Quants

Cryptocurrencies like bitcoin have been all the rage in recent months, and the fintech market has stepped up its game to provide investors with exciting and creative new ways to play the latest investing trend. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been popular alternative investments for a while...

The Benzinga Global Fintech Awards are a yearly showcase of the best and brightest in fintech. In preparation for its biggest installment yet in May 2018, we're profiling the companies competing for the BZ Awards. Our next feature is on Quantiacs. What does your company do? What...

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, machines will be able to more quickly and effectively comb the massive quantities of market data to identify patterns and other investment intelligence that traders can use to outperform the market. AI platform TrueRisk uses machine learning,...

Quant hedge funds have significant power over the market—they control nearly a third of the daily liquid volume traded. When stocks make strange moves, such as when O’Reilly Auto Parts shares started to move when Bill O’Reilly was in the headlines, traders often blame the unusual...

The 2017 Benzinga Fintech Summit was a gathering of leaders from every fintech vertical displaying the next generation of fintech innovation. In this new article series, we’ll be sharing insights and new products from the inaugural BZ Summit. The Company: Quants is a portfolio solutions...

From social investing to value investing, everyone has their own strategy. Each approach depends largely on factor ranking, with some ruling out stocks by corporate environmental records and others heavily considering executive turnover. Cognizant of these uniquely weighted details, G&S...

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, machines will be able to more quickly and effectively comb the massive quantities of market data to identify patterns and other investment intelligence that traders can use to outperform the market. AI platform Kavout uses machine learning,...

Most traders have heard of the role quantitative analysts, or "quants" play on Wall Street. Quants use advanced mathematical and statistical modeling to anticipate market moves and stay one step ahead of unsophisticated traders. Even professional active fund managers have found it...

Quantitative analysts and their secretive algorithms have reportedly been performing relatively well in this year’s volatile stock market. If you’ve ever wondered what kind of brain power it takes to be a top Wall Street quant, a number of analysts get together each year for the...

The first customers of Estimize were large quantitative hedge funds. But the data from the crowd-sourced analytics provider is now being requested by discretionary traders, analysts, portfolio managers, bankers, investor relations departments and even corporations, according to founder and...