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Ok so I’ve been contemplating ditching physics for quantitative finance, but wow it is not looking too good in the financial sector recently. A couple stories here and here about the markets taking a major hit today. Oh and I found this informative guide by a headhunting agency for quants in London. Gives a pretty good overview of what it’s like to work in quantitative finance.

Interesting reality show about life on Wall Street from the perspective of 7 different people working on Wall Street. Where are the quants in this show?  Damn, as I come towards the end of my PhD, the money and cool math of a quant job are seriously tempting. Wow, MOJO’s video codec is really impressive.

San Francisco magazine has a nice story on investing in index funds over more popular approaches where you pay a fee for someone to actively manage your investments . Very interesting read.