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ERP Disagree. Most ERP systems build business logic into a business driven workbench which sit on a database. It is difficult therefore it is expensive. It is not easy but it can be done depending on how good you really know the business processes.

maths You only need to ask yourself are you ready for MFE with your current mathematics and programming background? Too many wannabe in the market because they think that MFE can give them a gold pot. I can see that many schools in US or around the world will take this opportunity to make...

Joke Joke mate. You don't have to care so much on forum comments. You need to use your intelligence to get the best out of your goals and then move forward. Nasty comment won't hurt your pocket either way.

Indian He doesn't trust international students or internationals except Indian people. Haa!:D

Read these books to get ready: 1. ODE: Ordinary Differential Equations by Morris Tenenbaum and Harry Pollard (Paperback - Oct. 1, 1985) or Ordinary Differential Equations (Universitext) by Vladimir I. Arnold and R. Cooke (Paperback - July 26, 2006) 2. PDE: Numerical Methods for...

Both are excellent programs. If you like to try wall street then Columbia otherwise London is not bad to live as well. Personally, I will choose Columbia because of the reputation if money is not an issue.

question With due respect, academic should not has boundary set. In his last post on QN, he mentioned that he can stop teaching anytime as he wish.....ehhh! I think classroom environment should not impose any waiver ...shouldn't we? It is open learning. My two bits.

Switching Hi Joy, are you switching to Baruch?? Good choice. Professor Stefanica is all you can trust. The way he builds up this program and his efforts we all can see from here and other forums. He is the MAN. Cheers,

UK and AUS degrees Yeah... for example London School of Economics offers external degree program with 12 subjects which can be completed between 3 years. I am not sure if this is also acceptable in US. Most Australia undergraduate degrees are 3 years. 4th year is the honour year. 5th year...

Great Interesting subject: MTH 9867 Time Series Analysis and Algorithmic Trading

Does anyone know anything about integrating OpenOffice in .Net Application? Please share. Many thanks.:)

Portugal Portugal is a good team but I don't think they can beat Brazil. Cristiano Ronaldo needs someone to feed him with a good pass otherwise I don't he can really score though his free kick is quite good. Australia is not strong either. I guess Germany will go through. I heard Ghana is very...

As usual As usual, you want to show that you can. How can you know I am young or old? Are you discriminate against age? I wonder if you teach refresher course at Baruch, you should some respects and maturity to deal with people from all walk of life. There are people always better than us...

Compliance Numeral professional bodies did that. It is part of their professional code of conduct.

Linux Fedora and openSuse do have problems with Netbeans 6.8 and 6.9, check the Netbeans user forum. Something to do with Genome terminal issues. It happens most recently with Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid). Which OS are you running for your Netbeans? If it is Windows is ok. ---------- Post added at...

Netbeans 6.8 and 6.9beta has serious bugs on various linux distro and partly on Wintel platform. It is still good until they resolve the bugs. Wanna learn more...use vim and emacs. Alternatively you can try Kdevelop which is also quite good. I think it is in version 4 now.

I am surprised that Harvard let him in....and it is Harvard. In this case, I wonder how many have cheated into these Ivy league schools so long as they can bullshit?

LOL Perhaps Harvard is telling the world that US graduates have not learned enough what is called professional ethics so Harvard gives assurance that they step forward to produce those...hope this is not something like they slap on all the graduates in US - do you behave normal as a responsible...

Should this apply to MFE graduates?:-\" May 20 (Bloomberg) -- When Larry Estrada graduates from Harvard Business School next week, he’ll begin work at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. He’ll do so only after taking an oath. Estrada, 30, joined about 150 fellow business school students and faculty...

Brazil Brazil is the favourite in every world cup. I don't think England can win. They are good but not good enough except Rooney is the star player but the rest is so so. Argentina probably has Lionel Messi but they don't play so well in the world cup qualifying round. If one can track down...

Your future, you decide You're most welcome. Remember that you can make money anywhere if you are smart enough. Like it or not, many quants do not make so much as the rumours mentioned but only the really good ones. Frankly speaking, to be an actuary is easy if you can pass the test, but to...

I believe the admission office plays a pivotal role in grad school performance. Most often they admitted students are less qualified for the program. For instance, MFE is one good example.

Follow your heart There are several threads in this forum or wilmott.com already mentioned about the differences. As discussed. These two fields are merging. Actuarial science may be required less "tedious" maths comparing with quant finance (QF) or FE. It tends to be more policy making...

$$$ Frankly speaking, if you do the right thing I do not see any difference between Actuary and Quant except quant is dealing with market then you will find it very exotic. In term of money, they can be the same. Again, some said that quant can make more than actuary, but actuary also can make...

Time Series Models related to time series analysis. Thanks for the input.

I don't recall who can call themselves a Master of a "programming" language unless you create the language itself. We just have to keep learning and find out the best way to do thing and getting the best result. One can comprehend C/C++ very well in algo will find a job in the financial world.

Based on your surface information, it is good program indeed. You need to find out the teaching quality because at the end what you can learn from the program and to perform at work are most important. FE stuff is very practical. There is no bullshit once you land a job and people expect you to...

Hi Alain, I agreed that Octave is slow. I am trying to test it with Netbeans as a plugin. I am using R also. The function is sufficient enough to construct model.

Hi Guys, Have you tried out Scilab or Octave? Please share your experience. Are they as good as Matlab? Thanks, M

Buddy-to-Buddy games in the industry. Similarly if 90% quantile of Baruch enter the financial world and become big shots in the Street....they will tend to recruit their friends. It happens everywhere.

your call No ones can tell you about your chances. You have to make it by yourself. If you can't make it or decide, leave the field and join the admin force.

The same S+ = R..functionality is almost the same. I recommended that book is for information purpose. You can always refer to R to change the codes.

Check this: Modeling Financial Time Series with S-PLUS S+ is a commercial package of R...the coding is similar.

export text file You can export the text file to your server then read from there. SAS does not put the field names in the output file unless you tell it to do so, or you're using some utility that will do it for you. something like this.. Data _null_; set yourdata; file "yourfile.tab"...

SAS Check this mate> SAS/C Compiler Software You need to add a C++ module to SAS base. Basically, it will allow C++ program runs from the server/mainframe side. Cheers

The problem is that people aspired to get into quant areas without sheer economic knowledge. Mathematics alone can't solve real world problems because it caused by human elements. In addition, the ego and greed..... You can tell from many quant forums, people tend to think their own ways and...

C++ If you good at C++ and math plus a bit of finance, you are almost surely make it through to the quant areas. Frankly speaking, C++ is a key to unlock the door to the profession....unless you are really good at maths with a PhD. My two bits.

Overall I think people keep asking question which program is better than the other in this forum. I think is useless to compare which is better than the other. You have to ask yourself if you can pick up the knowledge and perform at work. Even you get NYU or Columbia but you don't learn it...

Hi I think I did not make myself clear in this aspect. What I try to convey is about mathematics stuff. Yes, you may find MBA students with maths degree but it is very rare. Accounting is not hard core. It is easier to learn financial accounting and management accounting rather than...

Hi With due respect, financial engineer is a professional one really needs to know maths well to do the job. Having more practitioners in the program is good provided they really deliver the knowledge. I believe those who embarks on a FE program....I am guessing >70% want to be trader but...

Hi Therefore, your ranking criteria based on the number of practitioners can't tell if one will get a job if the entire program is taught by practitioners as opposed to a mix. What is your sample or population of your survey? How large that you consider that your data and results are...

Not sure I think one can land a job is relative to his/her skills and academic results if the respective practitioner is willing to recommend this candidate. Please bear in mind that many students get admitted to the program without sufficient maths skills. They may be smart but they...

Teaching Quality Can you assure that practitioners are good teacher? What about teaching quality? My experience: practitioners are likely don't know how to focus on delivery of quality teaching. Do you agree? May be not. Same thing, academia has no practical experience may be viewed...

Remove our comment is not so professional of this forum Where got freedom of speech since you guys try to remove our comments. Shame!

Have anyone used Ubuntu on their laptop? How is it for quant work?

$$$ Frankly speaking, quant job can be very challenging because you are dealing with the markets and you try to out perform it. However, it can be very repetitive if you are a quant developer. Have you thought of fund manager role in the field of investment research and strategies. These...

Reason Our experience is that international students have a success rate similar ro that of US residents, the one major difference being that international students are rarely eligible for positions that have to be filled immediately?????????? Why?

The gap between quant and actuary is narrower nowadays. Frankly speaking, both are dealing with the markets but one focuses more on risk management. I find many fully qualified actuaries do quant stuff too. If you know how to make money, it works anywhere!

MIT Courseware Google "MIT Courseware". You will find some useful maths lectures to prepare your quant journey. Please feed yourself as much as possible and learn C++. Cheers,

Hi Folks, I also suggest if you can share the MFE program teaching quality. With due respect, sometimes famous academia can hardly deliver "understandable" classroom knowledge unlike Professor Gilbert Strang. He is superb. So, please share your experience in the classroom when you...

Try studying something relevant to MFE. Don't waste your time to do something extra at this stage. The point is to get into the program and do well.

Hi Joy, How are you doing? I saw your post about the IIT Master of Finance program. I need to ask for your insider knowledge about the difference between IIT Master of Finance vs Master of Mathematical Finance program. In addition, I believe both programs are 1.5 years long. How much...

Costs Hi Andy, Thank you. I understand your points. By the way, the probability is very low for one to spend $2k per month for a room in NY. I am suggesting if we can share the information about the reasonable costs for the living expenses and tuition fees in total since so many current...

Maths Taking courses like advanced calculus, mathematical statistics, functional analysis (advanced analysis), PDE, ODE (2nd and 3rd year), computational linear algebra, numerical methods, basic stochastic processes courses will make like easier if you tackle MFE. Of course, C++ is a must in...

Hi Folks, I think the evaluation post for the quant finance or FE programs is really great. Anyway, can I suggest if you can add a question about cost of the program? For example, tuition, cost of living in that particular city for the intended program. At least, potential overseas...

Hi Folks, Thank you. I know programming but not C++. I am still learning but come across this HPC. I would like to know what is the application for HPC in quant finance? Thanks, M

Hi Folks, Can someone enlighten me about High Performance Computing? Do we get to learn from any MFE program? Thanks. Cheers, M

Thanks Folks, Thank you and thank you so much. I am learning c++ from Primer Plus for C++ now. I will stick to C++ and Python. Actually I like Python. Cheers, M

Hi This is my first time to this forum. I just want to say hello. I think Baruch has a great community.

Hi Folks, I want to learn programming. Should I choose to learn Python first then C++ for future quant finance/FE courses? I know many will tell me C++ but I want to hear from the floor about Python. Thanks, M