Auditing quantitative finance classes at Stanford

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Tue Jan 03, 2012 12:58 am

Hi all,

I'm doing a postdoc at Stanford and I have the opportunity of auditing a few classes.

I'm relatively new to quantitative finance and I want to cover the bases as much as possible. Currently I'm thinking of auditing:

Data Mining (STATS 315B)

Derivative Securities (FINANCE 326)

Statistical Methods in Finance (STATS 240)

Financial Markets I (FINANCE 620)

Any thoughts? Suggestions?

Thanks!

jungle · Post by **jungle** » Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:34 am

"Suggestions?"

Provide some more information, like your background and your goals. "cover the bases as much as possible" isn't very helpful; if your goal is structuring, I'm sure NP members would give a very different set of recommendations than if your goal was systematic trading.

quantz · Post by **quantz** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 7:42 am

^agreed info on background and goals useful ...

also if you ping me offline i can offer specific advice ...

Eric · Post by **Eric** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 6:33 am

Thank you for your reply, it got me clarify my goals to some extent. I have a PhD in Electrical Engineering (medical imaging, signal processing). At this point I've been mostly reading on systematic trading and volatility trading but structuring is also very interesting. I guess I'll need to think about this some more but I appreciate the feedback.