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by Guinnesshawk
July 25th, 2006, 4:52 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: OSU Stillwater
Replies: 1
Views: 97234

OSU Stillwater

I am from Oklahoma but live in Houston. What do you want to know?
by Guinnesshawk
June 9th, 2005, 3:43 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Best Urban Architechture - Chicago!
Replies: 8
Views: 146595

Best Urban Architechture - Chicago!

Aon now owns the former Amoco building. Larry Fuller's wife picked out the marble. It comes from a single quarry in Italy.
by Guinnesshawk
March 30th, 2005, 8:33 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Negative Variance
Replies: 21
Views: 160440

Negative Variance

While my experince in energy trading does not involve working directly in power trading, I don't think the price would go negative on power. Somebody would take it at zero cost, specifically some entity with storage capability.
by Guinnesshawk
March 10th, 2005, 6:16 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Goldman Sachs - Commodities
Replies: 6
Views: 158723

Goldman Sachs - Commodities

Haven't worked there, but the energy desk (J Aron) is highly respected.
by Guinnesshawk
March 7th, 2005, 6:38 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: EPRM Rankings
Replies: 2
Views: 157519

EPRM Rankings

Nontheless, I am still interested in the results. Anyone?
by Guinnesshawk
March 4th, 2005, 6:29 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: EPRM Rankings
Replies: 2
Views: 157519

EPRM Rankings

Does anyone have the EPRM rankings for 2004 energy houses? TIA!
by Guinnesshawk
March 4th, 2005, 6:28 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Swaption Primer?
Replies: 4
Views: 160028

Swaption Primer?

Does anyone know of a good paper(s) or resource for swaption basics? Any material specifically dealing with commodities would be especially helpful. TIA.
by Guinnesshawk
January 18th, 2005, 12:54 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Lionhart Investments in London
Replies: 3
Views: 163068

Lionhart Investments in London

Thanks Dave! Anyone else?
by Guinnesshawk
January 17th, 2005, 10:56 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Lionhart Investments in London
Replies: 3
Views: 163068

Lionhart Investments in London

Anyone know anything about this shop? Culture, reputation, performance, compensation, etc. Any feedback is appreciated.
by Guinnesshawk
September 22nd, 2003, 7:48 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Investment Bank Ranking
Replies: 5
Views: 192322

Investment Bank Ranking

OK thanks. It would have been interesting to contrast those ratings against those at www.eprm.com.They're pretty sad - Goldman (thru J Aron), MS, & BoA are the top 3 in pretty much every category
by Guinnesshawk
September 22nd, 2003, 7:26 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Investment Bank Ranking
Replies: 5
Views: 192322

Investment Bank Ranking

Did II do any energy related rankings along the same lines? If so, could you please post? Thanks in advance!
by Guinnesshawk
September 10th, 2003, 1:25 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: dynamics and trading
Replies: 1
Views: 189648

dynamics and trading

Have you read The Predictors?
by Guinnesshawk
September 5th, 2003, 2:04 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Oil-y problems
Replies: 7
Views: 190979

Oil-y problems

<t>The Brent sequence goes something like this:Paper (IPE futures)EFPs into 15 day Brent delivered asDated Brent (called this because it is lifted during a date window)DFLs are longer time horizon swapsCFDs are swaps for the difference between Brent futures and Dated Brent, used as an instrument for...
by Guinnesshawk
September 4th, 2003, 7:25 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Oil-y problems
Replies: 7
Views: 190979

Oil-y problems

calendar swaps - floating price swap based on the calendar average price of NYMEX settle for a given monthpenultimate swaps - NYMEX look alike swaps that expire 1 day before futures to avoid price dislocation associated with expiry
by Guinnesshawk
September 3rd, 2003, 12:58 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Oil-y problems
Replies: 7
Views: 190979

Oil-y problems

<t>For NYMEX options, there is a one to one relationship between the option and the undelying future. Use only Dec futures to price Dec options - the options will expire before Dec futures go off the board. For Asians with NYMEX as the underlying, you could apply generally a 2/3 + 1/3 approach. For ...
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