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Collection of Admission Numbers from MFE Programs

A look into admission numbers of many MFE programs before and after the financial crisis

Published 09.02.2010 | 24 views

Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management Workshop- Outsiders Viewpoint

A review of the 2010 Attilio Meucci’s Advanced Risk and Portfolio Management which took place in August at Baruch College, New York City

Published 08.29.2010 | 670 views

15 Reasons Your MFE Application Was Denied

Top 15 reasons your MFE application was denied and what mistakes to avoid if you want to get into the top MFE programs

Published 08.23.2010 | 971 views

From Financial Engineering to iPhone app development

Story of a financial engineering graduate who lost job at the height of the financial crisis, took extended vacation and started an iPhone application startup

Published 08.21.2010 | 4,465 views

Review of Baruch College’s Financial Engineering program

Reviews of Baruch College’s Financial Engineering program by recent graduates

Published 08.17.2010 | 275 views

Claremont McKenna Interview with Kevin Arnold, Admission Director

Interview with Kevin Arnold, Admission Director of Claremont McKenna College about its Master of Arts in Finance program

Published 08.14.2010 | 5,023 views

Quant Internship and Graduate recruitment – A Firms List

A list of investment banks and quant funds that offer internship and graduate/entry-level opportunities for students in Financial Engineering (MFE) programs.

Published 08.11.2010 | 980 views

Exponential Learning Part 1 – What One Can Learn in Two Weeks

Review of my Advanced Calculus class and a summarization of what one can learn in two weeks to prepare for a Master in Financial Engineering (MFE) degree

Published 07.28.2010 | 9,040 views

Master reading list for quants, MFE students

A collection of programming, math, finance books books read by and written for quants and everyone who wants to become a quant or work on Wall Street

Published 07.22.2010 | 1,076 views

Emanuel Derman on Fischer Black

A talk by Emanuel Derman at Bloomberg NYC Symposium’s Fischer Black and The Financial Crisis on November 24, 2009

Published 07.18.2010 | 6,570 views

Boost C++ Libraries and Applications to Computational Finance

A technical series on Boost C++ libraries and its applications to computational finance by Daniel Duffy

Published 07.08.2010 | 1,480 views

The Big Brains Behind LTCM — Where Are They Now?

A look back at the collapse of the famous quant fund Long-Term Capital Management and the current whereabouts of major players involved

Published 06.19.2010 | 764 views

Pictures from the 2010 IAFE Annual Conference

Pictures from the 2010 IAFE Annual Conference which was held last Friday June 18, 2010 at Goldman Sachs, NYC. Quant Network is a sponsor of the conference

Published 06.17.2010 | 1,419 views

Columbia University: “Mathematics of Finance program not phased out”

Columbia University denied reports that its Mathematics of Finance (MAFN) program is being phased out. In fact, it is expanding.

Published 06.14.2010 | 1,249 views

Nobelist Merton rejoins MIT Sloan to teach quantitative finance

Robert C. Merton, winner of 1997 Economics Nobel Prize for work on stock options, will return to MIT to teach in Sloan’s Master of Finance program this July

Published 06.12.2010 | 2,833 views