tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606131651963924852012-02-16T20:48:32.892Zi386noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-8961553284970540762008-10-22T10:43:00.002+01:002008-10-22T10:48:14.368+01:00Result of Module 3 Exam: 94 of 100.<br /><br />Module 5 Exam will be dispatched very soon.<br />The Final Exam is on 20/12/08.<br />The deadline of the Final Project (code + thesis) is 15/01/09.<br /><br />And this is only my secondary life. Don't get me started on the main one (a PNAS submission before xmas)<br /><br />I am absolutely stretched to death<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-896155328497054076?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-59883196912928055712008-10-10T13:48:00.002+01:002008-10-10T13:50:40.898+01:00Money evaporated in the West,<br />Food contaminated in the East,<br />People killed in the Middle of the two.<br /><br />Time to migrate to Mars, or, to use the LHC to get somewhere mirrored!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-5988319691292805571?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-51203336247564109992008-09-20T22:38:00.004+01:002008-09-21T00:03:13.904+01:00Scored 94% while the Module 3 Exam is due on Wednesday. Haven't even started.<br /><br />An extension might also be needed -- a second time means there would be no more chance.<br /><br />The cornerstones of the world of financial derivatives have been seriously shaken since the last few weeks.<br /><br />Whether that means an end to this number crunching game, or, rather, a beginning of banks relying on more quantitative measures for risk control, remains to be seen.<br /><br />The grim look of today's sky above the City will, in the end, be repainted with new colours.<br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0); font-weight: bold;">Well, may I have the brush, please?</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-5120333624756410999?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-76203184111241666042008-09-11T00:16:00.002+01:002008-09-11T00:24:07.477+01:00Exam paper for Module 2 finally submitted. Exam sheet for Module 3 is out today. Bloody hell<br /><br />Shorted so much time/money/efforts for it with the expectation of a good buy-back value.<br /><br />Am learning options trading and pricing - only to find out that's exactly what I am doing with the options of my future, intuitively.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-7620318411124166604?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-27856622105811631312008-09-01T18:24:00.002+01:002008-09-01T18:32:48.654+01:00It came out to be that 80 marks on the 1st exam do not qualify as a truly 'well done' event as I asked several distinction-hopefuls about their scores. A French quant scored 99 out of 100 -- bloody hell. A Hong Kong graduate got 90+. Even an English mate, from a maths background, got 85. Of course the sampling pool is not big and is strongly preferential, but it says the fact that there are geniuses in this field while I am not yet one.<br /><br />The 2nd exam was forced to be extended for another two weeks. Conflicts between PhD and CQF are causing more headache. Plus other incidents.<br /><br />Have picked up playing basketball though, as when you fail to impress yourself on talent, you can (sort of) compensate by doing some sweaty sports.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-2785662210581163131?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-86233135612235326492008-08-21T15:28:00.000+01:002008-08-21T15:29:57.635+01:00I received this today.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"></span><blockquote><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Dear XiaoFan,</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">I am pleased to confirm your module 1 exam has now been marked and you have passed. Well Done! I can confirm you received 80%. </span></blockquote><br />Oh, yeah.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-8623313561223532649?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-260613165196392485.post-63978228314533768552008-08-05T02:05:00.000+01:002008-08-05T02:07:05.092+01:00As well as the URL does. To be quantitative or not to be quantitative, it is not at all a problem. Whether that's in finance or for stock options, though, remains a mystery to me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/260613165196392485-6397822831453376855?l=quant-or-not.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>i386noreply@blogger.com0