research position at Econostat, Ltd. (UK)

[Jimmy Shadbolt]

                RESEARCH POSITION OFFERED IN FINANCIAL MARKET PREDICTION
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Position        Quantitative Analyst

Environment     A small financial advisory company involved in predicting bonds
                and equities from a broad base of economic and financial 
		indicators, using state-of-the-art statistical techniques 
		(regression, neural networks, GA's, and others).

Job Description Research and development of expected return models, based on 
                in-house techniques and their expansion into further areas, 
                such as  Bayesian, wavelets,  information measures and geometry.

Applications to Jimmy Shadbolt     jimmy at ecowar.demon.co.uk

Start Date      Immediate


Qualifications 
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First degree in numerate scientific discipline (maths, engineering, physics, 
statistics, etc).

PhD (or MSc) in one of econometrics, mathematical statistics, applied 
mathematics or other related field of study.

Strong interest in financial economics


Training and experience 
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Programming in C/C++ and/or Splus

User experience in PC (word processing and spreadsheet) and Unix environments


Aptitude and Ability 
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Good oral and writing skills

Creative and problem solving approach to research


Personal Attributes 
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Ability to work without close supervision as a member of a team

Flexibility to meet changing opportunities in a dynamic research environment


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Jimmy Shadbolt
Econostat Ltd
Hennerton House
Wargrave
Berks
RG10 8PD
United Kingdom