Monday, June 30, 2014

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Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Chris Skinner's Showreel

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 03:49 AM PDT

Interested in Chris Skinner as a speaker?  Here's an illustration of his keynote presentations ...read more...

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Published / Preprint: Optimal Portfolio Problem Using Entropic Value at Risk: When the Underlying Distribution is Non-Elliptical. (arXiv:1406.7040v1 [q-fin.PM])

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:38 PM PDT

This paper is devoted to study the optimal portfolio problem. Harry Markowitz's Ph.D. thesis prepared the ground for the mathematical theory of finance. In modern portfolio theory, we typically find asset returns that are modeled by a random variable with an elliptical distribution and the notion of portfolio risk is described by an appropriate risk measure. In this paper, we propose new...

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Published / Preprint: Hierarchical Structure of the Foreign Trade: The Case of the United State. (arXiv:1406.7064v1 [q-fin.ST])

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:38 PM PDT

This study uses hierarchical structure methods (minimal spanning tree, (MST) and hierarchical tree, (HT)) to examine the hierarchical structures of the United State (US) foreign trade by using the real prices of their commodity export and import move together over time. We obtain the topological properties among the countries based on US foreign trade over the periods of 1985-2011. We also...

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Published / Preprint: Income Inequality in the 21st Century -- A biased summary of Piketty's Capital in the Twenty-First Century. (arXiv:1406.7115v1 [q-fin.ST])

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 05:38 PM PDT

Capital usually leads to income, and income is more accurately and easily measured. Thus we summarize income distributions in USA, Germany, etc.

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Blog Post: TheAlephBlog: Book Review: The Big Con

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 09:41 AM PDT

This is an unusual book for me to review.  This is a book about Confidence Men, first published in 1940, and recently republished in 1999.  It was written by David W. Maurer, who was a professor of linguistics, and used his skills to analyze the slang of the underworld.read more...

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Blog Post: ThePracticalQuant: Don't miss the keynotes at the 2014 Spark Summit

Posted: 29 Jun 2014 09:26 AM PDT

There will be major announcements - particularly during the Monday morning keynotes. Fortunately the organizers will livestream the talks (sign up here).An added bonus if you sign-up for the livestream: I'll be interviewing (keynote) speakers and key members of the Spark community throughout the first two days of the summit.

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