<t>I'm an undergraduate at a US university. I now plan on getting my PhD afterwards. Most I have found have the masters programs embedded within the PhD program. I've given it alot of thought, and I think this would be what I would find most enjoyable. (I'm majoring in finance and economics minor in...

<t>Hey guys,I know Jack Haddad a fellow hedge fund guy, and he actualty knew Brian Hunter, ha, talk about a small world!Regardless, he wrote an article for my site, I thought some of you might like it. The article he wrote for my pageJack's starting up a hedge fund of his own pretty soon as well, hi...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: comfortablesofawallstgolfer,I think your question needs to be a bit more specific. I did research on CTA's a few years back and their returns were just as varied as the returns I have seen from 'human-run' funds. Nonetheless, the variance of the returns is not underques...

try this one http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/rb/RB_498MBRB.pdf

<t>Most models are based somewhat on the Black and Scholes model, which is for European options. The difference in theoretical price between and American and European options though is marginal because of the early exc. is not prevelant. I think he citing that most option prices are roughly close to...

I believe Yahoo uses real market prices, you can confirm them by checking them against the prices listed at http://www.CBOE.com I highly doubt yahoo is calculating prices to provide to users....

All I have to say is LOL, I agree with PaperCut, the "paper" is total crap...

<t>A friend and I were discussing which does better in terms of returns, human managed hedge funds that use stratagies that are at least partially subjective to the manager or pure fully automated funds that use an algorithm or system of coding to enter and exit trades. What do you guys think? Does ...

What have you found to be the best GMAT study guide?

Where can I find historical daily price data for oil and natural gas already in a .xls file or at least comma seperated for I can make my own .csv file?I've looked everywhere but the closest I came was weekly price data from the US Energy Admin.thanks in advance guys.

The MSCF at Carnegie Mellon almsot seems like a good compromise between the two.

<t>I want to be a fund manager later in my career. I already have very stong knowledge in finance and by the end of undergrad I will have completed DEQ. Which one of these masters would suit me best for a job in fund management (Quantitative strats used, not mutual fund stock picking)?And I would be...

Since 2002 (date of BGM issuance), starting at various dates around issuance, it's yielded around 10% after error.

<t>Hedging BGM exhange traded bonds, Par $25, 7.375% coupon, with GM common stock. using the free past yahoo Data, I did some regression analysis and found about a -1:2 hedge ratio, GM : BGM. If you set up a synthetic short position with the Jan 08's 22.50 GM options you'll find yourself with a cool...

<t>Hey, thanks for the input guys. One of the big reasons I wanted to get my PhD was because I love Finance so much, I want to learn as much as I can, even if its just theory. The second was that I wanted to teach when I retire. Can I still teach at a decent school while only having a masters if I d...