Getting Started Tutorial" Makes Getting Started With Quotient Easy
Quotient’s Getting Started Tutorial introduces key elements to using Quotient. The Getting Started Tutorial shows new users how to start Quotient from the Home Page and to use the Navigation and Ribbon Pages. The tutorial displays shared data from
Quotient Makes Learning How To Use Quotient Easy With Interactive Tours And Helpful Hints
Access Quotient’s Interactive Tour from the Help Menu, as shown below. The Interactive Tour from Quotient’s Home Page directs new users on key elements including the Data Visual, Navigation Panel and the Application Ribbon. The
Displaying SQL Code That Defines Data Item’s Retrieval
In our recent blog “Intro to Qubles,” we discussed how Quotient leverages the respective strengths of Python and SQL to create a proprietary Python data container class that we call “Qubles.” For sourced data, we display the
Quotient Makes Factor Construction Transparent
Quotient makes factor construction transparent through what we call the “lineage” functionality. With the lineage functionality, users can specify the raw data item components of a derived data item to be returned along with the computation of a
Making Factor Construction Simple with Quotient
Factors are the key driver for active quantitative investment research. Factors are derived data items. The raw data item used to generate factors can be technical price and trading volume data, and fundamental data including financial
Introduction to Quotient Quble: A Financial Analysis Tool
The technological world is fast evolving, that's why financial analysts need knowledge in Python, SQL, and Quble. Data records form the backbone of all financial analysis. Quble takes financial modeling to the next level by using a revolutionary
Point In Time Data Sets
Advantage Point in time financial data sets have been built so that users can access historical financial statements including a date of when the financial statements were known. Non-point in time data sets do not include a date of when the information became
Alternative Data Sets Guide Better Quantitative Analysis
Alternative Data Alternative data sets are quite sought after in the quantitative investment management world. When everybody is using the same traditional metrics and means, competitive advantage lies in being able to outperform someone with a similar
Advanced Quantitative Investment Software For Wealth Managers
Financial technology is keeping up with the ever-changing pace of the modern economy. Standard investment strategies, betting on risk and opportunities are increasingly reliant on the fintech industry for their success. Market and Portfolio Analysis In
Quant Analysis - (Quietly) Breaking Down Walls
I was recently watching the movie “Moneyball” (based on the best-selling book: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis). The movie chronicles the life of Billy Beane – a figure that transformed baseball (and all
QUANT - A Different (and Proliferating) Breed
And you may ask yourself: What the hell is a quant? During my time as an equity quant over the past twenty-five years, I have seen quantitative analysis grow from a specialized activity to a dominant force in the financial industry. Quants have come
Market News
Women in Quantitative Finance talk success and partners
Speaking at this week's Women in Quantitative Finance Conference, a selection of top female quants said people with a Y chromosome had been crucial to their progress. "The biggest career boost I’ve had was thanks to a colleague, and he
Market News
Rocket Science making way for Rocket Artistry
Spending time amongst Quants, dubbed by Investopedia as “The Rocket Scientists of Wall Street,” has been a fascinating experience for me. Quants’ skills are formidable, their pedigrees impressive - they speak in technical languages I
Market News
Is there better Quant support somewhere?
Investment “quants” ushered in a decade of disruption to the approach to market behavior assessment. This seismic shift in investment management was the focus of the bestselling book: “The Quants” by Scott Patterson. If the top users of
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DATA: Interacting with, and analyzing it...
When the movie Minority Report came out in 2002, I was working as a VP in the Quant group at Fidelity Investments. Among all the high-tech gadgets introduced in the movie, what stood out to me the most was ease in which Tom Cruise’s character
Market News
Hello Quants? Innovation Calling
Quant funds have had a rough go of things lately. Investing in the era of the pandemic has renewed talk of “paradigm shifts” and “new normals”. It is worth asking the question: Can historically-steeped, factor-based quant
Market News
The Machine + Person Approach
In 2020 and 2021 quant funds have had a tough time of it, as algorithms struggled to navigate the whipsaw conditions created by the pandemic and has managers revisiting the Person + Machine question. The pandemic has led to significant dispersion of
SFS: Scientific Financial Systems raises its first round of funding
Scientific Financial Systems (SFS) has closed its first round of funding to accelerate the growth of its next generation product Quotient. "This round has come from private investors who understand the market and can see how Quotient fits into the future of
Quant and Finance
Quant techniques are becoming the industry mainstay
As founder of Scientific Financial Systems I monitor the market quite closely. It is important to match our product development plan to changes in evolving industry. From day one we have built are business around the belief that quant techniques will
