Recent content by Sam Harris

allrighty Andy: Try this: 1. Open the attached "Examples(1)." (I rearranged it a bit). 2. download the attached XLA and install it. It should give you a toolbar w/1 button. 3. Select cells "A10: D39" on Examples(1).Sheet1 -- this is the data range minus the header. 4. Push the button. 5...

Thank you very much for the birthday greeting Claudia and Adolfo!

You and I have spoken in person and by e-mail, and you recommended I read Liars Poker and Accidental Investment Banker. Both books seem to paint a picture altogether different than what you painted for us at the career fair. I am intrigued and impressed that you would lead me to read books...

I know we usually talk about getting jobs or the industry in general, but I thought I'd ask a simple investing question I've been pondering since starting my education in finance. In the housing market, it is not uncommon to use 3:1 leverage for buying some rental properties and trying to get...

Excellent contribution! I'm glad to see that both the company and I see this progressing much the same way as you described (expectations management). First year will be all about meeting the contractual 40hrs of consulting + finishing the degree. 2 classes per semester x 3 semesters (Spring...

It kind of makes sense that my primary job would be the engineering role because their main business is filling contract slots for the Army. They get paid an hourly rate by the Army, take a fee out, and then pass the rest on to their employees. In exchange, they take on the responsibility of...

Hi, As some of you know, I am an engineer and an officer in the Air Force. I am half way through Columbia's online MFE and live in New Mexico. I have my resume posted on Columbia's MonsterTRAK and got a call from a small defense contractor a month ago wanting me to come work for them. I...

My boss has encouraged this decision. He told me, "You're too young to start giving up on your dreams. If your dream is to work on Wall St, then dammit, go work on Wall St!"

My boss at work "proctors" the exams. The University e-mails him the exam and he prints it out then faxes it back to them. He used to have to overnight the physical exam, but now only has to keep in on file for the rest of the semester in case the fax didn't work. If you live in NYC, the...

I'm half way through the Columbia Online program, and I must agree with all here on the disadvantages. $4k a class hits the wallet hard, and no networking is rough. However, you've all missed the tremendous advantages of online. (1) You can pause and rewind your professor. How many times...

...moreover as Taleb points out in both his books, society does not reward the preventer of disaster, but the repairer of disaster. If someone makes sacrifices to prevent a disaster (and the disaster never happens) then people get mad at him/her for wasting resources even though if the disaster...

Great read! Thank you, dstefan.

I worked as a salesman during undergrad, and on Black Friday I made twice as much money in commissions than in the previous three months combined.

I thought commodities always do well in times of crisis.

Thanks for clearing that up.