Name: The complete guide to capital markets for quantitative professionals
ISBN: 9780071468299

The complete guide to capital markets for quantitative professionals

Quantitative professionals ('quants') who work on Wall Street must know securities industry products and strategies, as well as what issues their models and technology address. This is the only book quants need to understand the essentials of Wall Street business, Wall Street's common quantitative problems and solutions, and where their research fits in and adds value.

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drdreyJul 2021

I think "The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals" comes close to what you're asking.

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ig1Jul 2020

Would recommend the book The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals, it's more an intro to how finance works rather than quant dev but will give you a sense of what it involves at a high-level.

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henrik_wDec 2015

Thanks for the book recommendations! As a SW dev who recently (a year and a half ago) moved into finance (from telecom), I’ve been trying to educate myself as much as possible in the domain - I find it quite fascinating. Below is a list of books I’ve read and MOOCs I’ve taken, but it would be great to hear what your top recommendations are for books to read (I’ve noticed that your high-quality comments here on HN). Thanks.

Books:

Liar’s Poker, The Quants, Flash Boys, Against the Gods, The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals

MOOC courses: Financial Markets (Coursera), Computational Investing (Coursera), Mathematical Methods for Quantitative, Option Pricing (EdEx - got too difficult at the end)

EDIT: Thanks for the pics, really great! Lots of good CS books there too! Sidenode: I just finished "Ghost in the Wires" a week ago - great read.

My bookshelf is shown here: http://henrikwarne.com/2015/04/16/lessons-learned-in-softwar...

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henrik_wDec 2014

Thanks, great information. I'm a software developer, and I have worked for a long time in the telecom/mobile/VoIP sector. Half a year ago I switched to SW development in the financial world (not quant though). I am currently halfway through a really excellent book aimed at technical people moving into finance (quant or otherwise). It's called The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals" [0] (yes, I know, no prize for imaginative title).

So far, it's been a fantastic read. Detailed, good information, and very well written. I saw the recommendation for the "Heard on the Street" book. I was wondering if people can recommend some other books for moving into finance?

[0] http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Quantitative-Professionals-Mc...

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ig1Jan 2014

The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals by Alex Kuznetsov is what I generally recommend developers entering investment banking to read.

(despite "Quantitative Professionals" being in the title it's not math heavy, although you need to be able to think technically - should be fine if your developer)

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king_magicOct 2011

The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals

http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Quantitative-Professionals-Mc...

Great book. It's what I recommend to my new developers when we hire them without previous financial services experience.

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