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    Dr. Strangeloan, or How I learned to Love the Bond and Not to Worry

    In regard to the implicit call a sovereign has on the assets of it constituents... Does that idea fully describe the liklihood of a nation not honoring its bonds?  Russia defaulted in 1998; was this after having taxed its citizens to a maximal amount? Also, is it imaginable that the citizens and...
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    Financial Crisis and Investment Banking Reading

    Thanks for the suggestion; I'll take a look at it.
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    Financial Crisis and Investment Banking Reading

    Hi Everybody, So many books on the financial crisis have come out that I think of it as an opportunity to study modern history. I've read a bunch of them and listed them according to subject matters and the order I wish I had read them in for each subject matter. I'll be happy if anyone finds...
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    Fooled by Randomness

    Fooled by Pompousness Fooled by Pompousness: Why I don't like Taleb's book The book is an indictment, followed by an acquittal, followed by the author committing the very same crime. Specifically, it begins with the indictment that traders / money managers ignore outliers and foolishly...
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    New Quantnet members say hi

    Greetings Hi everybody, I'm David. I'm in the MBA Program at Baruch and taking the market and credit risk management class. I'm looking to build my math and programming abilities to get on a good career track in risk management. See you around.
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