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by goldpill17
April 6th, 2018, 9:18 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much of machine learning and AI is used in finance?
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How much of machine learning and AI is used in finance?

I wonder if these topics are used much in financial institutions and to what extent?
by goldpill17
April 1st, 2018, 7:02 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

Re: How much does a math degree help in Finance?

What do you think of the books listed on here?
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-C++-books
by goldpill17
April 1st, 2018, 6:39 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

Re: How much does a math degree help in Finance?

Then you have a good background (Cambridge). The C++ books by Bruce Eckel are good. He does applications and not just dry syntax. Here you can see the list of C++ topics https://www.quantnet.com/courses/ If you plan to go to the States several universities require C++ as prerequisite. The link look...
by goldpill17
April 1st, 2018, 6:25 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

Re: How much does a math degree help in Finance?

I am currently studying mathematics and Statistics,plus a degree in Banking and finance. These are a mixture of pure and applied math, I cover all of these, albeit in more depth. https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/course but in order to practice finance, what topics are best to focus on and perf...
by goldpill17
April 1st, 2018, 6:01 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

Re: How much does a math degree help in Finance?

I cover all these except C++, if you know any good books to learn with for beginners to professionals, I won't mind. Someone says books by Bjarne are good, but I have no idea.
by goldpill17
April 1st, 2018, 4:35 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

Re: How much does a math degree help in Finance?

These are a mixture of pure and applied math, I cover all of these, albeit in more depth. https://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/undergrad/course but in order to practice finance, what topics are best to focus on and perfect?
by goldpill17
April 1st, 2018, 3:59 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

Re: How much does a math degree help in Finance?

You mean topics in pure math? What topics to be exact do you mean? 
by goldpill17
March 30th, 2018, 6:06 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How much does a math degree help in Finance?
Replies: 15
Views: 8757

How much does a math degree help in Finance?

I am currently studying mathematics and Statistics,plus a degree in Banking and finance. I want to know how much value is placed on knowledge of topics in Optimization/linear and non linear programming for constrained and unconstrained minimization problems, stochastic dynamic programming? Graph the...