Just want to get a sense on what the magazines are popular in the industry and academia.Thanks

I was in a small bank where they looked at Wilmott mag and Derivatives week. Dunno what they do in BBs.

penthouse seems to be the choice of most academics.

If you mean mathfinance journals, see my thread 'Finance [and related] Journals' in this Forum.Many of the 'magazines', like Derivatives Week, etc. are too expensive for most public or university libraries---RISK would probably also be in that class.

i am more interested in knowing the magazines normally you can`t find in the university library. i.e. practitioners`d like to read.one example is "journal of investment management". Not many schools subscribe it since it`s not included in the products like Gale or Proquest. So it`s not easy to find public`s opinion on it.

QuoteOriginally posted by: jfuquaIf you mean mathfinance journals, see my thread 'Finance [and related] Journals' in this Forum.Many of the 'magazines', like Derivatives Week, etc. are too expensive for most public or university libraries---RISK would probably also be in that class.some time ago, I tried to get Wilmott magazine from inter-library loan (system by which you can request something from other library if your doesnt have it), British library has it, but it is available only if you go directly there, so these expensive magazines seem to be even excluded from this system, probably because they want you to buy it ... even at the student discount and price of £195.00 for 6 issues, I could have instead 5 high quality books each at £40 ...

QuantOption, My list is 'idealistic.' You will probably find only the 'classic' journals in most university libraries---i.e. ones the Math and Engineering schools request. Good business schools may have the library get RISK [but probably not the other publications by their company [like Journal of Computational Finance]], and I suspect few would get Wilmott Magazine. Good universites may have master agreements [more common now with electronic only journals] like with Springer and Blackwell, to get Finance and Stochastics, Mathematical Finance, etc.. Large banks and hedge funds may get journals like Wilmott, J. Comp. Finance, etc.. But even large 'mature' banks and hedge funds that have developed their models and done alot of the 'heavy' quant work, may [have] decided that those are too expensive anymore and they don't need to keep the Quants happy [or educated] anymore. That is not just speculation !