James McWhinney is a long-tenured Investopedia contributor and an expert on personal finance and investing. With over 25 years of experience as a full-time communications professional, James writes ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Institutional investors face complex decisions—where to allocate capital, which managers to trust, how to weather volatility. These choices can’t rely on instinct alone. They require data, structure, ...

What are the differences between gathering and analyzing quantitative and qualitative information? Better yet, how can you develop these skills and use this knowledge in a real-world job? Quantitative ...

While Python is an all-purpose general programming language, its success has mostly been in the arena of data analysis (including by academics), thanks to its compact, abstracted libraries that ...

Quantitative analysis uses historical data from a company’s financials to attempt to predict future patterns or trends. Quantitative analysis is a number and data-driven approach to investing that ...

The purpose of this paper is to explore these two methods in more detail, in particular how they work in practice, the purpose of each, when their use is appropriate and what they can offer dental ...

Often divided into primary and secondary research, market research helps businesses identify key factors influencing their market, including the competitive landscape, target audience characteristics, ...

For economics major and Honors College student Wonder Ahiatsi, the timing of UMass Lowell’s new B.S. in Quantitative Economics couldn’t have been better. Ahiatsi was studying economics and advanced ...