How does 'Principles of Financial Engineering' compare to his other book - 'Introduction to the Mathematics of Financial Derivatives'? Can someone compare these two books please?Thanks.

Looks like India and Australia will fight it out at the finals ...

<t>I hate to place bets on India -Pakistan matches ! Much as I want India to win - I hate to lose money by betting on India should be a tense match on the 1st March. As regards the England vs India match on the 26th Feb, India seem to be peaking at the right moment... my bet on India - then again .....

Great bowling there by England... Goodluck to India on the 26th.. Does England need to win on the 26th to get to the Super six?

<t>The accounting and audit experience would be quite useful for M&A, valutions and other corporate finance work, but is unlikely to matter much in fund management or private equity. A professional accountancy qualification will take time and commitment, and will involve studying papers which ar...

<t>I prefer the suggestion by Plessas. The modification I would make to his suggestion is that the FAQ thread should be an archive thread - with read-only access to members. Questions qualifying as FAQs would be collected and posted to this thread by the administrator or whoever is assigned the read...

<t><blockquote>Quote<hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>Omar</b></i>Produce an expanded, annotated version of Baxter and Rennie, with all details carefully spelled out, and all proofs given in at least two different ways, and sell it to J.<hr></blockquote>If this is going to happen, please add me to you...

QuoteOriginally posted by: HiboumalinHAHAHAHAHA!!! It follows that the contry with the strongest currency is home of the world biggest sinners.Peace,HiboumalinNow I really want to emigrate! But I hope my own sins don't follow me

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Hamilton<i>So Percy was chatting bo-lex </i>Walker Percy was a medical physician.I don’t know whether William Percy was speaking in the context of biology or psychology/philosophy. However, as regards knowing oneself, how many of us apply the same amount of effort, trai...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: Hamilton<blockquote>Quote<hr>Socrates: The fact is, as we said at the beginning of our discussion, that the aspiring speaker needs no knowledge of the truth about what is right or good... In courts of justice no attention is paid whatever to the truth about such topics;...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: dc<blockquote> To curb my habit, I did require myself to IMPLIMENT at least one idea (typically the idea that was the main driving factor in the purchase) before accumulating the next book. .That seems to be a very practical idea - I need implement it before I buy any m...

<t><blockquote>Quote<hr><i>Originally posted by: <b>dc</b></i><blockquote>Quote<hr></blockquote> And, I thought I had a bad book-buying habit! .....<hr></blockquote>... but how do you manage to read through all the books you buy? - </t>

kr, Aaron and Anthis - thanks for your comments.

<t>Central Banks would require banks to have their internal models validated by independent agencies and also review the results during their own inspections of the bank. In theory, this, together with the banks’ own risk managers and internal audit could lead to some discipline and force top manage...