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by jzv
July 7th, 2011, 12:45 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Inflation Cap
Replies: 5
Views: 19904

Inflation Cap

Thank you for all the comments!
by jzv
July 5th, 2011, 1:39 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Inflation Cap
Replies: 5
Views: 19904

Inflation Cap

Hi Guys,I'm building a model to value inflation caps. First I'm doing some research on the most common available models. I would like to know which is/are (if there is/are) the standard model(s) used to value this contracts nowadays.Thank you.Cheers,J
by jzv
April 7th, 2009, 8:16 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Not US/European PhD
Replies: 19
Views: 43215

Not US/European PhD

<t>Thanks for all your answers!I agree with horacioaliaga and actually is my plan to take some finance courses, study the quant classics and then try to find a job in my country. It really seems like an option since there aren't many physics phd graduates wanting to go into this field here (actually...
by jzv
April 3rd, 2009, 8:53 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Not US/European PhD
Replies: 19
Views: 43215

Not US/European PhD

<t>Hello, I'm a PhD Physics student (in my third year now) and quant wannabe. I am doing my PhD at a Top 2 university in my country (Chile) with also some of the work done in collaboration at an ecole superiore in Paris. I was wondering how disadvantaged my applications for quant jobs in the US or U...
by jzv
January 5th, 2009, 1:13 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Another *.* after PhD question
Replies: 7
Views: 46580

Another *.* after PhD question

<t>Thank you for your comments. CrashedMint, I will be 28 when graduating from my PhD. Surely, that is old for a first job but not TOO old I hope. An MFE afterwards means one or two years older... I guess is not really a big difference but maybe the imaginary barrier of the thirties could be relevan...
by jzv
January 1st, 2009, 7:48 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Another *.* after PhD question
Replies: 7
Views: 46580

Another *.* after PhD question

<t>Hi, I'm a PhD in Physics student and planning to pursue a career in the financial industry after graduation. My first impression was that it was a good idea to do a MFE after finishing my PhD in order to get a good job easily but after reading some posts in this forum it seems that is probably no...
by jzv
December 22nd, 2008, 1:30 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Internship opportunities for a PhD student in Finance
Replies: 2
Views: 45350

Internship opportunities for a PhD student in Finance

<t>Hi, I'm doing a PhD in Theoretical Physics but also looking for alternatives to academia after graduation. I've been reading the basics of financial engineering and think that I would enjoy working in this field, however without any real experience is really hard to be sure. Is it possible to fin...