This is a summary of links featured on Quantocracy on Sunday, 05/07/2017. To see our most recent links, visit the Quant Mashup. Read on readers!
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Pseudo-quants [Mathematical Investor]As the old joke says, math is what mathematicians do. Somehow this simple tautology is lost in the dishonest world of finance Quantitative investing: A crisis waiting to happen In a recent WSJ article, Jason Zweig brilliantly summarizes the unbearable hype and hubris exhibited by some self-titled quants: BlackRock, the giant asset manager, recently announced it will rely more heavily