Recent content by cstassen

hi bluechimp, thanks a lot for your reply. No, i'm not as such set to go straight for MD, just used that reference as to show the possibility of fast advance. I generally don't try to lock myself in to anything, as I think that might both be dangerous and also exclude one from interesting...

I know quite a bit about asian markets, as I've read a lot on the subject and also followed courses at Princeton about it. "become a local" - what does that mean? I'm very open towards new cultures (plus I have an indian fiancee, so in that space I am semi-local), but don't speak a bit hindi or...

Hi All I heard the head of Morgan Stanleys asia desk in NY say that if you work in asia, you will become MD 5 years faster than in NY/London (more or less). But I was wondering: if you are working for a major investment bank lige MS or GS, what kind of jobs can you get in India/China...

The Fama&French database have sectoral indices going back to 1926 I think, for free!

Hmmm, I asked for the guide a while ago, so here we go again: Dominic, can I please have the guide? my email is stassen@c.dk, and I have sent you my CV

Hmm, I personally think there are too many buttons - e.g. I think a "futures" button is too much. A division between academic stuff, definition stuff (wiki and the like) and news stuff (bloomberg and the like) would be a good idea, but more than that makes it more complicated I think - a good...

I was given 20 minutes the other day to find out 1) what is a recovery lock, 2) how do you price it, 3) what are the potential gains/pitfalls and 4) for which investors would a structure like that make sense, 5) who are the market participants. When the time available is that short, being able...

it doesn't seem like you are capturing results from globalderivatives....

I would be very impressed if you could make it return something useful on the search "recovery lock"!!! I also tried "double no touch", and got nothing. in both cases a regular google search was better. I don't know if this was the kind of feedback you were looking for, I'm just shooting out...

I'm a finance guy, so I can say this without being arrogant. Many finance guys, especially older ones, do not posses a very "diversified knowledge portfolio". If you asked them what "Animal Farm" is about, the would probably say animals. So expecting them to see the alignment between Vega being...

I just searched for vega, and got hits from marrying in Vegas and Vega hedge fund....:sos:

A lot of people at my work go to the gym, so that is definately possible (i do it too). it's all a matter of preferences i guess

he shares with his girlfriend, helps a lot of course.

I think my list, just skip number 7 then, is good for your purpose - read the notes and the Bjork book, will give you a great intro to mathematical finance, and then you can see if you want to continue!

using regular regressions on inflation is dangerous me thinks. hope you are carefull (guess you are)