Just looking at the data. The adoption of volatility assumption via convertible was half previous year's, which was based on historical data. Kinda suspicious.

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<t>sorry, I forgot.This is in reference to stock option expense, via. pro forma in a footnote in 10ks and 10Qs.My thinking is that the new volatiltiy measurement (Debenture) is UNDERSTATING the stock option expense had it been measure by typical volatiliy, i.e. historical volatility.Would it be safe...

I took this directly from a 10k filing:Expected volatility based on option feature embedded in the company's convertible subordinated debentures, which is comparable to employee stock options.Agree, disagree?

DrBen, thanks for the advance. Once I get a job and some free cash flow... I plan to build me a big one. Fishsauce

Thanks for the response guys,I just bought the Dell Inspirion

<t>How about this...Dell Inspiron 5100Intel Pentium 4 Processor, 2.66 ghz, 15.0 XGAXP Home Edition30GB Ultra ATA Hard DriveFree ShippingFree 24X CD-RW/DVD Combofor $999.Does this sounds reasonable for a Quant? Moreover, can anyone tell me some drawbacks to Dell computers? I heard that they crash eas...

Hi, What do you recommend for quant in terms of getting a notebook/laptop? I.E. Features and what kind of brand? Dell? Sorry for my ignorance, I am computer illiterate.Thanks,Fishsauce

Hi guys, I received a couple of letters and at the end of the letters are these funny notations:1. GCF: ma2. GAL: hezWhat does this mean?Any help will be welcome.---FishSauce

www.yahoo.comI was collecting WMT and SP500 from 11/1/1988 - PresentAbout three dates were missing for WMT but not SP500and about four datew were missing for SP500 but not WMT.

Actually, on certain dates S&p500 data was available BUT NOT WMT.

Hi, I was downloading WMT stock price as well as S&P500. Unfortunately, there were some dates missing from the S&P500.Do you guys know why?Thanks,Fishsauce

Hi Guys, I have a question. Say I have $151 million in Long term Debt (Senior Note 12%)... how do I go about valuing this debt, i.e. market value of debt.Thanks in advance,FishSauce.

Thanks for the heads up, Scotty.I am definitely going to check it out.

From what I understand, real option analysis was more or less used to justified the Nasdaq runup.The limitations are abound.But I could be wrong.