(June 6, 2014 at 2:53 pm)FreeTony Wrote: If there was anything to this prophesy shit, every Hedge Fund, Betting firm, Bank etc would recruit theologians, rather than gifted graduate mathematicians.
Ain't that the truth. Now, many Wall Street firms are hiring Physics PhDs rather than Finance PhDs because the math required is rather tough, particularly as it relates to arbitrage, options and other derivatives.
And Finance PhDs are not slouches in the math department.