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incision on April 12, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: CNBC now has a Bitcoin ticker

>I love the idea of Wall Street jocks vs. Internet Nerds in FOREX.

Wall Street has had its own nerd contingent for a long time:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_analyst

hkmurakami on April 12, 2013 [–]

Especially these days, a Manhattan hedge fund guy is more likely to be a Quant than a Jock.

You're probably more likely to find jocks in the mega-banks, particularly in the flow trading and sales departments.

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