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by toks10
February 19th, 2006, 1:30 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: JPMorgan Credit Hybrid&Exotics vs GS Strategist
Replies: 16
Views: 121723

JPMorgan Credit Hybrid&Exotics vs GS Strategist

<t>As far as I know, GS has three main groups of strats:Core: this is the back-office role, with lots of coding. If they were very focused on your c++ skills, this is probably where you will be. Trading: this is front office and you will be working with the traders (obviously).Sales: this is also fr...
by toks10
January 29th, 2006, 3:16 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CFA L1 2006 Ethics
Replies: 2
Views: 121843

CFA L1 2006 Ethics

Yes it is.
by toks10
January 29th, 2006, 2:33 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: stripped mortgage backed security questions
Replies: 2
Views: 121080

stripped mortgage backed security questions

If you look at it in terms of time value of money, they may be right.$100 in installments over 3 years is worth more today than $100 in installments over 5 years........... etc.
by toks10
January 8th, 2006, 4:54 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Free Editor & a sample file for academic CV
Replies: 4
Views: 124379

Free Editor & a sample file for academic CV

<t>Not sure what you nean by finance article. If you are looking to submit an article to a journal, latex should work fine and most journals have latex templates that you can download for this purpose.For a CV, there are three latex packages that I know of: curve, currvita and europecv.I am assuming...
by toks10
December 7th, 2005, 8:32 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CFA L1 Dec 2005
Replies: 12
Views: 129947

CFA L1 Dec 2005

Thanks. Will keep that in mindfor level 2.
by toks10
December 7th, 2005, 12:19 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Internships Wanted
Replies: 109
Views: 206819

Internships Wanted

by toks10
December 7th, 2005, 11:57 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: re: programming skills
Replies: 3
Views: 128832

re: programming skills

This site might help.http://www.hotcourses.com/
by toks10
December 7th, 2005, 10:20 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CFA L1 Dec 2005
Replies: 12
Views: 129947

CFA L1 Dec 2005

<t>ppauper, given how well you did, I am wondering how you prepared for the examinations. I read all the assigned and preliminary readings, as well as practising exam questions and I still didn't feel completely on the ball. I did not takje any courses though. Passing tips will be really helpful.Tha...
by toks10
December 6th, 2005, 10:14 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: CFA L1 Dec 2005
Replies: 12
Views: 129947

CFA L1 Dec 2005

I took L1 on sat as well. I found the afternoon paper better though. I felt, the questions were more biased towards certain aspects of the curriculum, than the practice papers.In all it was an experience and if I do not pass, O certainly know what to expect next time.