Blog Post #3: An Industry of Critical Thinkers

 Blog Post #3: An Industry of Critical Thinkers

These past two weeks, I've spent my time with the electronic trading risk management team within the fixed income division of Morgan Stanley. The team's function is to act as the first line of defense for any trading algorithms and controls that the company's fixed-income traders might use. Being that first line of defense means reviewing market stress testing results and setting notional limits on prices and quantities that the algorithms must obey. I've really enjoyed being with this team, but what I enjoyed the most was my project on the desk that was initiated through my critical thinking skills. Throughout week one of the rotation, my manager took me through the flow diagrams for the algorithms correlating with specific products, and through critical thinking, I discovered a nuance that I turned into my research project for the rotation, which I presented to the team this past Thursday. I also spoke with a lot of the company's employees regarding my project and ideas, and can safely say that Morgan Stanley employees are some of the smartest and most critically thinking employees in the financial services industry.


*Sadly, I don't have a picture related to this blog post as pictures aren't allowed in the office, but I do have a picture of a very large Louis Vuitton Suitcase*




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