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Another point is that in the big picture, hedge funds still are not the biggest chunk of the buy side per say. The total Hedge fund industry has about $1.5 trillion assets under management. Even the biggest names do not cross the $50billion mark ( Renaissance ~ 35b D E Shaw ~35b,Citadel ~20b...

there is a saying from where I come from which goes like "girls and job you get only on luck; if you have your day there is no one who can stop you; and when it's not your day there is nothing anyone can do" (it sounds more poetic in sindhi) and my personal experience says yeah that's true...

H1 B numbers this year Total applications ~163,000 Advanced degree application ~31,000 (cap is 20,000) here is a link...

H1B applications reaches limit A side tracker... but news is out on the USCIS webpage that H1b quotas have been filed for FY09 (both general and masters - I think a new record date for masters).... The important thing is that for the masters students there will be a random lottery like system...

Seems like the Baruch International student office knows atleast something about the new rule -- they have a posting saying please report your employers to ISSC... Baruch College - International Student Service Center [/FONT]

Seems like DHS passed out a new rule extending the period of OPT by 17 months to a total of 29 months -- it appears to me the rule was put out yesterday.... Here are a couple of (.gov) websites DHS: 17-Month Extension of Optional Practical Training for Certain Highly Skilled Foreign Students...

Its literally dinner in the sky -- this Belgium firm, gets a crane, puts a table 50 meters up where ever you want (in front of a cathedral, sea front) and there you go... Here are some pictures Dinner in the Sky

Google introduced a new stock screener on finance.google.com -- its amazing (i know its google but still)!!!!! Google Finance: Stock Screener

Although not a direct answer to your question, you may want to read literature by Patrick Hagan (some of which is available on Wilmott library and over the internet in general) about the convexity adjustment and timing issues: Black's formula may give only an approximation, and I am sure that...

3 one liners I heard recently : a) "we are dating after marrying" : rumored to be some jpm executive about "integrating" business b) "if you for the deal, you would call it a rescue; if you are against it, you will call it a bailout" : On Fed's role c) "Even a dead cat bounces when thrown...

john andy --- amazing thread..... thanks a lot.... the files on this thread are really nice !!!

good one.... specially considering the recent mess !!!!!

In my personal opinion you actually would want to the current batch// alumni of these programs so that you get a better idea which program is a better fit... that's one great thing about baruch i would say -- quantnet, where prospective students can post questions and doubts !!!

for what tenure 3months 1 yr or 5 yrs 3 months I guess personally its short futures, 1 year its a 50-50 situation, 5 year definitely NO

Well the top 3 headlines at the hour on Bloomberg are: 1) Treasuries Rise; 3-Month Bill Rates Fall to Lowest Since 1950s 2) Lehman Drops After Fuld Says Fed Eased Cash Concerns 3) Oil, Gold Rise to Records as Dollar Fuels Commodities And yet the Dow is up for the day, and S&P hardly reacted...