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by Derivativestrader
May 30th, 2004, 7:56 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?
Replies: 56
Views: 195143

Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?

<r>"The only fear that most people had of India was that some horrible plague would be bred in its slums, and escape killing millions."maybe it's your perspective and knowledge of the world outside your immediate surroundings that has come a long way in the past 3 years, and it has nothing to do wit...
by Derivativestrader
May 17th, 2004, 4:35 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?
Replies: 56
Views: 195143

Does Mrs. Sonia Gandhi have the moral right to be the Indian PM?

<t>>>>This is the first instance of anti Italian racism I've seen here.If used against a person of India birth, but white country nationalist it would be even more obvious.if she were a person of italian origin but born/ brought up in India, the opinions of most people would be different from what t...
by Derivativestrader
December 27th, 2003, 9:09 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Bharat Mata ki Jai
Replies: 9
Views: 190216

Bharat Mata ki Jai

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: clarionoh, and by the way, a real sport needs to be played by more than the countries that once belonged to the british empire...ouch clarion...it's gotta hurt that england's cricket score these days is not much higher than their rugby score...well, i guess for the next...
by Derivativestrader
September 5th, 2003, 8:30 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Cologne advice
Replies: 26
Views: 192028

Cologne advice

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: krare you in France?a) take a showerb) use regular old stick deodorant like the rest of the worldok, west of mumbai anywayyeah...and wear a tight t-shirt to cover your Big-mac induced obesity and behave like a loud uncivilised american when you are on holiday. then peop...
by Derivativestrader
August 26th, 2003, 8:27 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: beginners questions in probability !!
Replies: 6
Views: 190383

beginners questions in probability !!

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: MCMario1)X and Y are independent normal random variables suchthat E(X)=0, E(X^2)=1, E(Y)=1, E(Y^2)=5 (a) What is the distribution of (X-Y) ?(b) Find P{Y > X+1). 2) A basketball team plays a series of games and stops playing when it has won two games. It has 60% chance t...
by Derivativestrader
August 23rd, 2003, 5:27 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Hull OFD Assignment Questions
Replies: 1
Views: 189692

Hull OFD Assignment Questions

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: pankajchitlangiademanding a little bit too much ...do anyone has the solutions of the assignment Qs (Chapters 5,6,11) in some soft copy formplz lemme knowThnxi really think you can take the trouble of typing the questions here, so that someone can give you the general a...
by Derivativestrader
August 17th, 2003, 7:15 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: vol of ATM and OTM options
Replies: 4
Views: 190789

vol of ATM and OTM options

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: fcwhy OTM options have positive wega (or vega gamma or sensitivity of vega)?and why ATM don't have?thanksbecause atm options have highest vega and the farther you go out of the money, the less the value is influenced by a small change in implieds. you can prove this mat...
by Derivativestrader
August 15th, 2003, 9:30 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: B&S in valuation
Replies: 60
Views: 194926

B&S in valuation

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: sparky3223QuoteIt's night time in India now Johnny. She won't see it until tomorrow. How do you know the person is a female, anyway?Oh, and yes, this is also another one of the funniest threads I have read so far. Good reading in light of the power backout in NYC. LOL. ...
by Derivativestrader
August 3rd, 2003, 9:28 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Off shore IT body shops
Replies: 74
Views: 195534

Off shore IT body shops

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: chiral3I am sick and tired of calling India. My IT is now in India - and they are f'n useless. I closed a bank account recently, and they processed it wrong, so it appeared that I had a neg balance. What happens? Collections in India calls me. I'm not even going to go t...
by Derivativestrader
July 31st, 2003, 6:08 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Off shore IT body shops
Replies: 74
Views: 195534

Off shore IT body shops

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: slevinQuoteOH! i'm scared...please don't talk to my boss...please please please...you dumb twat!! Darn, the last time I've seen this level of emotional intensity was when I told a russian "trader" that he did not understand anything about IR trading (he was talking abou...
by Derivativestrader
July 30th, 2003, 12:05 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Off shore IT body shops
Replies: 74
Views: 195534

Off shore IT body shops

marinei do not live (never have) or work in london. nor am i a citizen of the UK...btw only soverign contries have citizens...not puppets of the US like you guys...you are just another island attached to the US,,,sort of like hawai with shitty weather
by Derivativestrader
July 30th, 2003, 12:00 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Off shore IT body shops
Replies: 74
Views: 195534

Off shore IT body shops

<t>MarineOH! i'm scared...please don't talk to my boss...please please please...you dumb twat!! i know that 1 million is less than 10 % of 60 million. if you're so smart how come you assume that everyone who did not show up supports the war...if enough people think the outsourced stuff they get is s...
by Derivativestrader
July 30th, 2003, 9:59 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Off shore IT body shops
Replies: 74
Views: 195534

Off shore IT body shops

<t>DCFCI have read many of your posts on this topic and am frankly amused by your ignorance.firstly, indian culture has nothing to do with british culture, except the 200 years of plundering you guys did that remind every indian of the need to be a strong military power ...of course you have your cu...
by Derivativestrader
July 26th, 2003, 8:20 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: I am a beginer,Have some Questions ,Please help me
Replies: 1
Views: 189850

I am a beginer,Have some Questions ,Please help me

<t>What is the value of a European call option on an assest paying a constant ,continuous dividend yield ,DS ?it's the same as having an effective reduced interest rate of (r-div yield) and using the black scholes.What is the value of a European call option on an assest paying a single discrete ,div...
by Derivativestrader
July 25th, 2003, 5:45 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: I want to be a fixed income derivatives marketer!
Replies: 15
Views: 191582

I want to be a fixed income derivatives marketer!

drop out before it is too late. and start punting on the markets