apple may soon be free from AT&T | news.cnet.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Apple isn't just another handset company selling a subsidized device with a carrier.  There are unique elements of this deal that make it difficult for Apple to move to a different US based carrier.  In addition the hardware of the 3G iPhone create issues in supporting other carriers in the...

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