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Only except if you got them at book value this year, you would have to pay a big tax on something that has no value at all...

Thanks! I haven't heard much of about that job. I will look it up and look more into it.

My friend here in Canada working in i-banking team of Credit Suisse got some high yield tar sand bonds as bonus last year at book value....those bonds were very illiquid, and worthless....I just hope she didn't get taxed at book value...didn't have the guts to ask that question (she is a very...

MMF is a very decent program for getting into quant in Canada I think. I didn't do it myself, but I can safely say in my group and nearby area (a quant group at CIBC) has lots of MMF graduates or intern. Although most Canadian quants tend to work in risk management side though, not the exciting...

that would be good. Because my current job has minimum interaction between teammates. every project is assigned to one person. sometimes days goes by before I say a word to some co-workers. That really scared me for being a quant. I guess just my job is giving me the wrong impression of a quant.

I guess my problem is that I like both aspect. I like be able to think and build models that work. (My favorite part of my current job) But I also like to have chance to interact with people instead of work alone (My most hate of aspect of current job) It seems that there isn't a field that...

I am very confused lately about where to go in the future. I am 21 years old, completed two bachelors, one in computer engineering and another one in applied economics at Queen's University in Canada. Since graduated 1 year and half ago, I have been working at a canadian bank doing model...