Many thanks!I'm sending a lot of CVs, hopefully it will pay off.

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: SteilermeierCan anyone tell me if (I have used Var(X)=a^2 and Var(Y)=b^2)\frac{2a^2-\rho a b-b^2}{\sqrt{4a^2+b^2+4 \rho a b}} * (2X + Y)is the right answer to question 1)? If not, could you please provide a book recommendation. Thanx!Why \sqrt ?Since U=X-Y and V=2X+Y ar...

<t>Hi,could someone help me?I got a PhD in physics in 2009 (econometrics, modeling financial time series). Then I was in Ireland for 3 months and since summer 2010 I'm based in London working as private tutor. I've just started looking for a position (in January).pros- math finance (e.g. Ito calculu...

I didn't get my PhD in Ireland, I was there to improve my english (and to visit that beautiful green country of course).Besides I don't think that my irish friends would be happy of this reframing

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: ArthurDentWhat are you doing while you look for a finance job? Something useful, hopefully.I'm studying portfolio theory and option pricing, just to get an insight into real finance. I'm trying to keep myself trained with maths and programing.My occupation has nothing t...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: kiwimanBesides, do you really think that if you worked with someone famous and published articles of note it really matters where you did it?I don't. At all. But this a good point. Suppose you've just started working in a famous group. They are going to publish a paper ...

<t>Thank you for your answer. So I don't have to be worry about my PhD in a foreign university ...I don't want to hammer on this point. But it would be useless to send thousands of CVs if they put me at the bottom of the list.Since it seems that the market is saturated, this would imply only a waste...

<t>Hi!I got a PhD in physics in 2009 (mathematical models for finance and statistical analysis of real-world time series, 3 years C++).I was in Ireland this autumn and now I'm based near London, looking for a position in the financial industry.However I did NOT get my PhD in a UK/US university.How m...

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: DominicConnorThe good points are good, and the bad points aren't that badother point:I didn't get my PhD in UK, so I haven't any contact in the UK university who could suggest me what to do.I'm just answering to ads by sending my CV via mail. I also contacted some headh...

QuoteOriginally posted by: KackToodlesecono No physics bwaaaaah! bwaaaaah! "Interesting reaction! ... but what does it mean?"quot: the Pumpkins King - "Nightmare before Christmas"

<t>@DominicConnor: this sounds good! It's encouraging.I'm based in London, but not at Mile End, quite on the other side: East Acton.@Almostcutmyhair: I was in Ireland to improve my english last Autumn, in the meantime collecting informations about the financial world.I started searching in January, ...

<t>Hi guys,maybe I've chosen the wrong moment, but I've just finished my PhD in econophysics and I'd need some advice about a career in finance.I'd like to get in as a quant researcher.my background:stochastic processes and SDEtime series analysis (price distribution, extreme events, correlations) o...