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by bassam13
September 5th, 2005, 6:35 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Are we living off "old" info?
Replies: 0
Views: 136817

Are we living off "old" info?

<t>Dear All,I have recently finished reading "My Life as a Quant." It was a good book although I skimmed half of it since I did not care about physics or the author's personal life. However, because of this book and others, I am sensing that the public is at least 5 years behind any new developments...
by bassam13
September 2nd, 2005, 2:14 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!
Replies: 13
Views: 137988

C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!

<t>Luigi,Yes, it's a good practice to know where I want to go, then use the applicable and most efficient mean to do so. Thanks!CuchulainnI did read the comments. Thanks. Yes, on the threads I noticed that VBA does provide value. And that's not my last question. Only a fool would stop asking, especi...
by bassam13
September 1st, 2005, 3:07 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!
Replies: 13
Views: 137988

C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!

oklast question Do you think VB is enough for financial modelling?
by bassam13
September 1st, 2005, 10:52 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!
Replies: 13
Views: 137988

C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!

Thanks for your reply ...but visual c++ or just c++?and the .net thing?
by bassam13
September 1st, 2005, 8:23 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: C, C++, Visual C++ .... etc OH MY GOD!
Replies: 2
Views: 137131

C, C++, Visual C++ .... etc OH MY GOD!

by bassam13
September 1st, 2005, 8:23 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!
Replies: 13
Views: 137988

C, C#, Visual C ++, C#.net ... etc OH NO!

<t>Dear All,I have studied C++ at some time in the past, and now I am planning on doing some programming for our trading floor at the bank. Of course I would need to brush up my C++ knowledge, but now I am confused!!!should I get Visual C++? Will that make a better programming? or C++.net? or visual...
by bassam13
September 1st, 2005, 7:22 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Profitable HF Strategies
Replies: 18
Views: 141473

Profitable HF Strategies

<t>hello,CB arb need two types of Oxygen to breath and live:1) high interest rates2) wide credit spreadsand both of them are still historically low. And thus it did not work and will not work in the coming year or so. Moreover, the market is still drunk of CB arb money ... you know, more money pouri...
by bassam13
September 1st, 2005, 6:52 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: C, C++, Visual C++ .... etc OH MY GOD!
Replies: 2
Views: 137131

C, C++, Visual C++ .... etc OH MY GOD!

<t>Dear All,I have studied C++ at some time in the past, and now I am planning on doing some programming for our trading floor at the bank. Of course I would need to brush up my C++ knowledge, but now I am confused!!!should I get Visual C++? Will that make a better programming? or C++.net? or visual...
by bassam13
February 25th, 2005, 11:42 am
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: A stupid mathematical problem!
Replies: 3
Views: 159743

A stupid mathematical problem!

thank you guys
by bassam13
February 23rd, 2005, 12:09 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: A stupid mathematical problem!
Replies: 3
Views: 159743

A stupid mathematical problem!

<t>A stupid mathematical problem!!!in a nutshell, I loaned a guy $4,000 then another day i loaned him a further $2,000. When I asked him to repay it, he said mathematically he did not owe me anything. I asked for prove, he said like this:let a = 4000, b = 2000, and c = 6,000a + b = cmultiply both si...