OpenQuant Newsletter - Edition #13
Quant Jobs & Internships, Upcoming Events, Puzzles and More!
Hello, fellow Quants!
Welcome to our weekly newsletter, where we share the latest jobs/internships, educational opportunities, and upcoming events in quantitative finance.
Here’s what we have on this week’s agenda:
Internships
Full-Time Jobs
Upcoming Events
Educational Resources
Quant Puzzle
Our Top Internships
✨ D. E. Shaw Group - Proprietary Trading Intern – Summer 2024 | a global investment and technology development firm.
✨ D. E. Shaw Group - Fundamental Research Analyst Intern – Summer 2024 | a global investment and technology development firm.
✨ Pimco - Software Engineer Intern - Summer 2024 | an American investment management firm focusing on active fixed-income management.
✨ Barclays - Credit Research Analyst Intern - Summer 2024 | a British multinational universal bank.
Our Top Full-Time Positions
✨ Goldman Sachs - Quantitative Strategist | a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm.
✨ Vanguard - Data Scientist | an American registered investment advisor and asset management firm.
✨ Two Sigma - Quantitative Researcher | a data-driven hedge fund that uses AI and distributed computing, for its trading strategies.
✨ Schonfeld - Quantitative Developer | an American hedge fund based in New York City that offers an industry-leading systematic trading platform.
✨ Jump Trading - Junior Portfolio Finance Trader | a proprietary trading firm with a focus on algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies.
Upcoming Events
📆 5/23 - NYU Mathematical Finance Seminar | a virtual talk on the carbon risk factor framework by the Manager of Research at PFM Asset Management.
Educational Resources
🚀 Forecasting Principles and Practice | a free online textbook with a comprehensive introduction to time-series forecasting methods.
🚀 The Virtue of Complexity in Return Prediction | a research paper on the efficacy of complex, high-dimensional modeling in US equity market return prediction.
🚀 High-Frequency Trading, MEV Strategies, and CrocSwap | a conversation with a crypto company founder on trading strategies and crypto market infra.
Weekly Quant Puzzles
Question #1 - Sequences
Identify which number comes next to complete the following sequence:
7, 12, 4, 23, 39, 66, ?
Question #2 - Probability
Two players are competing in a best of 3 sets tennis game. Would you bet on the match finishing in 2 or 3 sets?
Quote of the Week
“Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge: the serenity to accept the things we cannot predict, the courage to predict the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference.” - Nate Silver