Forum: EDF
11-28-2007, 11:03 PM
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Replies: 66
Views: 5,007
Re: The Ultra-Fi thread
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How do you get started on the path? Like let's say I just bought some 2K-5K nice home theatre type of setup. What would you have me listen to or whatever if you wanted to...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-16-2007, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 83
Views: 1,216
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-08-2007, 10:35 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 656
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-07-2007, 10:40 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 406
Re: Quants without phds?
if you know you want to be a quant and have the knowledge you need, there's absolutely no reason to stay in school.
there will always be people with higher degrees in quant, because the type of...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-04-2007, 04:43 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 581
Re: Market Model Thingy
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For just sell? I think what he's saying is that if you're trading based on knowledge gathered during day 1 and day n, you need to compute returns between day n+1 and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-04-2007, 04:32 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 245
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Forum: Other Other Topics
11-03-2007, 07:46 PM
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Replies: 73
Views: 582
Re: registered sex offender
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If you live anywhere close to the downtown of a major city you'll have at least one registered sex offender within 5kms of you. The worst I've seen was 49 within a 5 km radius.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-03-2007, 03:31 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 581
Re: Market Model Thingy
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trading at the same price (the close) you use to make a decision is a good way to make your system unrealistic. start by modifying your program...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-02-2007, 06:48 PM
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Replies: 34
Views: 581
Re: Market Model Thingy
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trading at the same price (the close) you use to make a decision is a good way to make your system unrealistic. start by modifying your program to include a one-day lag for...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
11-02-2007, 08:28 AM
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Replies: 34
Views: 581
Re: Market Model Thingy
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Evan and I talked about ask/bid spread, which appears to be the same as slippage, yes? I had no idea what this was until a few hours ago, and appears to be something that would be v...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-30-2007, 09:38 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 119
Re: Re-Balancing the Portfolio
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Yeah, I am planning on adding more $ but it's gaining at a rate that is faster than I can add to the other funds. Thanks for the advice though.
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np...and...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
10-27-2007, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 59
Views: 539
Re: How safe is the stock market?
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omg, and don't even get me started about 60% equity 40% bonds. that portfolio is 80% equity 20% bonds because in risk space (not even taking into acct correlations) equity risk dominates...
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Forum: Student Life
10-18-2007, 09:32 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 171
Re: donating to your alma mater
I loved princeton while i was there and would love to feel good donating, but the current administration seems to be on a crusade against everything that made me love the place.
I'll donate when...
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Forum: About the Forums
10-16-2007, 12:25 AM
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Replies: 277
Views: 12,266
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Forum: EDF
10-09-2007, 10:45 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 732
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Forum: Other Other Topics
10-07-2007, 03:17 PM
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Replies: 61
Views: 755
Re: Express lane Discrimination?
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Cry me a river if your dad drinks and mom is a crack head, if your life is that bad then take steps to change it.
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This is great. How many kids have you met...
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-30-2007, 07:43 PM
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Replies: 98
Views: 793
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Forum: EDF
09-30-2007, 07:41 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 226
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Forum: Other Other Topics
09-29-2007, 07:19 PM
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Replies: 60
Views: 994
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-29-2007, 07:13 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 656
Re: Ask me about the CFA program
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i have an MBA and am fine w/ the maths etc., but what is the deal with having to get somebody to sponsor you?
i have a few people in mind but am curious as to how that works....
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Forum: EDF
09-29-2007, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 188
Views: 3,752
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Forum: EDF
09-29-2007, 11:07 AM
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Replies: 188
Views: 3,752
Re: Fall Fashions (and good deals on fashions!)
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That last pair looks essentially the same as the first one IMO. Couldn't I get away with something even less formal and more comfortable?
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get something like the top 2 for...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-29-2007, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 272
Re: BFI Job Prep
be able to talk intelligently about everything you've done that's on your resume.
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-28-2007, 07:04 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 667
Re: Finance vs Accounting degree
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I noticed D.E. Shaw mentioned. This firm is a special case in all areas as they for the most part only hire individuals from elite universities. In any case, I challenge anyone to show me...
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Forum: Business, Finance, and Investing
09-28-2007, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 667
Re: Finance vs Accounting degree
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btw, what is "a modicum" or programming ability. i can program in matlab to test and develop, but can't bring the model live so to speak (i.e. pull data from somewhere and put it somewhere...
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