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Home prices continue to tumble across the country, making homes more affordable in most U.S. cities, according to a new report released Tuesday.
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Bond prices were mixed Tuesday as investors appeared torn between inflation concerns and fresh signs of economic weakness stemming from the ailing housing market.
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The dollar lost ground against other currencies Tuesday after an inflation report showed a further rise in wholesale prices, and housing starts fell to a 17-year low.
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General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday it is extending the benefits of its employee discount to customers on nearly all of its 2008 vehicles and some 2009 models beginning Wednesday and ending Sept. 2.
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Storm-tossed financial firms are throwing their treasures overboard just to stay afloat.
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High energy prices have started to put a dent in corporate profits. But surprisingly, one industry that relies heavily on oil has not been hurt: the railroads. Most of the nation's top railroad companies have chugged along with strong sales and earnings increases in 2008, their results stoked by rising demand for transporting food and coal.
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Two key reports in the past week show that inflation was running high in July. But August is offering relief.
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Target Corp.'s second-quarter profit slipped as the discount retailer faced more frugal consumers and difficulties in its credit card business, the company said Tuesday. But the results still managed to beat analysts' estimates.
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Oil prices bounced back Tuesday as the dollar weakened and investors worried that a predicted fall in gasoline supplies could cause refineries to step up crude use.
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Stocks slumped Tuesday, falling for the second session in a row, as oil prices rose, retailers' earnings disappointed and reports showed falling homebuilding activity and rising inflation.
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Phone companies have long battled each other for customers, but now they're also fighting for the loyalty of developers: coders who create bite-sized software applications for mobile devices.
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When the U.S. entered World War II, David Oreck quit college to enlist in the Army Air Corps. At war's end, the idea of returning to class - and Minnesota, his home state - seemed too tame for a young man used to flying B-29 bombers. Instead, he took the first job he was offered: salesman at a Manhattan appliance distributorship.
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Home building fell sharply in July to a 17-year low, according to government readings released Tuesday that offered fresh signs that the battered real estate market has yet to hit bottom.
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IAFE and NYU's Courant Institute will be co-hosting the 2008 National Financial Mathematics Career Fair on Friday, November 7, 2008 in New York City. Now in its eighth year, the National Financial Mathematics Career Fair is the premier forum for top-flight financial institutions to meet some of best-qualified quantitative finance graduate students in the nation. Last year’s event brought...
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Get the Complete MoneyScience RSS Feed or Subscribe by Mail. Banks and Banking | Market Miscellany | International Markets | UK News | Credit Markets Credit Markets Gallery - A year in subprime turmoil. The Endgame For Fannie and Freddie? Investment banks and other large financial institutions need to work together and share risk information, according to Philippe Carrel, executive...
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In finance, things change. Forty years ago you couldn't buy a futures contract based on a currency, 25 years back the first collateralized debt obligation hadn't hit the market, and two years ago subprime wasn't a curse word on Wall Street. But investors - and the folks who make money by packaging new investment products - always seem eager to move on to the next big thing. If financial history...
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Cass MBA student awarded prize in contribution to understanding of financial management and markets Congratulations go to Dr Nasir Hussain, MBA alumnus and Head of Formulation at Glide Pharma, who was recently awarded the prestigious Lombard Prize for his dissertation, 'Using Financial Portfolio Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation to Assess Risk & Return of in-Licensed Pharmaceutical Drug...
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By April Klein and Emanuel Zur* Abstract We examine recent confrontational activism campaigns by hedge funds and other private investors. The main parallels between the groups are a significantly positive market reaction for the target firm around the initial Schedule 13D filing date, significantly positive returns over the subsequent year, and the activist’s high success rate...
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Global derivatives pricing, modelling, trading and portfolio risk management Quant Congress Europe is the leading showcase for the latest innovations in the derivatives world and risk management. Risk Magazine’s annual flagship quantitative finance conference, provides an invaluable insight into quantitative strategies adopted by leading financial institutions to mitigate risk, manage...
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The financial meltdown has business schools scrambling to add classes on all things risk, but can they help execs dodge the next big disaster? As the saying goes, there is opportunity in every crisis. And the current financial meltdown is no different. Case in point: Business schools are adding or expanding risk management programs aimed largely at chief risk officers, auditors, IT specialists,...
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Jointly organized by Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Technische Universitat Berlin and the Quantitative Products Laboratory, the workshop brings together senior scientists, young researchers and practitioners to discuss recent trends in Mathematical Finance. The workshop provides an opportunity for PhD students and young researchers to present their work in an informal atmosphere with plenty of...
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In these 4 videos, Carol Alexander talks about her new series of books, Market Risk Analysis Vols 1-4. Volume 1: Quantitative Methods in Finance Volume 2: Practical Financial Econometrics Volume 3: Modelling Financial Instruments Volume 4: Value at Risk Models Volume 1: Quantitative Methods in Finance Market Risk Analysis: Quantitative Methods in Finance, Volume 1 Quantitative Methods in Finance...
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When Nick Thadaney first started looking for clients in 2000, few investors were interested in trading with his brokerage firm ITG Canada. Despite the company's sophisticated electronic trading system, which offered cheaper, faster trades than traditional institutional brokerages, he couldn't attract the attention of portfolio managers riding out the bull market. What a difference market turmoil...
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Risk Books - Profile at MoneyScience Website A Guide To Active Credit Portfolio Management - Spotlight on illiquid credit risks - ed. Stefan Benvegnu, Christian Bluhm and Christoph Muller Theory and Practice of Credit Risk Modelling - Groundbreaking technical papers introduced and explained by Alexander Lipton Portfolio Management - Groundbreaking technical papers introduced and explained...
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The next release of the NAG numerical library will include a new routine for fast extraction of quantile values from unordered sets of real numbers. Put simply, a quantile can be viewed as a pointer into a data set such that a certain proportion of values lie below the quantile and the remainder lie above. Some quantiles have more familiar names; the well-known term median is the name given to...
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Finance and Economics Discussion Series RSS Federal Reserve Staff working papers in the Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS) are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. The analysis and conclusions set forth are those of the authors and do not indicate concurrence by other members of the research staff or the Board of Governors. References in...
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Journal Homepage Browse the Archive View Editorial board Accounting, Auditing and Accountability The Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is dedicated to the advancement of accounting knowledge and provides a forum for the publication of high quality manuscripts concerning the interaction between accounting/auditing and their socio-economic and political...
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Features Over 225 technical questions from actual interviews for jobs doing quantitative analysis in London and New York Large number of questions on numerical algorithms and C++ Complete worked solutions for all technical questions Multiple possible follow-up questions for each technical question Soft and general finance knowledge questions Discussion of the interview process and tips for...
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Thursday, 8th November Ton Coolen (King's College, London), Ongoing and future applications of generating functional analysis to MG-type models - pdf Stéphane Daul (RiskMetrics), How to capture risk in hedge funds - pdf Didier Sornette (ETH Zürich), A two-Factor Asset Pricing Model based on the Fat Tail Distribution of Firm Sizes - pdf Georges Harras (ETH...
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Diversity keeps you warm. At least that is true while you're having a shower in youth hostels. If you like, this sums up the research project just published by scientists from the Universities of Fribourg and Bonn. Their result is not as trivial as it sounds. Ultimately it shows that heterogeneity provides stability, whether this is in a shower, in power grids or even on the stock market. Having...
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Location: Porto, Portugal. Date:2008-08-24 00:00:00. The conference, sponsored by the European Regional Section of the IASC, is locally organized by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto. Suggested topics include: Association Rules Bayesian Computation methods Biostatistics and Bio-computing Business Intelligence Categorical Data Analysis Classification and Discrimination Clustering...
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Location: Prague, the Czech Republic. Date:2008-08-25 00:00:00. This course covers: Overview of Project Finance Terms; Project Finance Transaction Structure; Financial Statement Analysis; Valuation of Project Finance; Probability of Default and Loss Given Default and Credit Analysis in Project Finance ; Basic mechanics of Project Finance Models; Interest During Construction; Use of Project...
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Location: Prague, the Czech Republic. Date:2008-08-25 00:00:00. This course sets out to equip delegates with the skills to analyse and understand the current role of CRM - both for the bank and for the client - as well as the tools and techniques of on-going client acquisition, management and retention. Whether you are relatively new to CRM or have existing experience, the course will allow you...
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Location: Warsaw, Poland. Date:2008-08-25 00:00:00. The programme aims to equip you with an understanding of the process of valuation, of the key tools involved in valuation and the strengths and weaknesses of the different methodologies; and how valuation can be performed for distressed companies. The programme will also cover restructuring in theory and practice.
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Location: Paris, France. Date:2008-08-26 00:00:00. The valuation of companies is fundamental to the operation of the capital markets. It drives share trading and corporate finance activity, including capital raising, mergers, acquisitions, demergers and disposals. The ability of market participants to identify under or over-valued companies drives out-performance. The purpose of the course is to...
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Location: Paris, France. Date:2008-08-26 00:00:00. The aim of this course is to familiarise individuals practicising in Islamic finance and those practicising in conventional finance with the principles, structures, and methodolgies of, and practical transactional issues relating to the use of, sukuk in modern Islamic finance. That will also entail familiarisaton with the various structures that...
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Location: Paris, France. Date:2008-08-26 00:00:00. This course is intended to facilitate transition from a wholly credit risk-based lending for international commodity trade transactions to a broader approach whereby performance, market and transactional risks are also taken into account. Participants are expected to have some exposure to international trade and trade finance. The course is...
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Location: Reykjavik, Iceland. Date:2008-08-27 00:00:00. Through class lectures, interactive discussion, practical exercises and team presentations, you will be able to:- Understand the concepts of performance measurement; Learn the different ways to derive returns (and why the results can vary); Comprehend how cashflows affect the returns; Analyse the principles of benchmarking; Ascertain why...
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Location: Paris, France. Date:2008-08-27 00:00:00. A 3-day expert-led intensive training course on all aspects of using International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Delegates will understand the content of all major IASB standards and the main differences between IFRS and other major accounting systems such as US GAAP.
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Location: Paris, France. Date:2008-08-27 00:00:00. Traditionally, banks and financial institutions were compartmentalised, with different products and services being offered to the same customers by different parts of the organisation and channelled through different relationships. Today, the drive for shareholder value has meant optimising the business from every key account – managing the...
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Location: Copenhagen, Denmark. Date:2008-08-27 00:00:00. This 3-day programme offers a forum for examination of all aspects of the swaps market and instruments - focusing on both generic and structured and non-generic swap types, terminology and conventions, pricing methodologies and product applications. In addition, sessions cover sophisticated trading applications of swaps and their employment...
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Location: Athens, Greece.. Date:2008-08-27 00:00:00. The meetings will also include a Symposium on Endowment and Philanthropic Institutions Asset Management. The Keynote Speaker of the 2008 EFA Meetings is Professor Myron Scholes, 1997 Nobel Laureate in Economics.
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Worldwide forex trading volume surged 36% from 2006 to 2007 among accounts interviewed by Greenwich Associates for its 2008 Global Foreign Exchange Research Study, continuing a steady run of double-digit annual growth. Banks and investment managers are increasing their presence in FX as they diversify portfolios with international assets, and the market continues to attract new users ranging from...
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International travel and spending is on the rise. According to the Office for National Statistics, the annual number of visits overseas by UK residents jumped nearly 20 percent from 2002 to 2007. Along with the increase in cross-border travel, the associated international spending by UK individuals has also increased – up to a staggering £9.8 billion in 2007. With the steady increase...
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eDocument is available from the SSRN eLibrary for free eDocument is available, fee may apply if you or your institution do not subscribe to the publisher's journal/series Credit Derivatives and Risk Management FEDS Working Paper No. 2007-47 Michael S. Gibson Federal Reserve Board Date Posted: November 29, 2007 Joint Modeling of Call and Put Implied Volatility Katja Ahoniemi and...
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Question #1 (statistics) How do you test whether a data sample is normal or not? (Comment: this tests your knowledge in basic statistics; there are several different methods to test normality.) Question #2 (math) Show that a set is convex if and only if its intersection with any line is convex. Show that a set is affine if and only if its intersection with any line is affine. (Taken from chapter...
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The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive ( MiFID ) will introduce a single market and regulatory regime for investment services across the 30 member states of the European Economic Area (the 27 Member States of the European Union plus Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein). There are 3 objectives to be met by the Directive. First, to complete the process of creating a single EU market for...
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New York, USUNX blends market structure expertise with open and innovative technology to create sophisticated electronic trading tools and agency brokerage services for institutional investors, hedge funds and sell-side brokerage firms.
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London, GBClearView Publishing is the publisher of WealthBriefing, designed to bring you the latest wealth management news and in-depth analysis.
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Get the Sci-Tech-Business RSS Feed or Subscribe by Mail. Bill Gates wants to make Capitalism more Creative. A top US scientist who helped the FBI analyze samples from the 2001 anthrax attacks has died in Maryland from an apparent suicide, just as the Justice Department was about to file criminal charges against him for the attacks War of the Words: Scrabulous Is off Facebook in the US, but Did...
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