Don't live in Manhattan. Jersey City or Hoboken is doable (15 min away by Path or ferry), but you can live in Queens, where a 1br goes for closer...
Seems like lots of new people ask the same questions but never get a straight answer, so here it is... No one, nowhere, will teach you how to...
No, but it is much cheaper and easier to get.
Think about what the correlation should be between stocks and bonds on a fundamental basis, and over what period. You can get this data off off...
First off, 95% of what quants do (up through director levels in most cases) is coding...maintaining models and databases, changing them to conform...
Why do you want to be a quant?
Congratulations on the job. I think you have the right basic attitude about this position. Here are some thoughts: 1. Take every opportunity...
No, but you can trade OTM puts there.
First of all, 0.5 is not a good Sharpe Ratio. Think about the definition of SR...return per unit of risk. So, your SR means that as you increase...
1. Why are you not pursuing a position with the firm where you did your summer internship? If it is because it's in wealth management instead of...
The Comex contract didn't budge. That would have been a great spread trade. I wonder if it's worth hiring a dude to watch this overnight? Seems...
FX desks tend to mark their books around 5PM. NY is pretty much done, and Tokyo hasn't come in yet. No...not the same as futures. Different...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=415128&in_page_id=1770 "To the women he groped and grunted at,...
From their website: Foreign Exchange Risk To what extent do you currently record and manage the settlement risk? How important is it for...
Oh my... Not all education comes from books. When you take a position in a currency pair you should either earn or pay the "roll". The...
Then why are you trading FX? Please...become educated before you trade this market.
Then why are you using them?
FX is always T+2, except for CAD which is T+1. This has nothing to do with the broker. It has to so with the way banks clear funds. This is...
Buy USD vs. JPY, for example
The interest rate for Currency A is 1% The interest rate for Currency B is 5% You borrow A (paying the borrowing rate of 1%) to sell A, and...
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