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by farmer
July 5th, 2004, 11:21 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Am I a good conservative?
Replies: 5
Views: 184162

Am I a good conservative?

<t>Here are some quotes from a rare article on AIDS (February 11, 2004):QuoteMore than 75,000 people in New York City are known to be living with AIDS or are infected with the virus that causes the disease, health researchers reported. The finding puts the prevalence of the deadly epidemic in the ci...
by farmer
July 4th, 2004, 10:11 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: CIA's so-called "vaccine" made in Israel
Replies: 1
Views: 183192

CIA's so-called "vaccine" made in Israel

<t>You all are familiar with the story - first uncovered by the Guardian - about how millions of Iraqi children were intentionally given Gulf War syndrome in a program of supposed inoculations. I guess the latest story on Al Jazeera, now, is that the protein compound in the vaccine which supposedly ...
by farmer
July 4th, 2004, 4:28 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: What are some of the most commonly traded Emerging Market Bonds that are traded by banks in the US and ...
Replies: 6
Views: 184261

What are some of the most commonly traded Emerging Market Bonds that are traded by banks in the US and ...

<t>I guess I just wanted to characterize what "commonly traded" might mean.First of all, you have the relative sizes of these economies compared to the size of, say, Japan. All added together, it's probably still almost nothing. Then you have the percentage of debt that is corporate to total debt, a...
by farmer
July 4th, 2004, 12:57 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: What are some of the most commonly traded Emerging Market Bonds that are traded by banks in the US and ...
Replies: 6
Views: 184261

What are some of the most commonly traded Emerging Market Bonds that are traded by banks in the US and ...

<t>The more "emerging market" you get, the more investment is intermediated by banks, and the less publicly traded corporate debt you get. In the really emerging markets, there aren't even any domestic bank loans to corporations, but only foreign loans to local quasi-government agencies.Here is a li...
by farmer
July 4th, 2004, 12:01 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: virus
Replies: 5
Views: 184016

virus

<t>One handy tactic is to edit your windows registry. In Windows XP, select "run" from the start menu, and enter "regedit." Navigate to the listMy ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRunThis should give you a list of a lot of the libraries and services that Windows runs o...
by farmer
July 4th, 2004, 12:05 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: the "mushroom cloud" on Titan
Replies: 2
Views: 183588

the "mushroom cloud" on Titan

(from Earth)(nearing Neptune)(from Neptune orbit - "The yellow areas correspond to the hydrocarbon-rich regions, while the green areas are the icier regions. Here, the methane cloud appears white, as it is bright in all three colors.")
by farmer
July 3rd, 2004, 10:07 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Am I a good conservative?
Replies: 5
Views: 184162

Am I a good conservative?

<t>You can start, Newton, by taking an inventory of the good and bad things in your life.1. Were you raised by a Mom and a Dad? Would you have been better off raised by two dads, by one Mom, or by a government-run orphanage?2. Have you ever found or had a job? Would you have been better off if the g...
by farmer
July 2nd, 2004, 1:56 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: FX mean reversion
Replies: 8
Views: 185209

FX mean reversion

<t>Sure, check whether a euro(mark) is more likely to go down when it is above the 100-day moving average than when it is below.And then you have the Yen. And how long has this sample of three been operating under the free-floating/2%-inflation central bank target?I disagree with the assumption. I t...
by farmer
July 2nd, 2004, 1:12 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: From Computer Science to Quant Finance: what's the best approach?
Replies: 8
Views: 185570

From Computer Science to Quant Finance: what's the best approach?

<t>Unless the school application deadline is tomorrow, I think you should start sending out some resumes, and trying to get feedback at first interviews. You could also go to some of the free talks and events, and at the very least get a chance to measure yourself against some other people doing dif...
by farmer
July 2nd, 2004, 12:06 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: From Computer Science to Quant Finance: what's the best approach?
Replies: 8
Views: 185570

From Computer Science to Quant Finance: what's the best approach?

<t>The question is, are you interested in probability, or are you interested in computing?If you're interested in computing, then you will probably need to go to school to learn all the pricing formulas, and get a job building front-office dealing applications. Then you'll move into stat arb, or wha...
by farmer
July 2nd, 2004, 11:55 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Exit stratergy
Replies: 8
Views: 185248

Exit stratergy

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: MonkeyCBut point about finding your own way is well taken.You never know, you may get lucky.I know a guy who failed out of business school, and then the dot-com company he worked for went bust. One day he was eating dinner with his dog, a piece fell on the floor, and he...
by farmer
July 1st, 2004, 6:34 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: changes in hedge funds, and regulation
Replies: 2
Views: 185986

changes in hedge funds, and regulation

<t>You kids really should care about this, because it will affect your ability to make a living:hedge fund regulationWhat it basically means, is that the SEC will put all hedge funds under an umbrella brand name. No matter how good your returns, you will be classified and lumped together with the lo...
by farmer
July 1st, 2004, 5:06 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Recordsets in VBA
Replies: 6
Views: 185826

Recordsets in VBA

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: JCFCould you please give me a piece of sample code regarding what you're suggesting because it isn't entirely clear to me.I made a web site a little over a year ago at 2uLive.com. I cut and pasted all the code, fairly hastily, from what were at the time up-to-date examp...
by farmer
July 1st, 2004, 2:18 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Exit stratergy
Replies: 8
Views: 185248

Exit stratergy

<t>If you are miserable with what you are doing, you can always start a web site where you publish your own art, or short stories or something. Or you can go back to college.The reason people become "employees" in the first place, is because they don't know anything about anything. So they get some ...
by farmer
July 1st, 2004, 1:09 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Q: Persistence vs Momentum
Replies: 2
Views: 184648

Q: Persistence vs Momentum

<t>Since I have never heard it before, I suspect "persistence" is an obscure term, which is what enables it to have a specific definition (put forth by the person who invented it).Momentum is popular word on television, which I think is used to describe not simply trend traders, but also to generall...