<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: bostonquantI have a hard time believing the Stat progam at Columbia isn't solid. If you have no experience and want to trade I would do the MFE but if you have experience it really doesn't matter which program you complete, do what interests you most. I don't know if th...

By CQF, you mean the certificate in quantitative finance? I'm not sure that there is one at Columbia. I've heard of a certificate in financial engineering, but I don't know how reputable that is.

<t>Next year, I’ll be applying to both the Statistics and MFE programs at Columbia, and I need to know whether it’s worth the effort. My goal is to get into a quant role at a top trading institution. I’m also applying to Uchicago, Uberkeley and CMU. I need to verify a few things about the Columbia p...

I think this question is also asked by SIG.

<t>Electricity can’t be stored, but if the hydro plants have capabilities such as pumped storage, their owners can delay the production of power until a time when they expect to make higher profits. Electricity forwards can therefore be affected, IF storage reservoirs are large enough they plant own...

ra008, Where are you? These markets are pretty "domestic" if you are looking for opportunities in a utility. A lot of big banks are in the market too...JARON(Goldman), Lehman, Bear Stearns, Morgan Stanley.

<t>I’m also trying to I find a relationship between the monthly vols(that I want series 2), and he variance parameters used by GARCH. GARCH(1,1) uses a long-term variance as input. I guess there is a way to transform this variance into a vol. But how to I transform the other GARCH input parameters t...

<t>Given series1(with monthly volatility, x%) and series2, where series2 is calculated as an hourly GARCH basis from series1. How can I use GARCH to simulate series2 so that series2 has a monthly volatility that is (x+c)%, where c is a constant? How would I use calculate the appropriate parameters? ...

Is it possible to find an example of a statistic that does not estimate any corresponding population parameter? I can't think of one.

<t>Well, I'm not sure how much I can help since I'm only an undergrad. Anyway, I have had three interviews for trading assistant positions in the US. The companies that I interviewed with were into stock options. They all asked the following questions:1)Are you competitive? Sounds like a silly quest...

But I'm in Barbados, and I don't see him.

<t>Thanks for the replies. I am not completely sure what i want to do. I know that I want to use my math degree in a business environment. At the same time, I know that I don't want a PhD in Math (which seems to be a requirement for quants). I also want a job where I will learn a lot about finance, ...

<t>I am in my last semester of college. I have been offered a job as an assistant trader with a specialist firm. Eventually I want to complete either a masters in financial engineering or an MBA at a top american university? Does anyone know if this job is good preparation? What is the typical caree...

"how 'bout kaptial?" FDAX just misunderstood, Kapital spelt it incorrectly, and all of you are MEAN!!!

How good is Susquehanna? Do they pay well? You can private message me.