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by jzamoras
September 30th, 2009, 10:43 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Performance attribution - I'm stuck!
Replies: 3
Views: 34974

Performance attribution - I'm stuck!

A nice way to check predictive ability is the AP decomposition by Andrew Lo.Best
by jzamoras
March 6th, 2009, 6:49 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CDaR Implementation
Replies: 0
Views: 41665

CDaR Implementation

Hi All, have anyone implemented sucessfully implemented CDaR? I can't found the set of linear inequalities corresponding to drawdown constraints.Best Regards,Jaime Zamora
by jzamoras
February 5th, 2009, 6:14 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CVaR question
Replies: 0
Views: 42781

CVaR question

<t>Hi All,I'm using cvar constraints in a portfolio optimization routine. Scenario generation using copulas is at this time computionally prohibitive to me, so I'm using historical data.The question is: how many days should I use to generate a robust 95% tail estimation. For 1 year (250 days) it's j...
by jzamoras
January 12th, 2009, 4:39 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: ETFs underlyings
Replies: 0
Views: 43841

ETFs underlyings

Hi All, is there a web or bloomberg service where I enter my ETF portfolio and I get underlyings and intersections?Best,Jaime
by jzamoras
December 5th, 2008, 10:37 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: distribution of stock and bond returms
Replies: 1
Views: 45380

distribution of stock and bond returms

t student, at least for etfs
by jzamoras
October 8th, 2008, 8:17 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Timing a strategy/model
Replies: 2
Views: 48219

Timing a strategy/model

Thanks! I'll check it out.Best,Jaime
by jzamoras
October 8th, 2008, 2:59 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Timing a strategy/model
Replies: 2
Views: 48219

Timing a strategy/model

<t>Hi All, I'm trying to build a strategy to time my model i.e. use my model when it's performing good and go to cash when it's not performing well. It should be a meta-model, a sort of manager that chooses between cash and the model. I haven't found any paper about this. If anyone can help, it woul...
by jzamoras
May 22nd, 2008, 7:42 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Optimal parameters for bbcomm
Replies: 0
Views: 54305

Optimal parameters for bbcomm

Hi All, I'm trying to populate a price database from bloomberg through matlab. I think that is quite slow (about 2 seconds per ticker). Is there a way to tweak bbcomm in order to improve speed? Is there a bloomberg-matlab best practices available?Best Regards,Jaime
by jzamoras
May 12th, 2008, 3:10 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Optimize Matlab code for multicore
Replies: 4
Views: 61181

Optimize Matlab code for multicore

Hi All, I just bought a quad core computer (Q6600 Intel Quad) and I noticed that it's just twice fast as my 2 GHz centrino. I suppose that something can be done to achieve better performance. Is there a tutorial about this issue?Best,Jaime
by jzamoras
May 10th, 2008, 2:13 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Download historical data from bloomberg using vba
Replies: 4
Views: 63440

Download historical data from bloomberg using vba

QuoteOriginally posted by: LeonidasFind your answer hereThanks Leonidas!!
by jzamoras
May 9th, 2008, 11:46 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Download historical data from bloomberg using vba
Replies: 4
Views: 63440

Download historical data from bloomberg using vba

I'm already using the add in to download, however, I'm looking for a more robust solution.Best,Jaime
by jzamoras
May 8th, 2008, 9:56 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Download historical data from bloomberg using vba
Replies: 4
Views: 63440

Download historical data from bloomberg using vba

Hi, I'm trying to find a simple vba script to download historical stock data from bloomberg using vba. Is there any resources available?Best Regards,Jaime
by jzamoras
April 16th, 2008, 7:01 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Bloolmerg reverse query
Replies: 0
Views: 56079

Bloolmerg reverse query

Hi all, I have a list on 250 generic futures listed on bloomberg. They have the XX1 sintaxis. How can I know the underlying without querying one by one?Best,Jaime
by jzamoras
April 1st, 2008, 7:16 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Bloomberg Ticker list
Replies: 0
Views: 61402

Bloomberg Ticker list

<t>Hi, I'm using Bloomberg to feed our quantitative models. We've found a way to build the database from a ticker list, however, the tricky part is to build the list to be downloaded. We've found EQS tool for build the ETF list traded on US exchanges, but I still can't find a way to buit indices lis...
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