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Does Wall Street Need More Physicists? In better times, generous paychecks and computational challenges attracted physicists and engineers to Wall Street, but some experts now blame them for the crash. Andrew Lo, a financial engineer at MIT, discusses why Wall Street needs these number crunchers more than ever.
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Does Wall Street Need More Physicists?

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Does Wall Street Need More Physicists?

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Does Wall Street Need More Physicists?

Does Wall Street Need More Physicists?

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In better times, generous paychecks and computational challenges attracted physicists and engineers to Wall Street, but some experts now blame them for the crash. Andrew Lo, a financial engineer at MIT, discusses why Wall Street needs these number crunchers more than ever.