Expert Insights on 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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Featured Council Members
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Russell Lundholm, PhD
ProfessorUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - CC
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Oscar Carbajal
Oil & Gas Investment AnalystLatin American Consultant
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Adaeze Akamigbo, PhD, MPP
Associate ConsultantHealth Economics Consulting Group LLC
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Vaibhav Lowalekar
ConsultantBase Research
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Rodrigo Briceno
Project ManagerSanigest Internacional S.A.
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Recent News Analyses
News analyses are expert commentaries on current events, written by Council Members who are available for follow up consultations
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The Analysis is Directionally Correct, with Femtocell Bias
October 20, 2009
Airvana Identifies 8X Network Load Multiplier Effect for Smartphones | www.reuters.com
PDAs are indeed adding tremendous traffic on the mobile packet core, backhaul, and radio access. Airvana's footprint outside Verizon and Sprint is not large enough to be able to make a statement globally!It is a biased analysis to convince the analysts that their femtocell strategy is coherent!
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Benefit Analysis of Florida Power & Light Lifting State to #2 in Solar
October 14, 2009
Green scene for sunny Arizona & Florida: imminent solar horizon | www.examiner.com
As stated in this original source article, even without any state renewable portfolio standard (RPS), Florida Power and Light is capitalizing on the state’s solar-friendly climate and preparing for potential federal requirements that would bind them to offering a significantly higher percentage ofclean...
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Market Analysis of Top 10 U.S. Utilities in Solar Energy: SEPA Study Revealed
September 18, 2009
Top 10 ranking of U.S. utilities for solar power | www.examiner.com
As noted in this source article, the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) recently released its market analysis entitled “2008 Top Ten Utility Solar Integration Rankings” in a report highlighting the utilities in the U.S. with significant solar power portfolios and noting the increased collaboration...
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Samsung and Numonyx See PRAM-PCM as Next Winner
October 3, 2009
Jim Handy, Director, Objective Analysis
Samsung upbeat about PRAM market | www.digitimes.com
Flash memory will hit the end of its life in the next few years.Samsung and Numonyx are betting that phase-change memory, PRAM or PCM, will fill the void to become flash's successor.Other companies, Spansion, Macronix, SST, Sharp, and Hynix, have not disclosed their plans, but Intel, Toshiba, and Micron...
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Taiwan Panel Maker Stays Home, for Now
October 9, 2009
David Barnes, Principal, BizWitz LLC
CMO will ramp 8.5G production in Taiwan | www.digitimes.com
CMO will obey government restrictions after suspicions that it planned AMLCD fab ventures in China. AMLCD demand is rebounding from a trough in Q1’09 and CMO was able to secure funding that should sustain it over the mid term despite ending Q2’09 with 113% net debt. Larger sums are more difficult...