Pride and Pretention

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Manoj

On the dangers of achieving your goals. Continue reading →

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Pursuit of Knowledge

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Manoj

What is your goal in life? What was mine? Continue reading →

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Summing Up

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Manoj

A short series on my take-aways in life. Continue reading →

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Where to Go from Here?

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Manoj

Winding up this long series with book recommendations. All right, recommending my own book… Continue reading →

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Other Trade Perspectives

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Manoj

The perspective that is most common in the bank is still trade-centric. But view that the whole bank appreciates is the view of the senior management, which is narrowly focussed on the bottom line. Here is more about such perspectives. Continue reading →

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Middle Office

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Manoj

The perspective employed by the Middle Office team is that of queues running in a first-in, first-out mode. Continue reading →

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Are You Busy?

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Manoj

Here is why it is important to be busy. And why what keeps us busy should at times be pointless. Continue reading →

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Quant Developers

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Manoj

The product-centric view of the quantitative developer suits their work paradigm. Continue reading →

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Replace Halogen with LED

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Manoj

On how I decided to go green. And why I needed antibiotics. And what the Hindi word nasook means. Continue reading →

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Quants

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Manoj

The perspective of the mathematical wizards of the bank, and why they often appear far-removed from the rest of the bank. Continue reading →

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How Should I Die?

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Manoj

When my time comes bow out, how should I want to do it? Continue reading →

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Trade Perspectives

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Manoj

In this last section of this post series on how a bank works, we will see how the quants, quantitative developers and the middle office professionals (and the rest) see trades and trading activity. Continue reading →

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Summary — Life of a Trade

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Manoj

Quick summary of the section on the trade lifecycle, before we move on to the final section on the perspectives held dear by various business units in a bank. Continue reading →

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How to Take Beautiful Pictures

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Manoj

How to make use of the dreaded backlight and take beautiful portraits and nature shots. Continue reading →

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Termination

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Manoj

On the termination phase of the life of a trade. Continue reading →

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Retirement — a Wife’s View

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Manoj

Work and life, retirement and eulogy — through allegories. Continue reading →

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Validation and Processing

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Manoj

Once a trade is booked into the trading platform, it is monitored and processed on a daily basis. Here is a short summary of such activities. Continue reading →

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Why Do We Drink?

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Manoj

What is the relation between alcohol and superheroes? Here are some philosophical reasons to get drunk. Continue reading →

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Capitalism vs. Corporatism

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Manoj

On the curious distinction between corporatism and capitalism. Why is one good and the other bad? Continue reading →

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Chinese Names

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Manoj

Here are some Chinese names and their translations. Just for laughs… :-) Continue reading →

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