4 mins read We started off by taking a look at what entrepreneurs really do. They connect markets and customers via products and sales and make it possible for businesses they build around customer needs to launch, grow and prosper.
4 mins read We started off the day with a review of the three challenges of starting and running a business. The first is the Stage one decision linked to opportunity cost and how that keeps on growing as we mature and succeed in life. The second challenge is launching the product or business challenge and the reason why we fail here is because we get products, pricing, selling or shipping wrong. The final challenge is the growth and expansion challenge where well established businesses comfortable and successful in one arena stumble and fail as they opt to grow and expand in newer markets
2 mins read If you want to go ahead and build your own Value at Risk (VaR) model for equities, currencies, commodities and bond, check out the Calculating Value at Risk Course below. Within the calculating VaR course we walk through VCV (Variance CoVariance) and Historical Simulation, Portfolio Value at Risk and VaR for Fixed Income securities.
4 mins read If you have ever been in love with a spreadsheet or a pricing model; or hated your 18th run of Hull without understanding a word of it; or needed a spiffy answer to a question posed by our beloved Howard Corb, just so that you can make the right impression, the Online Quant Crash Course (for the non Quant?) is for you. Rather than limiting ourselves to PDF and excel files we decided to play with Finance Training Videos, the new home for online video based quantitative training.
2 mins read Roger Lowenstein’s book “The End of Wall Street” is a font of information regarding the recent financial crisis. Beautifully written in clear and simple language, it explores the environment that created the house price bubble and the impact on the mortgage market particularly with regard to subprime and Alt –A mortgages.
2 mins read Insurance Finance Careers takes a quick look at a range of Insurance careers in finance. Just a handy quick reference rather than a career guide.