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by Tad
September 16th, 2013, 6:35 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: GUI programming framework for a project
Replies: 10
Views: 26374

GUI programming framework for a project

@jtitulaer: Is there a easy-to-inplement graphing framework you can recommend for wxWidgets?
by Tad
September 9th, 2013, 8:20 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Modern Portfolio Theory C++ Sample Code
Replies: 9
Views: 8299

Modern Portfolio Theory C++ Sample Code

looks good, thanks, I will look into that!
by Tad
September 9th, 2013, 6:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Modern Portfolio Theory C++ Sample Code
Replies: 9
Views: 8299

Modern Portfolio Theory C++ Sample Code

as for your question iggytyper, my first hit on google washttp://finance.bi.no/~bernt/gcc_prog/recipes/recipes.pdfPage 77 (and following) seems to be what you are looking for, you will apparently need third party libraries, however.
by Tad
September 9th, 2013, 6:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Modern Portfolio Theory C++ Sample Code
Replies: 9
Views: 8299

Modern Portfolio Theory C++ Sample Code

daveangel,I would be very interested in the code you mentioned!
by Tad
September 6th, 2013, 8:29 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Maximum cross correlation two time series
Replies: 10
Views: 7664

Maximum cross correlation two time series

Are you looking for the max/min variance of T3 or the max/min covariance between T1 and T2?
by Tad
August 26th, 2013, 2:08 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: CDS quote before the Big Bang Protocol
Replies: 4
Views: 7218

CDS quote before the Big Bang Protocol

<t>I believe not much has changed from a "quote"-point of view:Before, when you entered into a CDS with someone, you would agree on a traded spread (e.g. 167bp) which the protection buyer would pay periodically throughout the life of the CDS. Now, you still agree on a traded spread (e.g. 167bp) with...
by Tad
August 20th, 2013, 7:03 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: convertible bond ( stress testing)
Replies: 16
Views: 8945

convertible bond ( stress testing)

this is way too much information for anyone to help ;-)
by Tad
August 2nd, 2013, 8:11 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Credit Linked Notes CLN and Profit for the Bank
Replies: 6
Views: 8168

Credit Linked Notes CLN and Profit for the Bank

<t>Yes, generally this is how it works.In the simple case we have the following:The desk receives money from the investor and invests it (probably by transferring to treasury), from which it will earn a coupon of X. Then it sells short a CDS, for which it will receive a coupon of Y. The fair coupon ...
by Tad
July 31st, 2013, 6:02 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: DCF question - getting different answers for the same situation
Replies: 6
Views: 7532

DCF question - getting different answers for the same situation

Hi,I can't open your file right now, and maybe your problem is a very different one, but let me try:The issue that first comes to my mind, due to it being overlooked by many people, is that you need to take care of the tax shield effect (in your second approach)?
by Tad
June 13th, 2013, 7:17 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: vba question re: matrix formula
Replies: 6
Views: 8550

vba question re: matrix formula

Have you tried using "Application.WorksheetFunction.MInverse(CustomRange)" (after setting the range CustomRange at runtime)?
by Tad
June 4th, 2013, 5:56 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Cap valuation
Replies: 10
Views: 8814

Cap valuation

QuoteOriginally posted by: MartinghoulYour question is not clear. Are you asking how to interpolate?That's probably already the answer: interpolate.
by Tad
May 22nd, 2013, 1:54 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Can I use antithetic variates with this path dependent swap? (see my graph of convergence)
Replies: 3
Views: 7892

Can I use antithetic variates with this path dependent swap? (see my graph of convergence)

see for example this linkyou will need to calculate (payoff(r) + payoff(r mirror))/2 for each simulation run.
by Tad
April 18th, 2013, 6:47 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Source for global calendars
Replies: 4
Views: 8469

Source for global calendars

QuoteOriginally posted by: stasNo, but I was hopping for lists I can download in bulk.In the outlook function I mentioned above you simply select the countries you are looking for and it will automatically download all holidays for those countries at once.
by Tad
April 16th, 2013, 5:55 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Source for global calendars
Replies: 4
Views: 8469

Source for global calendars

Did you already check out the "Add holiday" function in Outlook?
by Tad
April 11th, 2013, 5:50 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: How do I calculate Implied Correlation
Replies: 5
Views: 15011

How do I calculate Implied Correlation

<r>check out the following:<URL url="http://www.cboe.com/micro/impliedcorrelation/ImpliedCorrelationIndicator.pdfhttp://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=460080HTH"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.cboe.com/micro/impliedcorrel ... =460080HTH">http://www.cboe.com/micro/impliedcorrelation/Implied...