MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2015 Activities by Sponsor - Da Wang



A glimpse of quantitative investment management

Da Wang, Gregory Wornell

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

[ Please sign-up by filling out the form at http://goo.gl/forms/AU12wpe7B3 ]

This is a hands-on short course that aims to answer the following questions:

1. What is quantitative investment management?
2. What is the research process for quantitative investment management?
3. How can one develop a quantitative investment strategy?

A few common quantitative investment strategies will be introduced, and examples are given via open data and open source tools. A key part of this course is the mini take-home project, for which feedback will be provided.

Pre-requisites:

1. programming: Python, MATLAB, R, etc.. 
2. basic knowledge of financial markets (stock, bond, etc.)
3. disbelief of the efficient market hypothesis (or don't know what it is)
4. curiosity

 

 

Contact: Da Wang, DAWANG@ALUM.MIT.EDU


Overview of quantitative investment

Add to Calendar Jan/20 Tue 07:00PM-09:00PM 32-124

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Quantitative research examples

Add to Calendar Jan/21 Wed 07:00PM-09:00PM 32-124

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