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by hodder 10y ago
Absolutely. Just heading out now, but I'll write out a response for you later on. In short, Being a quant is about either measuring risk, or making money trading. This doesn't test either.
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by hodder 10y ago
Energy trading quant here. If anyone interviewed me with this crap I'd walk out immediately.
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by hodder 10y ago
Definitely possible. Though I'm not sure why those firms wouldn't switch to a more mainstream stack. Most talented quants I've met prefer to code in Matlab, R, and Python, C++. VBA is of course inescapable in the life of a
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by hodder 10y ago
As a quant, I can't say I've heard of a single quant I know who uses Julia. It very well could be promising, but firms will be very hesitant to switch from Matlab, R, Python, C++, and VBA
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by hodder 10y ago
This was a tough read for me. Thinking about mortality for me is unproductive as it actually reduces my ability to do things that matter. By ignoring the fact that there are only 8 magical experiences of Christmas, I can actually enjoy the
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by hodder 10y ago
Margins depend on a competitive advantage. I was speaking about car manufacturing, though I personally doubt there will be sustainability to 20% margins in a car service. Uber may arguably have a first mover and scale network advantage. I
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by hodder 10y ago
As an Apple shareholder, I am thankful Apple has shelved plans to dump billions into a cyclical, low margin, low return business.
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by hodder 10y ago
Buffett has actually picked the winners in advance in his great essay: http://gdsinvestments.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/The-Sup... That said, a fund this size should be taking as passive of an approa
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by hodder 10y ago
I highly doubt this rumour turns out to be substantiated with a takeover. Makes very little strategic sense and Applee, unlike most tech companies, are fairly disciplined about avoiding needless M&A just because they have cash.
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by hodder 10y ago
Well Europe is changing the rules retroactively, while the US is clear about taking their share upon repatriation.
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by hodder 10y ago
"Serious question: Why do you block FB ads?" Because I dont like looking at ads.
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by hodder 10y ago
Marissa Mayer is a terrible CEO. Unbelievable the amount of money she has been paid to flush the remainder of Yahoo down the drain with no strategy while employees suffer. Yahoo (net of BABA) is less than worthless.
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by hodder 10y ago
Here's another clue for you all, The Walrus is Paul.
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by hodder 10y ago
Accordng to Elon, the rocket experienced #RUD = Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly
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by hodder 10y ago
It seems Greece would be a good candidate.
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HP Tech Ventures(www8.hp.com)
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Mayor Nenshi's Candid Camera Moment Unloading on Uber(calgaryherald.com)
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The process of selling Yahoo has 'been a f---ing joke'(businessinsider.com)
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Former Reuters Journalist Matthew Keys Sentenced to Two Years for Hacking(motherboard.vice.com)
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by hodder 11y ago
Twitter valuation given revenue growth... what say you? Buyer here?
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by hodder 11y ago
If/when someone develops fully reliable, fully autonomous cars, what makes them need Uber?
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by hodder 11y ago
This is some of the worst investing advice I've ever heard. High valuation glamour investing in the way you describe has been widely discredited by academics as leading to poor returns. You can in fact slice the market into valuation d
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by hodder 11y ago
Working at yc must be fun. The huge number of announcements is crazy.
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by hodder 11y ago
Makes sense, but the problem is, those niches described are filled by entrenched competitors, or don't really justify the market cap. I feel the best for the company is juicing rev, earnings, and FCF, and they can't do that by try
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by hodder 11y ago
Lots of negativity around this purchase but in my opinion Opera was destined to be Left in the dust of the big 3. I think this purchase guarantees at least some money flowing into competition and new ideas from a company that seems to embra
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by hodder 11y ago
The problem with Yahoo in my opinion is that is the tail being wagged by the dog (baba), and that Marissa Mayer's hobby is to set cash on fire. Once BABA is separated, and Mayer is 'remixed, a creative CEO may very well be able t
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by hodder 11y ago
Also known as 1 $TWTR down.
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by hodder 11y ago
Here is a much more thought out analysis from a generally excellent econ blog: http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/2015/05/profit-margins...
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by hodder 11y ago
The media will simply parrot whatever the stock price has done. The stock price was simply too high for what it was worth or maybe worth for several yrs. the media interprets this as indicating a dead company. Twitter has 300 million users
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by hodder 11y ago
Agree completely, just pointing out the scale of urbanization and trying to make people question what the media "knows" about China.

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