#quantitative

Abstract

Quantitative methods (QM) are characterised as ‘hard to teach’ and often marginalised in undergraduate Sociology curricula particularly in the UK, due to many factors, including students’ attitudes towards numbers. This can lead QM to be viewed by students as not mainstream Sociology. This article argues that QM can support Sociology graduate futures due to clear transferable skills. But QM must be taught in a way that does not ‘trigger’ students’ negative dispositions towards the subject. This article, using the example of a large introductory undergraduate QM module, outlines a pedagogic approach that addresses students’ attitudes to QM, while building learner confidence. Key elements of this approach to QM include storytelling, relevance, support and value. This article ends with a discussion of the efficacy of this framework based on a two-year evaluation.

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The quantitative and fundamental investment strategies are also known as the Quantamental Strategies and are thus named because of the fact that they involve a comprehensive approach to investment. Strong players in the industry like James Velissaris have run in-depth studies about the best practices for quantamental investment and here you can get a personal insight on how it works:

Some Amount of Mean Reversion:

Velissaris believes that the mean reversion strategy works wonders for short term trading. Under the mean reversion, as an investor you need to estimate the amount of time available before the price of a stock will reach an average range. The time that is available on hand before the stock price reaches an average is when the most amount of return on your investment can be achieved.

Why Mean Reversion Works:

The investment that you make through the mean reversion strategy is a well calculated move and not just something that you leave on fate. It is one of the most reliable quantitative measures of investment which is why you are more likely to have a successful investment experience. The trends that appear in the mean reversion strategy seldom lead you astray when you want to make a successful short term investment.

Prevents Losses:

On the basis of experience, James trusts the mean reversion strategy as one of the strongest quantamental investment methods because the prices are bound to return to the mean within the stipulated time. This is something that helps in making money while the pendulum of the mean reversion is upswing while mitigating losses when it is estimated to be downswing.

Success Stories:

While no investment is free of risk, people like James Velissaris are of the belief that investment strategies like mean reversion when employed with the help of seasoned experts can prove to be most beneficial for the investors. The investment strategy is purely based on trends and estimates and it is natural for a stock to reverse to its mean when it moves from its course. There have been successful investors that have made the most of the swings in the stock prices using the mean reversion investment strategy.

Picking the Right Stock:

James Velissaris reiterates the fact that no matter what your favorite investment strategy is, it is also important to find out whether it is right for the stock in question. In order for the mean reversion investment strategy to work in your favor, it is important for stock to be an ideal. There are stocks that take the perfect path to match the trends of a mean reversion that you estimate for them. When you are able to identify the best stocks for your investment capacity through the mean reversion method, you can be sure about getting the best returns.

24•February•2021

They say when you dream

Make it bigger than ever

Even if it’s impossible

At least you will never regret it later

One day I dreamt of becoming a teacher

Every morning coming to a classroom

Where you can find happiness and different emotions

Isn’t that beautiful?

Seeing the youth learning and dreaming

On the second day of dreaming

I am now in a law court

Defending the defendant

Whether he is guilty or not

On a third day of dreaming

In the middle of the road

Wearing a uniform of a traffic enforcer

Preventing any vehicles from crashing each other

“It is the job of traffic lights, why do we even need that?”

Ask yourself, when no one is watching you, do you follow the rule?

On a fourth day of dreaming

Sleeping peacefully in my bed

And then I feel a sudden touch in my forehead

Slowly opening my eyes

And there he is, the man of my dreams

The only man who I cherish the most

On a fifth day of dreaming

The moon is shining in its full

Oh man, I landed in the earth’s only natural satellite

Wearing my space suit

Holding a flag and bury it in the ground

On a sixth day of dreaming

Carrying my luggage in my hands

Setting my wings in the sky

“Good morning ladies and gentlemen, welcome onboard”

And now I am ready to fly

On a seventh day of dreaming

I look around and everyone is crying

Look where we are, wearing a black gown

Smiling and giggling

Holding a piece of paper— a paper that will always tell you that,

“Your first dream has come true, now chase the others”

One night I woke up

Realizing all is just a dream

But I have the power and ability

To make it into reality

First exercise: Here and Now: LYNDA SIMMONS

Photographs of my Abstract and Atmospheric Model from my very first exercise, Here and Now by Lynda Simmons for ARCHDES 102: Design 1, one of three courses I’m studying in my Bachelor of Architectural Studies.