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    Riskarb's combo to fly conversion journal

    Followed this journal with interest, and would be interested in a new one as well.
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    Forex analytics?

    Arb, thanks. Are vanilla FX options OTC too?
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    Forex analytics?

    Arb, are there any derivatives on the FX market (if any available) that you are interested in trading? Sorry it's a newbie question -- I don't know much about FX market. Many thanks.
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    Laptop Brand Selection

    Eh... had three of Dell's notebooks at work. Major problems with all three, dell's service is not what it used to be. People who buy these machines are victims of hype and advertising. My Thinkpad T23-- flawless after 2 years of use. They are expensive, but you get what you pay for.
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    From novice to riskarb...

    I've picked up Baird in the library yesterday. The book is excellent.
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    From novice to riskarb...

    I completely agree. It takes a lot of effort to extract very simple stuff from an elaborate pseudo-science babble it is wrapped into in Cottle's books.
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    From novice to riskarb...

    Thanks Arb!
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    From novice to riskarb...

    Does anyone know any good books on interest-rate option models (looking for a mathematical text describing different models, and not for a book geared towards trading). Thanks.
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    Laptop Brand Selection

    Sony's service is nonexistent if anything goes wrong with the machine.
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    Financial Engineering masters programs

    Some programs, including UC, offer placement services to their students, but IMO they are not too useful.
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    Financial Engineering masters programs

    Nothing is immune, not even medicine, although it would be hard to offshore emergency rooms.
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    Financial Engineering masters programs

    It was my feeling that the admission is biased towards people with math/physics background (vs. finance industry/trading); recommendations from your math/physics professor would help a lot. Getting in is not easy, and the amount of workload is quite high (I think it would be impossible to...
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