Recent Content by wutangfinancial

  1. Jim Simons speech at MIT

    why would he complain about google snagging math teachers? By making information more easily accessible, google allows for the more efficient...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jan 27, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  2. A social networking dot com worth $50,000,000,000????

    ^agreed
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jan 7, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  3. A social networking dot com worth $50,000,000,000????

    No offense, but you don't really understand Facebook. You might be right regarding their overvaluation (see my previous post), but they could grow...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jan 5, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  4. A social networking dot com worth $50,000,000,000????

    GS will collect so much in fees over the years having facebook as a client, it doesn't really matter. I mean, nobody can really say how this...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jan 5, 2011 in forum: Wall St. News

  5. Is this ethical and how does it differ from what Goldman did?

    Completely different. CDOs and especially synthetic CDOs are opaque, illiquid, and difficult to value. The problem was deceiving clients regarding...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Apr 27, 2010 in forum: Trading

  6. Recent Graduate....want to work as a trader

    Undergrad institution matters a lot if you just want plain old Sales and Trading at an investment bank. 100-125 is too low of a ranking for...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jan 29, 2010 in forum: Professional Trading

  7. People are upset that some Haitians actually want to work!

    Look, I am as pragmatic as it gets. But the symbolism here isn't irrelevant. Showing complete apathy to human suffering isn't good PR. If the...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jan 19, 2010 in forum: Chit Chat

  8. The case against college.

    you really can't look at one off examples. You have to look at this this in probabilistic terms. A good outcome DOES NOT indicate a smart process....
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Wall St. News

  9. The case against college.

    ^do you think the people at Goldman Sachs got in without degrees or just vocational school? You can't even work institutional sales anymore unless...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Dec 28, 2009 in forum: Wall St. News

  10. The case against college.

    this site is full of losers. I'm not saying I'm some super winner, either. But come on. My friends with Ivy league degrees work for top tier...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Dec 27, 2009 in forum: Wall St. News

  11. Why can't I get a job? Recent Grad, 3.7 GPA, Good Exp, Year and a half of searching..

    ^unless you're actually intelligent and went to a good college, in which case you work at Goldman Sachs, Bain, BCG, etc. Most engineers make...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Sep 18, 2009 in forum: Economics

  12. Why can't I get a job? Recent Grad, 3.7 GPA, Good Exp, Year and a half of searching..

    I looked it up out of curiosity. You're wrong. http://www.sunysb.edu/economics/undergrad/requirements/ A minimum of 11 courses, at least 9...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Sep 13, 2009 in forum: Economics

  13. Why can't I get a job? Recent Grad, 3.7 GPA, Good Exp, Year and a half of searching..

    the specific degree isn't so important What matters is signaling that you're smart. That's why if you take enough math you'll be ok if you went...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Sep 13, 2009 in forum: Economics

  14. Why can't I get a job? Recent Grad, 3.7 GPA, Good Exp, Year and a half of searching..

    A 3.72 GPA in econ means nothing unless you went to a top school. Undergrad econ is a joke at most schools. How much math do you know? For an econ...
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Sep 12, 2009 in forum: Economics

  15. Teachers making $4,000,000 per year in S. Korea

    I intend on teaching in South Korea. Even as a foreigner you can earn 50/hour teaching English immersion.
    Post by: wutangfinancial, Jul 15, 2009 in forum: Economics