What is a Quant?

What is a Quant? Quant is a short form for Quantitative or Quantitative Analyst. Corvin Codirla, ex-hedge fund manager and trader comments. PLEASE HELP US BY LIKING THIS VIDEO IF YOU FOUND IT USEFUL. We understand what an analyst is; he analyses something and quantitative is very numerical. So in the investment industry you have someone called the research analyst. This is the person who gets the annual reports from companies and he researches them in his capacity as an analyst and produces a report for clients to indicate whether that company would make a good or bad investment. A Quantitative Analyst will just look at the numbers.