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Hi All, I am stuck at a point in writing some code. Please look at this function Look at this function ----------------------------------------------------------------------- %% Converting Cumulative "R" Values into Quarterly "Q" Values % For the first quarter, "R" data and "Q" data...

IIT- MSFE I am a current student in the MSFE program at IIT and want to add my tow cents to this discussion. Just like any other program this program has good and bad points. I have tried to summarize these points below- 1) It is in Chicago where there are a lot of prop trading firms and...

Hi Everyone, I am a Quantitative Finance Masters ( Chicago , IL) candidate with strong mathematical, programming & analytical skills combined with industry experience seeking internships and co-op opportunities in areas such as energy, investments, credit and risk management and financial...

If I can match 3 letters that will be sufficient

This might sound a bit stupid...but I will ask it anyways. I have an array which contains words. I have to pick up the words which have more than 5 letters and then compare the first 3 letters of these words with the words in another array in order to look for similarities. ANy suggestions...

I am trying to write a function in C# that generates a Unique User ID which should contain 7 digits. The <Year><Month><Date><Hour><Hex Month><Hex Second><Ticker> The purpose of this id would be that whenever a user submits a request , and ID would be assigned to him based on the above...

Ok Here is the prblem I am working with I am making a console application in Visual Studio 2008 which will take input from a user. These will be called questions This input will be in the form of a string or text. This string will be matched with a set of questions and then then based on...

Hey guys, I have a project which requires me to change some Access VBA code into C# code using LINQ to SQL. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed on this?? Does Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 or 2005 have any functions like that ?? Your comments are much appreciated :tiphat:

Check this out on Google Books http://books.google.com/books?id=YcqXxo5H9x0C&dq=Simon+Benninga's+Financial+Modeling&pg=PP1&ots=zREF9HWIHO&sig=pHLbjpGewtCp9a9-G6Pq3SZ5ezE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA4,M1 <iframe...

"Some people on this board are pretty dismissive of being in a software development role; they say that if you get pigeonholed there at an IB you may just miss the boat on getting to the front office. (I am probably oversimplifying.)" Hey Doug, I did not understand this part. Could you please...

Financial Software development is certainly one of the fields that I am interested in. But the MFE program also has a lot of programming/ algorithm courses which can prove to be useful. I guess you are right when you say that opportunities like this can be entertained at a later time. Right...

Hi, I recently graduated with my Bachelors in Computer Engineering and Minor in Math. Currently working on an internship with a bank as Strategic/Information Systems analyst ( I have to deal with Business Intelligence issues). I am going to start my MS in FE degree in Fall 2008. But something...

Hi, You have to decide whether you want to join Finance or quantitative finance. Just in a nutshell.....Quantitative Finance and financial engineering involve lots of coding but the Finance field that you mentioned over here does not have any programming courses. Financial engineering is a...

What other schools did you get accepted in ?? I haven't heard of the Texas program. Is it Quant oriented or just an MS in finance?? And I'd stay away from Fordham.

The Guide to Careers in Financial Markets is a good book. I don't know how I missed it. Thanks for posting it. :dance: