COM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Investment Banking, Renaissance Technologies, Discounted Cash Flow
26 May 2018
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Quantitative Analysis
What is 'Quantitative Analysis'
Quantitative analysis refers to economic, business or financial analysis that aims to
understand or predict behavior or events through the use of mathematical
measurements and calculations, statistical modeling and research.
Quantitative analysts aim to represent a given reality in terms of a numerical value.
Quantitative analysis is employed for a number of reasons, including
measurement, performance evaluation or valuation of a financial instrument, and
predicting real world events such as changes in a country's gross domestic product
(GDP) growth rate
BREAKING DOWN 'Quantitative Analysis'
In general terms, quantitative analysis can best be understood as simply a way of
measuring or evaluating things through the examination of mathematical values of
variables. The primary advantage of quantitative analysis is that it involves
studying precise, definitive values that can easily be compared with each other,
such as a company's year-over-year revenues or earnings. In the financial world,
analysts who rely strictly on quantitative analysis are frequently referred to as
"quants" or "quant jockeys."
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Document Summary
Quantitative analysis refers to economic, business or financial analysis that aims to understand or predict behavior or events through the use of mathematical measurements and calculations, statistical modeling and research. Quantitative analysts aim to represent a given reality in terms of a numerical value. Quantitative analysis is employed for a number of reasons, including measurement, performance evaluation or valuation of a financial instrument, and predicting real world events such as changes in a country"s gross domestic product (gdp) growth rate. In general terms, quantitative analysis can best be understood as simply a way of measuring or evaluating things through the examination of mathematical values of variables. The primary advantage of quantitative analysis is that it involves studying precise, definitive values that can easily be compared with each other, such as a company"s year-over-year revenues or earnings. In the financial world, analysts who rely strictly on quantitative analysis are frequently referred to as.
