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by HalfMT
June 25th, 2003, 5:20 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CFA Study Group (NYC, Level 1)
Replies: 16
Views: 192630

CFA Study Group (NYC, Level 1)

The information for the exam can be found on AIMR's web site: AIMR CFA Information
by HalfMT
June 22nd, 2003, 5:26 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: .
Replies: 19
Views: 191479

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<t>There is a certain vein of libertarianism I highly enjoy. This is a bit off-topic but related to the question of what companies report and how much value they add and how an investor can differentiate. This also hits on the topic of the role of government. I was thinking about a world without cor...
by HalfMT
June 22nd, 2003, 5:00 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: CDO backed by private equity
Replies: 33
Views: 192897

CDO backed by private equity

<t>Securitization or securitisation is still gaining some traction and many deals are pending. I was on the front lines of these particular vehicles and hoping to return. Sell SideWe see a lot of motivated sellers. There are a number of structures and they vary across a number of dimensions unique t...
by HalfMT
June 22nd, 2003, 4:28 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CFA Study Group (NYC, Level 1)
Replies: 16
Views: 192630

CFA Study Group (NYC, Level 1)

<t>KR, I've recently completed the first level examination and was fortunate to have my old firm pay for the seminar. If you are prone to procrastination, the seminar will certainly help keep you focused. Beyond, that, there is little value in the courses for two primary reasons:(1) The instructors ...
by HalfMT
June 5th, 2003, 1:33 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Access & Bloomberg API
Replies: 34
Views: 215891

Access & Bloomberg API

<t>The models I use are situated at the Bloomberg terminal and remain there. I think if I were to query and implement the data in a real-time intranet environment then I would need to upgrade to the data-license package, but somewhere in their API text...hold on..."... In addition, there is a facili...
by HalfMT
June 2nd, 2003, 6:25 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Access & Bloomberg API
Replies: 34
Views: 215891

Access & Bloomberg API

<t>I cannot believe I agonized over this. It was too easy.Ok no more Copperfield. This is not hand waving...(1) Add a reference to Bloomberg Data Type Library from VB(2) Next, create a function to go grab Bloomberg DataFunction GetBLB(secTicker As String, secTag As String, secMnemonic As String) Dim...
by HalfMT
June 2nd, 2003, 4:21 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Access & Bloomberg API
Replies: 34
Views: 215891

Access & Bloomberg API

<t>Jessica, have you had any luck? This is a task I try to come back to every 3 months when I can't sleep. Some thoughts:(1) The Copperfield Approach a. dumping a query with all the relevant blp arguments to an Excel spreadsheet via DoCmd.TransferToSpreadsheet b. automation in Excel to "write" the b...