The Quant Quarterly is the journal of the Financial Mathematics (FM) Graduate Program at NC State University. Each edition highlights the latest program news and events, students’ articles, project reports and research, as well as interviews with FM faculty, staff and alumni.
Excerpts from Volume 2026, Issue 1, our latest edition:
“The project mirrored the process that quantitative researchers and traders follow to execute systematic portfolio strategies in today’s fast-paced markets, where mathematical edge and technology are combined to route orders, manage risk, and compete for every basis point of performance.”
Ryan Landey
Article “From Signals to Strategy: A Multi-Alpha Trading Framework at NC State” FM Graduate Student, Class of Fall 2026
“…logistic companies like FedEx can treat weather not as an uncontrollable nuisance but as a measurable, hedgeable financial risk.”
Lambert Li
Article “Exploring Climate-Related Cost Hedging Using Derivatives in Logistics Industry” FM Graduate Student, Class of Fall 2026
“Over time, I noticed a pattern. The challenges that municipalities faced were not just accounting issues. They were fundamentally risk problems.”
Melanie Sanchez
Article “From Capital Improvement Plans to Capital Markets” FM Graduate Student, Class of Fall 2026
“Then the interviewer struck out with a flurry of technicals: algorithms, edge cases, brain teasers in relentless succession. I met them blow for blow, drawing on every late-night practice in the dim glow of the library.”
Zach Wiebe
Article “If You Give Me Creative Liberties, I Will Use Them” FM Graduate Student & Ambassador, Class of Fall 2026
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