Monday, November 26, 2012

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Blog Post: TheFinancialServicesClub: Are we on or off the rails

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 04:52 AM PST

At SIBOS 2012, I led a session on the future of money along with Udayan Goyal ...read more...

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Research Library: Is Profit Evil? Incentive Neglect and the Association of Profit With Social Harm

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 04:07 AM PST

Amit Bhattacharjee, University of Pennsylvania, USA Jason Dana, University of Pennsylvania, USA Jonathan Baron, University of Pennsylvania, USA Abstract We find a strong negative correlation between perceived profit and social value across both industries and specific firms. People report little faith in the power of markets to create and reward value, neglecting the incentive properties of...

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Research Library: On the necessity of complexity

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 04:05 AM PST

Joost J. Joosten Abstract Wolfram's Principle of Computational Equivalence (PCE) implies that universal complexity abounds in nature. This paper comprises three sections. In the first section we consider the question why there are so many universal phenomena around. So, in a sense, we week a driving force behind the PCE if any. We postulate a principle GNS that we call the Generalized Natural...

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Blog Post: PatrickBurns: Discovering the quality of portfolio decisions

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 02:59 AM PST

Performance analysis of an example portfolio.read more...

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How 'black swans' and 'perfect storms' become lame excuses for bad risk management

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 01:29 AM PST

Stanford risk expert recommends engineering principles to assess catastrophic riskread more...

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Vendor News: Fidessa collaborates with Thomson Reuters to extend liquidity access for buy-side traders

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 01:02 AM PST

Published / Preprint: Optimal portfolio for a robust financial system. (arXiv:1211.5235v1 [q-fin.RM])

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:32 PM PST

This study presents an ANSeR model (asset network systemic risk model) to quantify the risk of financial contagion which manifests itself in a financial crisis. The transmission of financial distress is governed by a heterogeneous bank credit network and an investment portfolio of banks. Bankruptcy reproductive ratio of a financial system is computed as a function of the diversity and risk...

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Published / Preprint: Extreme value statistics and recurrence intervals of NYMEX energy futures volatility. (arXiv:1211.5502v1 [q-fin.ST])

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:32 PM PST

Energy markets and the associated energy futures markets play a crucial role in global economies. We investigate the statistical properties of the recurrence intervals of daily volatility time series of four NYMEX energy futures, which are defined as the waiting times $\tau$ between consecutive volatilities exceeding a given threshold $q$. We find that the recurrence intervals are distributed...

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Published / Preprint: CDS pricing under Basel III: capital relief and default protection. (arXiv:1211.5517v1 [q-fin.PR])

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:32 PM PST

Basel III introduces new capital charges for CVA. These charges, and the Basel 2.5 default capital charge can be mitigated by CDS. Therefore, to price in the capital relief that CDS contracts provide, we introduce a CDS pricing model with three legs: premium; default protection; and capital relief. If markets are complete, with no CDS bond basis, then CDSs can be replicated by taking short...

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Published / Preprint: Heterogeneous Enterprises in a Macroeconomic Agent-Based Model. (arXiv:1211.5575v1 [q-fin.GN])

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:32 PM PST

We present a macroeconomic agent-based model that combines several mechanisms operating at the same timescale, while remaining mathematically tractable. It comprises enterprises and workers who compete in a job market and a commodity goods market. The model is stock-flow consistent; a bank lends money charging interest rates, and keeps track of equities. Important features of the model are...

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Blog Post: Falkenblog: Fighting Inequality

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 05:08 PM PST

NYT reporter Nicholas Kristoff notes that private power generators are extremely useful given the poor quality of modern US electricity infrastructure.  This governmental inefficiency leads him to the conclusion that we need more progressive taxation. In the second century BC Cato the Elder ended each of his speeches with 'And, Carthage must be destroyed'. I think liberals...

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Posted: 25 Nov 2012 01:39 PM PST

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