In the mid-80s, Wall Street turned to the quants—brainy financial engineers—to invent new ways to boost profits.

80年代中期，华尔街求助计量经济学 ——聪明的金融工程师——以发明新的方法来增加利润。

But the quants are usually pragmatic enough to cope.

不过数量分析师的务实通常足以应付此类问题。

And quants are always tweaking their models. Mr.

交易员也会随时间调整他们的模型。

"You've got to hire quants for their coaching skills," he says.

“招聘分析师时还得考虑指导技能，”他说。

The computer-savvy traders known as quants are paying attention.

被称作股票分析员的计算机高手交易员正在注意这种趋势。