Financial Quantitative Analysts

Tools and Technology

Tools Include:

• Scanners (Computer data input scanners)
• Desktop computers
• Notebook computers (Laptop computers)
• Mainframe computers
• Special purpose telephones (Multi-line telephone systems)
• Personal computers
• Photocopiers (Photocopying equipment)

Technologies Include:

• Analytical or scientific software

• Insightful S-PLUS
• SAS software
• StataCorp Stata
• The MathWorks MATLAB

• Data base user interface and query software

• Microsoft Access
• Structured query language SQL

• Data mining software

• IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence

• Development environment software

• Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA

• Enterprise resource planning ERP software

• MicroStrategy Desktop

• Financial analysis software

• Bloomberg Professional

• Internet browser software

• Web browser software

• Object or component oriented development software

• C++
• Microsoft Visual C#
• Practical extraction and reporting language Perl
• Python
• R

• Office suite software

• Microsoft Office software

• Spreadsheet software

• Microsoft Excel

• Web platform development software

• JavaScript

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