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Simple Question (MS Stats to Quant)

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I have a MS in Statistics emphasis in robust time series filtering. What would be the next step to become a quant? A second question: Is a CFA really a quant? Thanks for the time.

By the way I guess I should say hello to everybody, I just joined the forum.:tiphat:
 
start looking for a job. About the CFA question, maybe or maybe not.
 
Much Thanks!

Thank you. I have a prospect in line, just wanted to see what it would take to do the work. I've been working with time series data for a little while, (about a year), doing digital filtering and spectral analysis, smoothing . . . But didn't know where I might stand.

Again thanks.:prayer::D:dance:
 
I did my thesis in Matlab, and I program in R well. I used to know Fortran, C, C++ ... but have fallen by the wayside. Would these two languages be sufficient? Or should I pick up another?

I have heard there is a slight hickup right now as far as quant jobs go. A guy I know just lost his job as a result of all the instability in the markets right now. Is this just an isolated event for smaller companies or is it really something to worry about?

I really appreciate the advice.
 
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