Recent content by Erica

A thought and a question. Thought: Bear is also a credit provider, vis-a-vis their prime brokerage operations. If they have no money to lend, adding to commentary by Unknown referenceid, Bear is hurt both ways. Abnormal default spread may very well be an exposure to a client. Carlyle, et...

7 bln losses by playing deltas on the SPX?? Did anyone happen to notice that this highly implausible tale was immediately followed by SocGen announcing their relatively respectable 2 bln subprime writeoff? As a rule, I am not a conspiracy nut but this story smells(like poo)

is any one trading etf optx? My order entry is written in VB and works for stock using paramb "STK" but when I use "OPT" I get no response. It complies and try catch comes up with nothing. Any suggestions?

minus 2 sequentially? WRONG! ans pls.

I am sure JMU offers a perfectly respectable undergrad Math Fin program. However, if you aspire to work on Wall Street, high-quality employment STARTS with a Master's degree. Also, as a young person, a solid internship is key and you have geography working against you.

you're only as good as your last trade JC, have you never heard this expression? Everybody who works on Wall St is overcompensated in the good times and (euphimistically) undercompensated during times that are bad. It's the nature of the beast. If one started in the industry in the...

I am not an MFE student, but I am an undergrad at Baruch and am interested in attending. Erica

Hey Steve, Hope that any back to school trauma has subsided and that all is well. BTW, I'm still in shock and it's been over a year.:dance: Anyways, do you have any idea what the cost of this is??

Sounds cool, although if the event is held on the 5th of Oct, it will conflict with this... 2008 Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad - QuantNetwork - Financial Engineering Forum

Christian, Sorry if this sounds like a silly question but what exactly do you mean by simulated trading session? Trading against one another, if so who is the broker? Otherwise do you mean program vs. program, if so what is the common market?

Max: Can you not get this data through Reuters or Bloomberg? They are both available at Subodnik, given you download and then send an email to yourself...If I'm mis-informed please let me know. Vladimir: Are you taking Probability at Baruch this semester? If so, then hello. If not, there is...

B.S Print Journalism, University of Colorado, Boulder '93 Guess who had to go back and take ALL the pre-requisite courses?:tiphat:

2 cents At Baruch, Stats and CIS are the same department both of which are housed in the business school, Zicklin. I have taken STA 2000, CIS 3100 and STA 3155(which was merged into a graduate level class due to lack of student interest. I was very dissatisfied with all of these courses, and...

more thought on USD Weak dollar means strong US multinational profits(good for KO, PEP, GE, MCD etc) Not so good for the US consumer(imports look more expensive) Also not good for keeping commodity prices low(for example, oil is priced in USD, if the dollar declines it takes more dollars to...

new website Agreed, I do not find the new design to be an improvement. To access webmail, blackboard et al, click the link labeled current students on the upper right hand corner of the main page.