1.  An Oklahoma native, Smith started his Wall Street career working for Leon Cooperman as a quantitative analyst at Goldman, Sachs.

2.  Consumer spending has picked up and will likely keep improving, said Gary W. Tapp, quantitative analyst at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.

3.  Melissa Brown, quantitative analyst at Prudential Securities, said she was not yet worried by the trickle of money exiting certain fund categories.

4.  Quantitative analysts are going to use a little more probability theory.

5.  Some of that rise might be attributed to a wealth effect, said Melissa Brown, quantitative analyst at Prudential Securities.

6.  Tahalmein, an equities trader, and Burstein, a quantitative analyst, reported to Apfel, who oversaw risk management.

7.  Tahalmein, an equity derivatives trader and Burstein, a quantitative analyst in equity derivatives, reported to Apfel, who oversaw risk management.

8.  Using complicated statistical models, these quantitative analysts, or quants, try to sniff out undervalued securities, profitable currency plays and the like.