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Quantitative Research

Location: United States
Experience Type: Job Simulations
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Discover quantitative research at JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Welcome to our program! 

We are so excited to have you here. Quantitative Research (QR) is an expert quantitative modeling group at JPMorgan Chase, as well as a leader in financial engineering, data analytics, and portfolio management. 

As a global team, QR partners with traders, marketers, and risk managers across all products and regions and contributes to sales and client interaction, product innovation, valuation, risk management, inventory and portfolio optimization, electronic trading and market making, and appropriate financial risk controls. 

During this program, you will get the opportunity to step into the shoes of a JPMorgan Chase team member and complete tasks that replicate the work that our QR team does every day. You’ll learn key skills in data analysis, programming, and financial mathematics. We hope this program provides a great resource for you to upskill and strengthen your resume as you explore career options and a potential career at JPMorgan Chase Quantitative Research!

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 6-7 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Investigate and analyze price data
    Learn about commodities markets and demonstrate data analysis skills

    • Programming
    • Data Analysis
    • Python
  • Price a commodity storage contract
    Demonstrate understanding of financial markets and derivatives pricing

    • Derivatives
    • Programming
    • Critical Thinking
  • Credit risk analysis
    Analyze a book of loans to estimate a customer’s probability of default

    • Data Analysis
    • Statistics
    • Credit
  • Bucket FICO scores
    Use dynamic programming to convert FICO scores into categorical data to predict defaults

    • Data Analysis
    • Dynamic Programming
    • Statistics
  • Finish Line

Experience Information

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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