quantdom

English

Etymology

From quant +‎ -dom.

Proper noun

quantdom

1. The domain of quants (quantitative analysts) and their work.

   Synonym: quantland

   • 2007 January 22, Anthony Bianco, “Outsmarting The Market”, in Bloomberg‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Bloomberg L.P., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2023:

     Within quantdom, the question of whether alpha exists as a finite market commodity is a topic of debate.

   • 2014 May 11, John Leland, “Barcelona in Brooklyn”, in The New York Times‎^[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-21:

     By day, Mr. [Sercan] Ozbay works in electronic trading, the branch of quantdom indicted in Michael Lewis's new book, "Flash Boys," for shaving microseconds off the speed of trades in order to game the market.

Noun

quantdom (uncountable)

1. The state of being a quant (a quantitative analyst).
   • 2007, David Leinweber, “A Series of Accidents”, in Richard R. Lindsey, Barry Schachter, editors, How I Became a Quant: Insights From 25 of Wall Street's Elite, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 10:

     My eventual quantdom was not the culmination of a single-minded, eye-on-the-prize march to fulfill my destiny. It was the result of a series of accidents.

   • 2010 May 16, Ben Zimmer, “Quants”, in The New York Times‎^[3], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-06-21:

     As quantdom grew more glamorous in the '90s — and as nerdhood in general became more firmly entrenched in the business world during the dot-com boom — any lingering ridicule behind quant faded away.