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Out of curiosity, why are physicists in such demand in the financial engineering industry ? Also, why do employers like doctoral students in chemistry who have concentrated on physical chem ? My friend recently finished her Phd in Chemistry with a concentration in physical chem and her main area...

I've recently been told by my professor that when applying to an MFE, there are usually two schools of thought, either the school emphasizes PDE's or probability. What i'm most interested in is knowing which schools MFE programs emphasize PDE.

Where can i obtain historical options prices ? Most sites i visit are paid subscriptions.

I'm taking a course next semester as an upper level senior in stochastic processes. I want to ultimately construct a model or apply what i learn to the financial industry. Can anyone please suggest some sort of project I can do that would be worthy of putting on my resume ?

I have to do a regression project in which I first run a simple regression model then add a few more regressors. Does anyone have any cool examples from finance i can use as well as where i can obtain the data ? thanks.

def worth it

In replying to both MRoss and Martingale, the reason I can't do an MS in CS at this point is because I have only taken introductory programming and obviously don't have the option to apply to an MS program in CS. I looked over the schedule at my school and within the next 3 semesters I would be...

I will be completing my BS in mathematics this year and wanted to know if its a better investment to spend a year to year in a half obtaining my second bachelor's in computer science or an MS in statistics. I want to invest my time in something that's going to help me in the long term, actuarial...

I'm entering my senior year of college now and taking the following courses in the Fall: Numerical Analysis, Investment Science, Introductory Econometrics , Mathematical Physics and Abstract Algebra 1 In the Spring, i'm taking: Advanced Calculus 1, Financial Instrument Pricing, monte carlo...

Furthermore, does anyone know what these mean OAS or TROR simulation

If I am able to choose only one of the courses between Partial Differential Equations and Introduction to Mathematical Modeling, which course do you thins is a better beneficiary in my pursuit of a quantitative finance education ?

Can someone please review this application profile ? BS Actuarial Mathematics Associate of the Society of Actuaries (ASA) MS Quantitative Methods and Modeling (Baruch) MS Statistics (Baruch) GRE Verbal: 650 Quant: 800 Experience: equity research analyst (internship) marketing...

I suggest you apply to an undergraduate program and take the basic math courses such as college algebra/trig and precalculus. After going back to college in such a long time, it's best to be in class rather than an online course.

If i want to write a covered call option on a stock what variables are critical in formulating the contract ? should i implement the black-scholes formula to project the price of the option ?

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment of operations research analysts is expected to grow 22 percent over the 2008-18 period, much faster than the average for all occupations. As technology advances and companies further emphasize efficiency, demand for operations research analysis should...