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单词 quant
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quant1

noun kwɒntkwɑnt
Finance informal
  • quants use computers to tell them what to buy and sell
    short for quantitative analyst
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When quant jocks argue with each other, the usual response is for the better informed one to chuck a file full of data at the offender and say ‘you do the math’.
    • Was it the quants who failed to imagine how big price distortions could get across all markets when liquidity evaporates?
    • For a guy with a mostly technical / quant predilection, I did a lot of pure fundamental research.
    • Well-paid quants build their massive multi-variable models and Monte Carlo simulators only to have them riddled with a thousand random bullet holes from the real world.
    • And you have to get past his reputation within the industry as the ultimate quant jock, the by-the-numbers boss who supposedly wants to measure everything with spreadsheets, and base all decisions on data, not judgment or instinct.
    • In short, a quant combs through price ratios and mathematical relationships between companies or trading vehicles in order to divine profitable trading opportunities.
    • First, a few numbers for the quant lurking in all of us.
    • John Meriwether and his quants believed that they had, for practical purposes, eliminated the uncertainty in market movements by quantifying risk as a function of the past volatility of a stock or bond price.
    • This demand for quants has led to the creation of specialized Masters and PhD courses in mathematical finance, computational finance, and/or financial reinsurance.
    • In this market of memes, anyone can be a broker, analyst or quant with the right skills and desire - and the right moment of entry.
    • As one of Wall Street's leading quants, Derman did throw off some intense gamma radiation.
    • Mangione is a quant, which means that his stock picks are based more on quantitative measures of company and stock performance than on the underlying businesses.
    • Just talking to a friend, I said that last night at a party, I'd bumped into an old friend who's a quant.
    • Product innovation: define and write new payoffs with sales, traders and quants (pro-active and reactive), participate in the study of the risk management of the new payoffs.
    • Another useful S&P stat in the quant section is the Earnings & Dividend Rank, which rates stocks from A + to D on their earnings growth and stability over the past 10 years.

Origin

1970s: abbreviation.

Rhymes

Comte, conte, font, fount, pont, Vermont, want

quant2

noun kwantkwɑnt
British
  • A pole for propelling a barge or punt, especially one with a prong at the bottom to prevent it sinking into the mud.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The greater the angle made between the quant and the barge or punt, the greater the turning angle.
    • Or use the quant, a long, very long, punting pole wielded against the soft mud of the bottom like a knight's lance.
    • As the unwieldy quant is about ten feet long and made from heavy, stout oak, it will usually be stored as far away from the river as possible.
    • Punting technique: a punt pole is technically called a quant.
    • That’s when you take down the mast and use a long pole (or quant) to punt the boat under bridges, including the notoriously low medieval one at Potter Heigham.

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps from Latin contus, from Greek kontos 'boat pole'.

 
 

quant1

nounkwäntkwɑnt
Finance informal
  • quants use computers to tell them what to buy and sell
    short for quantitative analyst
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Just talking to a friend, I said that last night at a party, I'd bumped into an old friend who's a quant.
    • As one of Wall Street's leading quants, Derman did throw off some intense gamma radiation.
    • For a guy with a mostly technical / quant predilection, I did a lot of pure fundamental research.
    • Was it the quants who failed to imagine how big price distortions could get across all markets when liquidity evaporates?
    • Another useful S&P stat in the quant section is the Earnings & Dividend Rank, which rates stocks from A + to D on their earnings growth and stability over the past 10 years.
    • Mangione is a quant, which means that his stock picks are based more on quantitative measures of company and stock performance than on the underlying businesses.
    • And you have to get past his reputation within the industry as the ultimate quant jock, the by-the-numbers boss who supposedly wants to measure everything with spreadsheets, and base all decisions on data, not judgment or instinct.
    • Well-paid quants build their massive multi-variable models and Monte Carlo simulators only to have them riddled with a thousand random bullet holes from the real world.
    • Product innovation: define and write new payoffs with sales, traders and quants (pro-active and reactive), participate in the study of the risk management of the new payoffs.
    • First, a few numbers for the quant lurking in all of us.
    • When quant jocks argue with each other, the usual response is for the better informed one to chuck a file full of data at the offender and say ‘you do the math’.
    • John Meriwether and his quants believed that they had, for practical purposes, eliminated the uncertainty in market movements by quantifying risk as a function of the past volatility of a stock or bond price.
    • This demand for quants has led to the creation of specialized Masters and PhD courses in mathematical finance, computational finance, and/or financial reinsurance.
    • In this market of memes, anyone can be a broker, analyst or quant with the right skills and desire - and the right moment of entry.
    • In short, a quant combs through price ratios and mathematical relationships between companies or trading vehicles in order to divine profitable trading opportunities.

Origin

1970s: abbreviation.

quant2

nounkwäntkwɑnt
British
  • A pole for propelling a barge or punt, especially one with a prong at the bottom to prevent it sinking into the mud.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The greater the angle made between the quant and the barge or punt, the greater the turning angle.
    • That’s when you take down the mast and use a long pole (or quant) to punt the boat under bridges, including the notoriously low medieval one at Potter Heigham.
    • Or use the quant, a long, very long, punting pole wielded against the soft mud of the bottom like a knight's lance.
    • As the unwieldy quant is about ten feet long and made from heavy, stout oak, it will usually be stored as far away from the river as possible.
    • Punting technique: a punt pole is technically called a quant.

Origin

Late Middle English: perhaps from Latin contus, from Greek kontos ‘boat pole’.

 
 
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