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Almost...
Posted by Sekhar Kanuri on 30 June 2010
Just one more day to go ... and the course sadly comes to an end with the Credit Risk exam tomorrow evening. It's great to think of the feeling of having all the evenings and weekends for myself and my family going forward, but also it's sad to miss school. One doesn't realise when one's here! The Financial Engineering exam this evening was a pleasurable experience - brilliant subject with the best and the liveliest professor ever! Oh well, looking forward to tomorrow's exam now, and the grand dinner, disco and mid-night raving in a top notch night club in WC on Friday night. But yes, the mission isn't accomplished, at all, yet ..... it's just the beginning!
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Finishing Line ...
Posted by Sekhar Kanuri on 05 May 2010
The finishing line is near, another 2 months to go and I become an alum! The feeling is too good for words! The satisfaction of having done a well-rounded program with a variety of subjects (unlike an MFE from a U.S. School, nothing against an MFE though), and the brilliant faculty and curriculum, and the myriad of accomplished & ambitious people I have met over the course of 2 years ... all make it a memorable journey. Well, the journey has just begun actually, all we did in school was just get tooled up, and it's time we put our knowledge to test ... looking forward to the near future! What a great time now ... so many interesting things (and sad, e.g. Greece) happening out there .... and the result market dynamics ... can't wait to unleash myself lol :-) HURRAY and PHEW!
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Tonight is the night ...
Posted by Sekhar Kanuri on 17 March 2010
Sekhar Kanuri Loves Fixed Income!!!
And tonight is the big night, when I'd be uttering those words filled with emotion and unconditional love ... "Dear Fixed Income, Will you marry me?". I will be wearing a "cap" and an expensive wide "collared" shirt (it was "costless" by the way, but "callable" by the person who rented it out to me), and my heart rate will be at "par" with my beloved one. Just need to "hedge" the risk associated with a shift in our rates - you never know what we might do together! Probably just go off on a "random walk". I can foresee us "swapping" our joys and sorrows for the rest of our lives. Watch the space to see what happens .... ;-)
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Term Structure
Posted by Sekhar Kanuri on 15 March 2010
The evolution of the interest rate term structure is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! We live, breathe, eat, sleep, and drink the term structure - the replication, pricing, and hedging of several instruments depend on how it evolves! Long live Vasicek and Cox-Ingersol-Ross! And hats off to our genius and amazingly entertaining professor Dr. Suleyman Basak!
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Short Futures Contracts on Time!
Posted by Sekhar Kanuri on 04 March 2010
The last few months of my Masters program, and incidentally the busiest of all times, it is good that my learning is following an upward sloping convex function, but it's bad I'm using a huge discount rate for my family, home, and even myself!! Maybe it's just me trying to grasp Fixed Income and Option Hedging ... maybe. No time even for a haircut, no time for going out with the family, no time to get stuff sorted at home, no time to visit any friends, no time to workout or run, no concept of a weekend or holiday, no time to analyze my portfolio, no time for the little one, and sorry no time to blog any further ...! The "time" asset class will lose all its value soon as I'll have so much of it, so I better short some futures on time expiring in June!
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