Search results

  1. kirylm

    Colorado Massacre Linked To Historic Bank Fraud

    interesting theory http://anoncentral.tumblr.com/post/28109989079/colorado-massacre-linked-to-historic-bank-fraud
  2. kirylm

    Banker Refuses to Work For $310,000 Base Salary & Sues JPMorgan For $920,000

    http://compliancesearch.com/wallstreetjobreport/jp-morgan-chase/banker-refuses-to-work-for-310000-base-salary-sues-jpmorgan-for-920000/
  3. kirylm

    trade metrics

    A Would-Be Ratings Agency Without Rose-Colored Glasses Two credit analysts at R&R Consulting have been faced with hurdles in trying to join the credit ratings industry, despite new rules that are meant to encourage smaller players to jump in...
  4. kirylm

    7 Types Of People Who Fail In Finance

    To earn a career (or even a job offer) in finance, you needed to have sufficiently impressed your interviewers. The finance setting in the real world is competitive. Occasionally, HR will let in finance professionals with uber personalities. They have spark, personality and commendable...
  5. kirylm

    LaTex question

    I am trying to learn LaTex. I have a question. I want to display summation, so I do: \begin{equation} \sum_{k=1}^n k^2 \end{equation} But it doesn't work, while i think it should. I am getting this: What am i doing wrong? I am using Led 0.526501 with MiKTeX 2.9 Suggestions for better Tex...
  6. kirylm

    OUTSOURCING: GOOD or BAD

    Wanted to hear what people think about the Outsourcing: is it helping the economy? is it helping companies to produce better products and services? .. or is it the other way around?
  7. kirylm

    CUDA and SLI

    Is there any advantage of having 2-Way SLI from CUDA standpoint? Is it better to get, say one 256-core card vs two 128-core cards and set them up with SLI?
  8. kirylm

    FX Tick Data question

    Can someone who is familiar with the different formats of tick data tell me what are the values of the first and the last columns might be? 368412956 AUD/CAD 12/30/2007 17:00:03.000 0.8598 0.8604 D 368413005 AUD/CAD 12/30/2007 17:00:58.000 0.8599 0.8605 D...
  9. kirylm

    Monte Carlo Methods in CUDA

    Thalesian Seminar - Dr Gerald Hanweck, Jr. - Monte Carlo Methods in CUDA, 6:30pm, Wed 23rd February, Midtown, NYC We are delighted to invite you to the inaugural talk of the Thalesians NYC seminars which will be given by Dr. Gerald Hanweck, Jr. -...
  10. kirylm

    MetaTrader FX trading platform

    Anyone tried it? Can you share your opinions?
  11. kirylm

    Does It Matter Where You Go to College?

    What You Do vs. Where You Go - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com
  12. kirylm

    Quants and Morgan Stanley to Part

    Quants and Morgan Stanley to Part - NYTimes.com
  13. kirylm

    Income Inequality: Too Big to Ignore

    Economic View - Confronting Income Inequality - NYTimes.com
  14. kirylm

    Some Interview Questions

    1. The mass of a ripe tomato is composed 99% of water and 1% of other stuff. You put 100 pounds of ripe tomatoes out in the sun. After a while evaporation changes the composition to 98% water and 2% other stuff. At this time, how much do the tomatoes weigh, in pounds? a) 98 b) 49 c) 50 d) 49.5...
  15. kirylm

    UBS quant interview question

    Someone I know told me this was at the interview with UBS recently: The number 1978 is such a number that if you add the first 2 sets of numbers, you'll will get the middle 2 sets of numbers. So in 1978, 19+78=97; so the question is write a formula that can find numbers that satisfy these...
  16. kirylm

    Few interesting C++ questions

    1). What is the difference between malloc and new? Why is one preferable to the other? 2). memset is sometimes used to initialize data in a constructor like the example below. What is the benefit of initializing this way? Does it work in this example? Does it work in general ? Is it a good...
  17. kirylm

    Learning How to Hedge Yourself, Not Just Your Portfolio

    Wealth Matters - Learning How to Hedge Yourself, Not Just Your Portfolio - NYTimes.com
  18. kirylm

    interview follow-up question

    Is it a good idea to follow up with an email to interviewer, even though I was not given a business card? I was given a card by the HR manager and the pattern of email address convention is clear, and since i know first and last name of people who interviewed me hence my question. Anyone can...
  19. kirylm

    Smartphone Opinions Needed

    Anyone has any opinions about any of the following phones: - palm pre plus - htc driod eris - blackberry storm2 - htc touch pro 2 - motorola droid
  20. kirylm

    The Minds Behind the Meltdown

    The Quants: Formula for a Meltdown - WSJ.com
  21. kirylm

    Hedging house mortgage with Euro$

    Anyone has any ideas, or know anything about how to hedge ARM mortgage against adjustments with Eurodollar futures? Any links, books, articles would be appreciated (meaning anything other then I can google myself). Thanks/
  22. kirylm

    Data Structure for Matrix Implementation

    I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on which is the best data structure to use for matrix implementation in C++ (in case I decide to do it :-)). The first thing that comes to mind, vector of vectors, is not a good idea in the end, since column access will be somewhat cumbersome. Another...
Back
Top