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by jumbo
April 18th, 2009, 7:45 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Becoming a quant...
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Becoming a quant...

by jumbo
April 18th, 2009, 5:51 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: professors of finance
Replies: 45
Views: 55649

professors of finance

I have great respect for campbell Harvey.But I feel he works mostly in the area of emerging markets especially in the area of market integration,but I dont know how many people willing to make a career in quant finance would find him interesting!!
by jumbo
April 15th, 2009, 2:52 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: professors of finance
Replies: 45
Views: 55649

professors of finance

I doubt whether Eugene Fama still guides phd students.But he does offer a course called research projects in finance wherein students are required to come out with research paper at the end of course.Andrei shleifer would be a good choice as well.
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 10:14 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: professors of finance
Replies: 45
Views: 55649

professors of finance

Sheldon Ross,who has now moved to University of southern california from Berkeley.He is more famous for the books written by him.
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 10:03 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: corporate finance
Replies: 2
Views: 40525

corporate finance

<r>to some extent i agree with that .....but still there could be few who would have missed these lessons?? I was keeping myself updated using sites such as <URL url="http://www.financeprofessor.com/">http://www.financeprofessor.com/</URL> <URL url="http://www.research-finance.com/but">http://www.re...
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 7:24 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: professors of finance
Replies: 45
Views: 55649

professors of finance

Dr. Peter Carr Not sure when he would return to academics!
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 7:18 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: professors of finance
Replies: 45
Views: 55649

professors of finance

prof. Craig mackinlayhttp://www.wharton.upenn.edu/faculty/mackinlc.html
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 6:59 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: corporate finance
Replies: 0
Views: 40413

corporate finance

Pardon my ignorance, but I was wondering whether if somebody could suggest me an equivalent forum/website like wilmott for corporate finance.Thanks in advance
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 6:58 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: corporate finance
Replies: 2
Views: 40525

corporate finance

Pardon my ignorance, but I was wondering whether if somebody could suggest me an equivalent forum/website like wilmott for corporate finance.Thanks in advance
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 4:33 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: professors of finance
Replies: 45
Views: 55649

professors of finance

Prof. S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan from Courant institute.Winner of Steele Prize from the American Mathematical Society for his work with Daniel W. Stroock on diffusion processes.He was awarded the Abel Prize for his work on large deviations with M. D. Donsker.
by jumbo
April 14th, 2009, 4:21 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Need career advice
Replies: 2
Views: 40709

Need career advice

If you had read few threads here more closely you would have figured out the answer by now.Any way I would like to bring to your notice that stanford offers you a choice to do minor in business(you can choose to study finance courses) while doing phd from other department.Hope this helps!!
by jumbo
April 13th, 2009, 10:41 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: resume gap
Replies: 12
Views: 42427

resume gap

can anybody getaway by saying such a thing?