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Risk Management
Financial risk management is the practice of creating economic value in a firm by using financial instruments to manage exposure to risk, particularly Credit risk and market risk. Other types include Foreign exchange, Shape, Volatility, Sector, Liquidity, Inflation risks, etc. Similar to general risk… Read more
Practical Topic of Credit Risk Scorecard Development (1) - Sample…
Practical Topic of Credit Risk Scorecard Development (1) Sample Selection [1] Kevin Lan 2008.12 All the techniques for credit and behaviour score modeling require a sample of previous customer base and their historical information (internal or external) to develop a scoring system. There are two… Read more
MarketWatch
'MarketWatch' section includes day-to-day stock market highlights in North America and China. Also, it includes extensive contents in regard to energy and related commodity trading information, trend analysis, market reports and briefs. … Read more
About Me
Highlights of Qualifications Ambitious quantitative finance and market research professional with strong track-record of delivering top performance in both banking and IT industry; Recognized as an expert in business decision science and statistical modeling; Experienced in quantitative risk modeling… Read more
Resource
'Resource' collect all kinds of useful websites (e.g., economics, finance, energy, statistics, data mining, and technology) open-source tools used in statistics, data mining, database management, and business analytics free ebooks, acedemic research paper, presentations, videos, and programming codes… Read more
Paul Samuelson
Wall Street indices predicted nine out of the last five recessions! … Read more
About QuantMinds.NET
QuantMinds.NET is a China - Canada (Wuhan vs. Calgary) based website and maintained to publish all the research collections about Quantitative Finance, Risk Management, Data Mining and Market Research. The goal is to encourage the activities using scientific research and quantitative methods in business… Read more
Paul Samuelson
Economics has never been a science - and it is even less now than a few years ago.… Read more
Oil prices jumped above US$65 a barrel Monday
VIENNA, Austria - Oil prices jumped above US$65 a barrel Monday as world stock markets rallied on news of a massive Chinese economic stimulus plan, which could underpin demand for crude. Increasing evidence that OPEC production cutbacks were taking hold also helped support prices. Light, sweet crude… Read more
Oil rises on China rescue plan, Saudi cuts
By Edward McAllister NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Monday as Saudi Arabia's move to cut supplies and China's launch of a $600 billion economic stimulus plan aided market volatility. Concerns about an economic recession had earlier pushed prices down, as General Motors shares slumped, Fannie… Read more
Deep water more marginal than oilsands
Trust Canada's foremost energy bull, CIBC World Markets chief economist Jeff Rubin, to point out the bright side in the recent spate of postponements of oilsands projects and upgraders. "The reason why what's happened in the Calgary oilpatch is so important (to world energy markets) is probably… Read more
An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets
An Arbitrage Guide to Financial Markets.2004.0470853328 Publish at Scribd or explore others:… Read more
Asian Option Pricing Model Using Monte Carlo Simulation: Electricity…
In competitive electricity markets, The volatility is rooted in the risks associated with holding assets when there is an uncertain risk associated with the future value of the assets. Industrial the price behavior of power is extremely volatile. consumers are highly exposed to volatility in the cost… Read more
Cheaper oil won't scuttle Obama's efficiency plan
NEW YORK - Companies specializing in home energy efficiency should get a boost under U.S. president-elect Barack Obama's administration despite a slowing economy and a sharp drop in oil prices. U.S. energy independence and diversity came to the fore of the presidential election after crude oil prices… Read more
Blog
The blog recorded my feelings and comments in day-to-day stock market performance, energy trends, economy, academic news, entertainment, and book readings. From 2010, I set up an independent blog powered by WordPress at www.QuantMinds.com. Click the link below to log into My Blog. … Read more
Credit Approval Process
Abstract This article briefly introduces the general process of credit approval in a commercial bank. As the key of the loan structuring process, the contents of a loan agreement and its secured assets and grantee were thoroughly introduced. Key Words: Credit, Loan, Commercial Bank, Collateral,… Read more
How to Measure Natural Gas Price Elasticity
In this case study, I’ll show you how to measure demand elasticities in the real world. We’ll develop a simple theory, write it down mathematically, find some data and crunch the numbers in Excel. At the end, I’ll hand over a spreadsheet with our own elasticity estimates for retail gasoline that replicate… Read more
Load Forecasting - a Simple EXCEL Spreadsheet
The attached spreadsheet shows a simple load forecasting model that includes only one weather & temperature related variables. Load Forecasting Case Study … Read more
Predicting Default Risk Using Merton’s Model – a Case Study…
This case study presents a simple spreadsheet-based version of Merton’s credit risk model (i.e., normally as KMV model) to predict default risk using a Chinese utility stock data (Quote: 600021 Shanghai Electric Power Limited) from 2008 to 2009. Due to the limitation of data availability in developing… Read more
Paul Samuelson
Wall Street indices predicted nine out of the last five recessions! … Read more
About QuantMinds.NET Logo
QuantMinds.NET Logo is a simple, straightforward and meaningful design. The logo consists of two components. The title of QuantMinds.NET with trends line in market stands for the data-driven methodology and scientific research spirits encouraged by the owner; The circle shape of logo embeded with 'Value… Read more
Who wins from sub-prime crisis?
#1 John Paulson, Paolo Pellegrini: 2.685bil (Unit:US$,2007 Highest Paid) #2 Philip Falcone: 1.317bil #3 Jim Simons: 1.012bil #4 Kenneth Griffin: 0.837bil #5 Timothy Barakett,David Slager: 0.7195bil The Rankings The hedge-fund elite. http://nymag.com/news/features/2007/hedgefunds/30342/ * Published… Read more
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