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Long-term vs short-term strategies \ investing

Suppose most investors have very short investing horizons and use appropriate (for them) strategies, but investor X has a very long horizon. He would like to trade some advantages (early withdrawal ...
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Modern problems in financial mathematics

I have a MSc degree in the area of Financial Mathematics, but I am doing research now in other field of stochastics. Could you please tell me about the most important problems of (stochastic) ...
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What is the origin of the words “put” and “call” that characterize derivatives?

And, in a second round, what is the origin of the "long" and "short" in characterizing the respective positions in assets? Any pointers to etymology, first occurrences, or related literature would be ...
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signal processing + finance? [closed]

I am a postgrad student doing a master in Signal Processing and I have graduated from an engineering school I was wondering if there are any jobs in finance that are opened to people having this kind ...
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How stressful is work of quants? [closed]

I would like to know how stressful this work can be and where the stress could come from. How to avoid it? Does it really depend on the company you are working? Is there a way to know in advance if ...