What is the most useful math subject to know for finance?

>>1938402

What is statistics? for 200

nonlinear spectral calculus

>>1938406
Can you explain me why?

>>1938411
Explain why please

>>1938412

Most (if not all) things in finance can be analyzed statistically. Anywhere you see a graph with a possible prediction, they're using statistical methods to arrange the data and make predictions for the future with the current data.

The biggest and best example of this is the stock market, where you can see statistical representations of a company's value. Things like the stock price can be seen fluctuating over time. Combining various amounts of data from a company, like how many assets, employees, and territory they have, you can get a bird's eye-view representation of the company.

>>1938402
Statistics followed closely by arithmetic. Most of the heavy lifting (ie, non monkey or social circle work) comes from statistics.

>>1938402
Statistics and calculus friend. Its what the whole system is built on. Every system in economics can be modelled using the principles of calculus and can be tested with applied statistical theory.

you really do need to know both to understand how the shit works.

>>1938402
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>>1938483
>>1938402
Going to just add, statistics alone won't do much. Everything is high-dimension today so you'll need to learn computing shit as well like R, Matlab, Python or whatever.

>>1938491
thats a good point anon, now a days you only really need to understand the concepts of statistics enough to be able to effectively use the tools (no longer do you need the long laborious math). skills with R and Matlab will take you a long way in the real world.

>>1938402
multivariable buy-the-dip