Monday, July 30, 2012

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Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Half the world is unbanked, especially women ... it will change

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 02:46 AM PDT

I just received a Gallup report for the World Bank about gender differences in bank account usage.read more...

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Blog Post: PatrickBurns: Returns with negative net asset values

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:59 AM PDT

How are returns calculated when net asset value goes negative?read more...

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Did you miss it? MoneyScience Digest - 28/07 http://t.co/WU3X0oKu #quant #tech #finance #science #money #stats

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:47 AM PDT

BusinessSchools: Did you miss it? MoneyScience Digest - 28/07 http://t.co/WU3X0oKu #quant #tech #finance #science #money #stats

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Published / Preprint: The Social Climbing Game

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:28 AM PDT

The structure of a society depends, to some extent, on the incentives of the individuals they are composed of. We study a stylized model of this interplay, that suggests that the more individuals aim at 76e climbing the social hierarchy, the more society's hierarchy gets strong. Such a dependence is sharp, in the sense that a persistent hierarchical order emerges abruptly when the preference for...

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The Financial Education Daily is out! http://t.co/TYluKzUv

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 01:04 AM PDT

BusinessSchools: The Financial Education Daily is out! http://t.co/TYluKzUv

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Vendor News: Fidessa group announces interim results

Posted: 30 Jul 2012 12:08 AM PDT

Blog Post: Falkenblog: The Non-Linearity of Leadership Competence

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:59 PM PDT

One of the more profound facts of life is nonlinearity.  From radiation to vitamins to things like politeness and honesty, optimality lies in some middle ground.  You can have too much or too little, which is what makes life non-trivial, because you always have to find that middle optimal point yourself, often by trial and error.  The optimal organization for a family is communist,...

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Published / Preprint: Conditional sampling for barrier option pricing under the Heston model. (arXiv:1207.6566v1 [q-fin.CP])

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:34 PM PDT

We propose a quasi-Monte Carlo algorithm for pricing knock-out and knock-in barrier options under the Heston (1993) stochastic volatility model. This is done by modifying the LT method from Imai and Tan (2006) for the Heston model such that the first uniform variable does not influence the stochastic volatility path and then conditionally modifying its marginals to fulfill the barrier...

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Financial Technology News Report is out! http://t.co/Jds9GCg0 : Top stories today via @salfordsystems @fitzanalytics @kirkwy

Posted: 29 Jul 2012 05:49 AM PDT

fin_tech: Financial Technology News Report is out! http://t.co/Jds9GCg0 รข–¸ Top stories today via @salfordsystems @fitzanalytics @kirkwy

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Event: Fundamental Analysis - London

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Location: The London Metal Exchange; Date: July 5th, 2012; Our Fundamental Analysis course will give you insight into a widely used form of market analysis for commodities markets.read more...

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Event: Introduction to Hedging with Futures - Singapore

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:53 AM PDT

Location: Singapore; Date: July 4th, 2012; This course will provide you with a thorough understanding of the basics of hedging with futures, covering market terminology, trading strategies and margining of LME futures contracts.read more...

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Event: Technical Analysis - London

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:51 AM PDT

Location: The London Metal Exchange; Date: July 3rd, 2012; Technical Analysis is designed to provide you with an understanding of the practical application of technical analysis through relevant workshops where you will apply the knowledge developed in the course to real-world market scenarios.read more...

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Event: Introduction to the London Metal Exchange - Singapore

Posted: 25 Apr 2012 04:49 AM PDT

Location: Toronto; Date: July 3rd, 2012; This course offers you a solid introduction to the services provided by the London Metal Exchange. It provides an in-depth overview of operations, structure, products, trading terminology and procedures.read more...

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