<t>tigerman, if you dont have a US degree you will not be eligible for the H1-B masters quota. With a PhD the best possible option would be a O1. But that would require a lot more documentation than an H1-B and a lot depends on your employer too. I know that a lot of drug companies are now getting O...

<r>Tigerman, you still did not mention if you have an advanced US degree or not. From your posts I assume that you are an Italian citizen. To teh best of my knowledge Italian citizens are not subject to section 212(E). O1 might be an option but when you are switching from Theo. Physics to finance, I...

Any thoughts on who would be a good vendor for fundamental data relating to US companies (Stuff like Book Value, Cash Flow etc). Currently I am thinking about S&P Compustat and Worldscope (Thomson). Any insights are appreciated.Thanks,Hedge Q.

<t>After getting my PhD I worked for a couple of years at a well known quant shop. After that I decided to strike it out on my own and partnered with some (non-quant) friends to run a market neutral strategy. Reasonably successful so far. However I would like to move to a bigger city and would like ...

You could also buy a server license for Matlab. But that would still mean only one person can use it at a time. I am in a somewhat similar situation. We bought the Compiler and compiled the applications that more than one person had to use.- hedge Q.

It is a work of fiction. Dont waste time on it.- hedge Q.

At the end of June, how is the Stat. Arb. space doing. Especially with Vol. shooting up I guess most mean reversion models should be doing well.- hedge Q.

<t>I would agree with DCFC. Another thing you have to consider is the future of the field itself. Right now execution is a well mined area with a lot of competition. I beleive the opportunities are likely to diminish. Without knowing about the working environment at the HF it is hard to give any con...

<t>Depends on your strategy and the level of funding you are looking for. If you come from a repected shop and plan to do something you already did then finding some seed investor should not be that big of a problem. Once you have the seed capital and some (say 3-6 months) track record start marketi...

Continuing the discussion, any news about the return of the Stat. Arb. shops for 2005 ? Any predictions for 2006 ?- hedge Q.

I agree with quantstudent19. Also my view is that from a purely HF perspective, Econometrics is more valuable than MFE.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FlyingQuanthedgeQuant, definately possible in some organisations but I doubt anyone will have a dedicated quant team for vanillas. As I mentioned previously, there's a trend to incorporate equity derivs into hybrid products. Structuring/Quant teams will def be employed ...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: PaperCutYou left out the best part:4) Hire top talent, have them generate millions in profit5) Keep it all, forcing them to leave and spend the next X years of career hell having to politely explain why they walked out of a top-performing shopRight on the money papercut...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FlyingQuantbhutes i agree with you but no one said anything about quants being needed for plain vanilla options. The question was regarding a hot area currently in equities.No quants are need for PRICING vanilla equity options. But setting up a trading strategy is entir...

Any quants out there who dont do much of C++ programming. Just out of curiousity.- hedge Q.