Recent content by Anbu

There are a few assumptions in there. You say you have no experience trading but you will start spread betting in a week. Further down your essay you say "meanwhile, I will continue trading as normal in order to learn to be consistently profitable". Learning to be 'consistently profitable' at...

It's different for us international (poor) students. We either pay the full sticker price (and have to show proof of having that amount to obtain a visa) or get an international student loan, for which you have to find a U.S. cosigner. In the current situation it's incredibly difficult to find...

This one's better "think about it, I could spend $70 at a really, really nice restaurant 1,000 times with the money earned/saved." Our friend seems to have difficulty facing this trade-off: Higher education VS. 1,000 dine-outs More computer science courses? or more fish & shrimps? Sometimes...

2 things to think about: 1- You're not the only materialistic freerider; a lot before you thought of this, tried this, and probably succeeded, which means professors are now aware of people like you and have experience identifying them. 2- Professors usually have good connections to the industry...

There is no current firm. He's unemployed atm.

Actually you're gonna be forced to take the class you mentioned "Environmental Finance & Weather Derivatives" because there are NO electives which means you take the whole program as is. I think Hull has a chapter on that so check it if you want to know what kind of things would be covered in...

You just have a book for everything don't you? :) I've seen you suggest books on all kinds of topics, just how do you find the time to read all of them?

Thanks Andy :), It's a gift....and a curse. Now can anyone guess where I copied that phrase from? (without google)

I'm from the middle east...but if I was born American(I wish that were true) I'd nominate myself, promise to bring home ALL US troops from all wars immediately, stop ALL foreign aid, set a flat tax code that's understandable by everyone, tax the richest 2% slightly more than the rest, stop...

Ok this could be a total coincidence but I have a funny memory that processes words in chunks. I noticed something weird on their FAQ page. Cross check it against Berkeley's (or UCLA) and you find they used the same chunk of words in several places, "A strong quantitative background including...

Have you paid anything yet? If not then try to buy some time while you search for more info.

Hi congrats on your admissions! Though I'm surprised Rutgers rejected given that you come from applied math background and also have a masters in IE.

Good thing you're not letting it upset you, I hope you get it next year

Not all quants want to be traders. I just want to get into derivatives pricing, mainly because this field interests me. Sure, if an opportunity to become a trader shows up most quants would take it, but I believe trading should not be the goal of someone thinking about getting an MFE/PHD. Quants...