quant
noun
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Definition of quant
: an expert at analyzing and managing quantitative data
Examples of quant in a Sentence
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Trend-chasing quants post the worst returns in 17 years. — Bloomberg.com, "Five Things You Need to Know to Start Your Day," 7 Mar. 2018 Picking stocks well enough to beat the overall market is very difficult, even for super-smart Wall Street quants who spend hours a day poring over data and staring at Bloomberg machines. — Thomas Heath, Washington Post, "Picking stocks, like picking ballplayers, can get complicated," 19 July 2019 One other thing is certain: Motivated quants on Wall Street are only just beginning to leverage the market-moving information that can be gathered in orbit. — Tim Fernholz, Quartz, "You can make millions counting cars in parking lots from space," 26 June 2019 Behind the models employed by quants are algorithms, or investment recipes, that automatically buy and sell based on pre-set inputs. — Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, "Behind the Market Swoon: The Herdlike Behavior of Computerized Trading," 25 Dec. 2018 So what differentiates one quant shop from any other? — Joe Weisenthal, Bloomberg.com, "Why One Of The Most Successful Quant Funds Decided To Create Its Own Video Game," 6 Feb. 2018 Meanwhile, in another building elsewhere, Taylor is grooming her quants to be Axe 2.0. — refinery29.com, "Billions Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: "Forward Momentum Above All Things"," 4 June 2018 Really, though, how did the quant put that together so quickly? — refinery29.com, "Billions Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: "Forward Momentum Above All Things"," 4 June 2018 Wells Fargo's quants think the Patriots will win the Super Bowl. — Josh Petri, Bloomberg.com, "Your Evening Briefing," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'quant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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