Writer and Professor Emeritus of Financial Engineering at Columbia University
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Brief Hours and Weeks: My Life as a Capetonian
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Models Behaving Badly
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The Volatility Smile
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My Life as a Quant
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Why Is This Interesting? – The Tetragrammaton Edition
A single name–Bjork or Madonna–is grand. A single name with its own name is even grander.
Emanuel Derman on X
Eager to reach beyond Budapest liberals, Mr. Magyar stayed far away from issues dear to progressives like L.G.B.T. rights. He campaigned mainly on his biggest asset: he is not Viktor Orban. - @nytimes
Hungary Election Results: Viktor Orban Concedes Defeat and Congratulates Peter Magyar
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has inspired populist movements globally, could not overcome the growing dissatisfaction of his own citizens.
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Yes, I agree with what this guy wrote 15 years ago.
"Physicists, brought up on a diet of astounding theories and successful models, have the ability to distinguish a theory from a model and a good model from a bad one. Economists for the most part have never seen a genuine theory, and so discrimination is harder. The simple models
I can’t believe how bad and frustrating Siri has become when dictating on my iPhone 17. It used to work much better on my iPhone 13. Is it the AI? Is there a way to switch it off?