whatok

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   by whatok 11y ago

   Ok, I'll play along. Unless you believe the cops unholstered his taser and placed it on the ground, chances are it was in his hands. Time taken to raise object that appears to be a gun and shoot someone <= time to unholster and ra
2. 782.▲
   by whatok 11y ago

   I'm pretty sure that pointing a device that appeared to be a gun at a group of cops after ignoring their requests for him to put his hands up had a bit more of an impact than the dog in this case.
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   by whatok 11y ago

   Do police in these countries somehow have enhanced marksmanship and reaction times vs US police? I am not going to blame anyone for taking someone pointing a gun at them seriously and protecting their lives. Aiming for someone's leg
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   by whatok 11y ago

   I don't know any successful quants that claim what they do is "advanced" in any fashion.
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   by whatok 11y ago

   RE: 1, this reinvests dividends: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5ESP500TR S&P 500 Total Return Index. Calculated intraday by S&P based on the price changes and reinvested dividends of SPX <INDEX> with a starti
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   by whatok 11y ago

   I think a much more likely scenario is that you won't get an interview at all. An employer is unlikely to consider you for a junior role that requires < 5 years of experience when you've had > 10 years experience in another
7. 787.▲
   by whatok 11y ago

   > Wall Street has been hiring physics & math graduates for a good while now, but typically as quants, not traders Smart people have been hired as quantitative traders for decades, this really is nothing new.
8. 788.▲
   by whatok 11y ago

   Nothing remotely new
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   by whatok 11y ago

   There are all sorts of developers who do all sorts of things. Any role that generates P&L is going to pay significantly more than if you're developing some random insignificant backend. I also would caution against generalizing on
10. 790.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    Just announced that they're tendering for EU3b, $2b debt, stock up 11%
11. 791.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    Yeah, I'm absolutely sure this could never happen anywhere else besides Texas.
12. 792.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    PE is going to have completely different dynamics as far as industry allocations. I would love to see an example of a pension fund with a 20% allocation to tech. And if you're talking about a federal bailout, this is likely going to
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    by whatok 11y ago

    How are you coming up with 10%? Do you know what the typical allocation to VC for a pension fund is?
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    by whatok 11y ago

    I would be very surprised if there were any pension funds out there with such heavy VC allocations to the point where a downturn would encourage a federal bailout. Do you know of any?
15. 795.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    It doesn't free a business of responsibility but if political pressure is put on regulators to treat companies differently depending on whether they played ball, it amounts to about the same thing.
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    by whatok 11y ago

    If you have a PhD check out http://insightdatascience.com/
17. 797.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    Being able to quickly sanity check the output of something has saved me from getting fired quite a few times.
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Liquidity absolutely has a massive impact on prices. Less liquidity = less price discovery = greater volatility.
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    by whatok 11y ago

    This is a great overview done by Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates; one of the world's largest hedge funds. "Created by Ray Dalio this simple but not simplistic and easy to follow 30 minute, animated video answers the q
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Any startup related equity or options won't really be covered by this but here's a great resource on economics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0 The startup stuff has been covered quite extensively here
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Quickly brought to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_in_the_game_(phrase)
22. 802.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    I don't blame him after what happened in New Jersey.
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    The FRBNY DSGE Model Meets Julia(libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)

    3 points by whatok 11y ago|0 comments
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Jobs' personal vendetta can easily be interpreted as public theatrics for business reasons. Making a business decision because you are personally getting sued is completely different. Let me frame it this way. Let's say I was wo
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    by whatok 11y ago

    They didn't announce plans to sell immediately and given the timeframe, I'd imagine that selling/transferring those shares will be done in the most tax-advantaged way possible.
26. 806.▲
    by whatok 11y ago

    I'd imagine they had such a significant decision planned far before the kid was born.
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Because of the reasons listed in my original post. If I had to sacrifice time and money to graduate from college to qualify for a job and an arbitrary raise provides the same compensation to someone who does not have a college degree, it d
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Let's say I'm a college graduate (with accompanying student loan debt) and you're a high school grad. We both get jobs at the same company and you're paid 40k while I'm paid 60k. If we both get raises to 70k, I am
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Thank you for writing what I was too lazy to do.
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    by whatok 11y ago

    Can't say for certain without seeing the financials but having the real reason for pay increases raises red flags for me. I view it as a short-term gamble that could potentially lead to future layoffs/bankruptcy. In a worst case