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  1. frankm1342

    Remembering 9/11

    I was working at JPMorgan Chase that summer, 2 blocks away from Ground Zero. I was scheduled to start my official new job with them on 9/12/01, so my summer manager said that I should stop working on 9/10 and take 9/11 off. I was fortunate to have been spared being downtown on that day. I...
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    TIME magazine: Investing By The Numbers

    Here is the link to a recent Time magazine article about Quants and how they manage money. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1531320,00.html Investing By The Numbers By BARBARA KIVIAT Posted Sunday, Sep. 3, 2006 You know how to pick a good stock, right? Read up on a...
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    Detailed schedule for FALL 2006

    Ahhhh - I was going to say, it would be hilarious if there was an official portion of the Baruch website that rated courses in that way.
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    Detailed schedule for FALL 2006

    Where do you see the version of the schedule that shows the 'chili' indicators?
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    Wed, 9/6 is a Monday schedule for us too

    According to the Professor Stefanica, on Wednesday, 9/6, we should follow a Monday schedule. That means we have Object Oriented Programming instead of Numeric Linear Algebra. He also said that in general, we would follow any class schedule changes as per the regular Baruch calendar.
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    Sign up for Study Group

    Avaiability: possibly 30 min before class and weekends Classes need help with: C++, math, finance (?), VBA Classes can help with: finance
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    Any IPOD guru out there?

    The WSJ had an article today about how SanDisk is coming out with a competitively priced flash memory based MP3 player that will have 8GB of memory. Again, even if the device itself is great, it all depends on how easy it is to use and how it interacts will music and other files.
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    Any IPOD guru out there?

    Also, keep in mind that the larger Ipods (30 and 60 GB) use hard drives. sometimes these are susceptible to damage if you use them while moving a lot. I dont know about the video ones, but the Ipod Mini would always have this problem of easily damaged hard drive. i like the nano bc it is...
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    Any IPOD guru out there?

    are you considering the video one? i ask bc you mentioned the 30 and 60 gig size. i have the 4GB Nano and i love it to death.
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    Required textbooks for Fall 2006 courses

    One of the best places to buy books: http://www.bookfinder4u.com
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    If You Know Options, You're Likely to Know Stocks

    Very interesting - I wonder if this would work in practice. $600/month is not a big investment considering the potential with this strategy. Usually, if a strategy like this works in practice, all of the institutional investors take advantage of it until there is no longer an advantage to be...
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    What are your thoughts on the Refresher courses thus far?

    My thoughts on probability: tough and somewhat abstract material. More enjoyable when we used the math to solve actual financial problems. I would have preferred that the TA provided optimal solutions to the HW like in Advanced Calc. The class is valuable because it is a wake-up call...
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    Barrons Student Discount

    I try to read Economist (I've read several blurbs that claim it is the best written periodical in the world, the most informative, the standard for businesspeople across thr world, etc.) - but I just find it so dense and boring. My Dad gets it, so I pick it up every week and if I have a chance...
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    Barrons Student Discount

    Financial Times is another great paper - it is probably considered the best for international financial news and one of the best overall. There are many papers, magazines, online journals, etc....so much to read and so little time!
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    Barrons Student Discount

    Sometimes I try and post articles from Barron's on the Forum because I really believe that this paper is incredibly insightful and important for students of finance (and mathematics of finance!) to read. But as I was reading it this weekend (a weekend ritual which I enjoy immensely) I was...
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    Required textbooks for Fall 2006 courses

    Andy - I know you must have gotten some great deals on the books - any recommendations on what site to buy from?
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    Required textbooks for Fall 2006 courses

    Are all of these books confirmed? Are all of the books that Max has listed for the Fall classes confirmed? I would like to purchase them this week.
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    The Master Happy Birthday thread

    I hope you have a very Happy Bday Bridgett
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    Favorite books about wall street

    FROM TODAY'S WALL STREET JOURNAL (how timely!): Some (Investing) Books for the Beach By DAVE KANSAS August 7, 2006; Page R3 With heat baking much of the U.S. in the past couple of weeks, many folks are trying to find relief on the beach or at the lake. When trotting out to your...
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    Is one C++ programming course enough?

    Yes, I like the idea of a VBA refresher! My collegue who works at BofA and is in our program said he doesn't use C++ in his job, but uses VBA. Also, a lot of the job postings here at BofA call for VBA experience.
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    Is one C++ programming course enough?

    Was VBA taught in the class or were you all expected to know it already.
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    What are your thoughts on the Refresher courses thus far?

    The courses are important to take but vary in the effectiveness of the information conveyed. Calculus refresher: Professor Stefanica is a great teacher in addition to being a subject matter expert. He conveyed the necessary information in an effective and interesting manner (as interesting...
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    Is one C++ programming course enough?

    On the portion of the Baruch website describing the program, there is a comment to the effect that people who come out of the program will most likely end up in a more programming oriented job or a more finance oriented one. With regard to programming, this fact should be kept in mind for those...
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    A Trader's Train to Wall Street, Connecticut

    I have not had a job yet where taking vacation was frowned upon or discouraged - I've mostly worked in Equity Product Management and Syndicate. Even my Managing Directors take vacations. The big thing on our desk (I sit with the bond traders and best execution) is giving people grief who...
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    A Trader's Train to Wall Street, Connecticut

    With regard to time and money, every job is different. In my job - Retail Equity Syndicate - if there are no deals going on, then it is a 7:30 to 5pm day. The money is good but each firm is different - the best situation in my world is if you are Retail Syndicate but your bonus is part of the...
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    A Trader's Train to Wall Street, Connecticut

    He started with Goldman as an analyst (did his MBA at Stern I think). Then he became an analyst with Lehman for their Neuberger Berman division (the hedge fund group). He got a bad bonus and then got a call from a headhunter for this hedge fund to be an analyst for Retail names. I dont know...
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    A Trader's Train to Wall Street, Connecticut

    My friend just took a job in Stamford for one of the more famous hedge funds. He drives in everyday for a 7am start and leaves relatively early (maybe an hour or so after the market closes) - but when he gets home, his boss expects him to log back on after relaxing for an hour or two, and stay...
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    Learning about Financial terminology

    Andy mentioned that it would be useful to have some exposure to and learn more about financial terminology. Here are 2 websites that you may find useful: www.investorwords.com www.investopedia.com
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    A Million Bucks in A Month

    THIS GUY WROTE A BOOK AND THEY ARE MAKING IT INTO A MOVIE I HEARD
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    Barrons: The Striking Price

    CBOE Seeks Its Share THE STRIKING PRICE CBOE Seeks Its Share By KOPIN TAN IN RECENT YEARS, SOME OF THE FIERCEST SPECULATION at the Chicago Board Options Exchange involved not the direction of stocks, but the fate of its trading floor. Since the nation's oldest option market began...
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    WSJ - Carlyle Will Join Financiers' Moves Into Hedge Funds

    As moderator of the Finance forum I will try to post articles that I believe are interesting, and I encourage you to do the same. We will be learning a lot about theory in our classes, but it is just as important that we read articles which provde us with a window onto how finance in all its...
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    Registration

    To any students who are currently in the program - do you remember exactly what they did at Orientation last year? I am considering not going at 3:30pm (I work full-time) and want to get a sense of what I will be missing. Does anyone know if we need to register this way every year (in person)...
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    Integrate C++ program into VBA

    Bridgett, how hard is it to learn VBA compared to c++? There is a guy in our program (1 year ahead of us) who uses VBA in his job here at BofA (he does something with hedge fund risk analysis). I always here ppl saying how it is useful if you can do VBA because then you can make excel do some...
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    Barrons: The Striking Price

    Every week, Barron's has a section regarding options called "The Striking Price" usually written by Kopin Tan. Since we will be learning a lot about options and options strategies, I thought I'd post a recent article (using the method Andy taught us, which he has convinced me is legal!): THE...
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    2007 Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad

    That is amazing Andy. So why does Google-bot not get tripped up when it tries to access Barron's content? For example, when googlebot tries to examine that Trading article, why wouldnt Barron's system just direct it to a login page the same way someone like me would be directed there?
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    Reuters Workshops

    I just signed up for Reuters part 1 for this Thursday. I will sign up for Part 2 at some point - maybe for this coming Monday if my schedule permits. I use Bloomberg here at work but it will be good to learn Reuters and then get access to the other workshops and classes.
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    2007 Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad

    Program Trading Powers Student to Top of Class - Barron's Check out this weekend's issue of Barron's - there is an article "Program Trading Powers Student to Top of Class" - it is all about the 1st place winner of the 2006 contest.
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    Reuters Workshops

    This is great stuff - what is the main link to see all of the offerings? I'm going to ask for time away from work to attend these - my arguement will be that I can save the company money - instead of them paying, it is part of my baruch tuition!
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    2007 Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad

    im sure you all know this...but I was 100% kidding with my first post. i am fascinated by the concept of automated trading.
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    2007 Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad

    I have NO INTEREST in creating an automated computer program that will allow me to sit back and watch as it makes me money :)
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    Book recommendation: Financial Modelling

    Has anyone read this book: Financial Modeling - 3nd Edition (Hardcover) by Simon Benninga - if so, what did you think? Also, does anyone have a recommendation for a basic book to learn Visual Basic? I have a colleague in our program who uses VBA in his risk management work. I'm going to ask him...
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    DEV C++ debugging issue

    Andy - thanks for the tips - I did everything you asked (added the commands and downloading the updated files) but it still gives me the same message. Very weird. Perhaps Im destined to never debug my programs - or maybe this is how Microsoft keeps people using VS6.0....they make sure the...
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    DEV C++ debugging issue

    I'm cursed - that must be it - I launched my 'hello world' executable and Insight told me - "The executable has no debugging information" - it brought up a screen filled with addresses. i hit the run info and the dos-looking screen apeared. i hit the 'next' button in Insight and that screen...
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    DEV C++ debugging issue

    Andy - thank you so much for that info - that video was amazing. There must be something else that Im doing incorrect. I have always had 'generate debugging info' enabled under the compiler/linker options. I also followed everything you showed us in the video. in fact, when i launched...
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    DEV C++ debugging issue

    Andy - Thank you so much!
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    DEV C++ debugging issue

    Even when I set a breakpoint, the debugger in DEV C++ does not seem to work. I seem to always get the message about 'no debuggging info available, do you want to create the file and recompile now?' - i click OK and it recompiles but does not debug. This prevents me from being able to open a...
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    DEV C++ debugging issue

    When I try to use the debugger in Dev C++ it always says "your project does not have debugging info, do you want to enable debugging and rebuild your project?" - so I hit yes, it compiles and then it doesn't seem to do anything. I want to debug such that I can step through each line and see how...
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    How do you take care of your personal finance?

    In my 401K I have a small percentage in fixed income (somewhere in the teens) and the rest in equities (small, mid cap, large cap and international index funds). In my personal portfolio it is 100% equities. I think options are powerful and fascinating, but as Sangfroid said, you have to know...
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    How do you take care of your personal finance?

    short term bond funds and fixed income closed end funds can offer rates as high as 8-8.5% in some cases (could be higher sometimes). The downsides include expense ratios and volatility.
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    How do you take care of your personal finance?

    I don't know if is true that Queens has the most branches of the 5 boroughs. If I had to guess, I would say Manhattan, but I could be wrong. Flushing is def a good indication of the wide variety in banks - i don't think BofA is there yet though - and includes many unique, single location Asian...
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    How do you take care of your personal finance?

    Bank of America is also greatly expanding their presence in NYC and has a lot of branches in the city
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    How do you take care of your personal finance?

    Chase has the most branches in NYC and probably in the northeast - I'm an ex-employee that works for one of their major competitors - so I'm saying this as fact, not as an endorsement.
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    How do you take care of your personal finance?

    ING direct is online only. They offer rates higher than some brick-and-mortar banks. I'm not sure how you access your money from ING if you don't have a bank account at a physical bank. I have my checking/savings with one of the large banks and when I use ING, I transfer the money online to...
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    Liar's Poker

    another great read: When Genius Failed : The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management by Roger Lowenstein (Paperback - Oct 9, 2001)
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    visual c++ 6.0 not working / setup issue

    andy im so sick of visual 6.0 - just to be clear: emacs is an alternative code editor and then cygwin (which i used in class the other night) can be used to compile and run the programs? i wasted so much time this weekend fighting with v6.0 problems...
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    visual c++ 6.0 not working / setup issue

    Thanks guys - turns out I had to run a scan of the hard drive...something was def messed up on the PC. I unistalled and reisntalled visual 6.0 and it is fine now. Andy - the same way you found that great fix for the getline bug...have you ever noticed that visual 6.0 displays errors when you...
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    visual c++ 6.0 not working / setup issue

    Any advice - my MS Visual C++ 6.0 program isn't working. It compiles programs with no errors but then gives errors when I try to run them. I unistalled the program and upon reinstall, it gave me this error: "Setup could not open the file c:\windows\system32\ds32gt.cll" - any advice?
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    Math Background

    just realized I just realized he wasn't accepted yet - I assummed you were only able to get onto our message board if you had been accepted into the program. my mistake.
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    Math Background

    Have you been told that you are required to take the math refreshers courses? The refreshers are meant to ensure that your math skills are up to par before the actual program begins in September. If you are concerned about your math skills, it is probably best to tell Dan Stefanica ASAP that...
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