<t>Looks like the only one not winning is me Should have realized that the wilmott bookstore shows Haug's book as still not available to ship.Damn sell-side guys. Selling me worthless derivatives (although it satisfied the true, ultra academic definition of arbitrage: a self-financing portfolio yiel...

I'm guessing the Collector catches up by the Jan2. Nice job both of you. Very good books. Looking to get them myself, hopefully I win so I don't have to pay for one of them.

I'm guessing this one: http://epchan.blogspot.com

<r>This guy is there.<URL url="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=43257Maybe"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm? ... 43257Maybe">http://www.wilmott.com/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=43257Maybe</LINK_TEXT></URL> he'll chip into the discussion. You...

thanks a bunch gc!

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: wolf87Anyone know if Stata is used frequently or semi-frequently? I've seen it a lot in economics departments and business schools (and spent a bit over a year learning it).Same. And the math dept. uses SPSS (and R). I like stata since it is fast and easy to use. Bit to...

<r>I think a good, related question would be: What's the difference between co-integration and correlation?I don't claim to be an expert at all, and maybe someone can further elaborate, but co-integration generally seems to refer to a reversion to the mean of the differences in asset prices.For inst...

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I'd add this to that list: Masters of Science in Mathematics for Science and Finance : http://www.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=43&p=978 although there is no indication of any specific energy quant material.

<r>Just googled it. MSc in Financial Markets. <URL url="http://www.stuart.iit.edu/programs_ms/financial_mkts/Gotta"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.stuart.iit.edu/programs_ms/f ... mkts/Gotta">http://www.stuart.iit.edu/programs_ms/financial_mkts/Gotta</LINK_TEXT></URL> say, I like the courses you have t...

investopedia has a good free one. although options are limited to cboe options on equities.

<r>AIMA: Alternative Investment Management Association: <URL url="http://www.aima.org/Under">http://www.aima.org/Under</URL> the guidance of the AIMA is CAIA: CHARTERED ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ANALYST Association: <URL url="http://www.caia.org/Disclaimer">http://www.caia.org/Disclaimer</URL>: I have ...

<r>Hull's book is good because it also includes non-mathematical topics about the finance world. Although you'll be able to answer some tough questions after understanding Neftci, you don't want to be stumped by an easy question like "how do you build a zero curve" or "is there significant compariat...

My CV has two bullet points under Employment skills: things I'm 'decent at' and things I'm 'better at', of course not exacty wording

<t>I know a friend who did EE (at a very reputable EE school around here) and tried to get into S&T. It didn't work out for him very well. Don't know if he's employed in the industry now, but he missed the first round of graduate hirings.I'd suggest boosting up your skill-set (read: resume) so y...