<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: robertralQuoteOriginally posted by: gitdownanyone know how difficult (possible?) it is for someone from the USA to get into this program? i'd like to do a scientific computing master's, and the oxford program seems more interesting thansay, the one Stanford offers.If yo...

QuoteOriginally posted by: blueberrymuffinFor spot rates, you get can get the data for free from the U.S. Federal Reserve's H.10 page on the web. Daily points go back to 1971. You'll have to filter out end-of-month days.That's a great find. Thanks

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FishSauceHi guys, I need you help ...urgently. My senior thesis is due in a month and a half. Unfortunately I dont have access to Bloomberg to acquire the necessary data. I was hoping that someone with access can help me out. I am willing to Pay for the data, within rea...

<t>Thank you sooo much for that. It really got a good laugh out of me.QuoteOriginally posted by: OmarAnthis,Thank you for asking. Let me explain. You apply for a job, a place in a PhD program, whatever. You receive a rejection. You reject it back. It's as simple as that. Here's an exampleProfessor P...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: hotoneHi,The problem with Princeton is that it is far from the real business life. I know that it could sound silly, but I prefer an University close to the Financial World such that New York, Chicago or London and their respective Universities.Moreover, I would just ad...

<t>Well, would you honestly say that mathematics has provided a better explanation of 'coincidences' than Jung? It is clear that there is no adequate explanation of 'coincidence' and so Jung's theory and mathematical theory tend to lie on equal ground in attempts at explaining away 'coincidence'what...

<t>Mathematics does its best to provide a framework for how the world works. Obviously, most of it is theory. Probability theory is just that: theory. There are some people who claim to have premonitions quite often not just saying that two trains will collide in a tunnel but even being more descrip...

<t>Most firms only offer 19, at most, currency pairs. I want to be able to pick and choose the currency pairs I desire from nearly every currency around the world. For example, I may wish to enter into a trade to buy Argentine Pesos and then with my newly bought pesos to buy the British Pound.If any...

<t>Most firms only offer 19, at most, currency pairs. I want to be able to pick and choose the currency pairs I desire from nearly every currency around the world. For example, I may wish to enter into a trade to buy Argentine Pesos and then with my newly bought pesos to buy the British Pound.If any...

<t>Who would have thought that Buffet would play an integral role in the devaluation of the US Dollar. Believe it or not, the chap is shorting the dollar (which is the same, as far as i am concerned, as buying foreign currencies). Even though the Bushg administration has recently been active in push...

QuoteOriginally posted by: xanaduI agree that many people follow the "Oracle." So, can you tell me what happens when everyone runs to the "obvious" side of the seesaw?Economies fail and nations crumble....look out America....

Oh, please disregard my previous post. I realize that IIT= Illionois Institute of Technology (USA) not IIT= Indian Institute of Technology (INDIA)....the school mentioned here may or may highly ranked....I am not familiar with the Illinois Institute of Technology.sorry abou thtat

IIT is one of the best schools in the world......more competitive than even Harvard or Oxford......so I don't know where you come off saying "IIT is not so highly ranked"...

good question. I should have started the thread somewhere else. Sorry about that!

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: FDAXHunterOxTrader: What can one do NOW to make him/herself attractive to a Hedge Fund?Dress up sexily, in tight leopard skins and glue some bull horns to your forehead.When I ask most people that question, that is the response I tend to get? What is it about lepeord sk...