Equity markets
Finding the right profit-path
trading
The way forward
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Beyond Universal appeal
Risk, not returns, governs the way Stenham Advisors look at managing money. And after a century in the business, who's to say they're wrong - certainly not investors, whose assets with Stenham have just passed $1billion.
What drives natural gas?
Natural gas prices in the US are at an all-time high. The Gulf Coast hurricanes and record summer heat have taken their toll, and business is feeling the effect. Studying and applying seasonality can often protect aganst the volatility of these markets,…
The evolution of Asian CDOs
Structured credit
Highly Commended: Barclays Capital's Signet Bond
Primary focus
The View on Flu
Extreme Risks
The world of indexes
News
Doing things the Sharia way
Sharia Compliance
US investors’ use of equity derivatives grows
Greenwich Associates says that US institutional investors are increasing their use of equity derivatives overall, though their use of some complex products is waning.
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ABI guidance long overdue
The Association of British Insurers has suggested recommendations for the marketing of structured products. But is it too little, too late? By Amanda Lee
A matter of principal
Developing term structure models can be tricky, as unknown factors and non-observable variables can affect futures prices. But principal components analysis is useful in tackling these problems. Here, Delphine Lautier uses PCA to pin down price movements…
Top tips and dirty tricks
You don't have to be a genius to work as a quant - though it helps - but you do have to know a few tricks of the trade. So where should aspiring energy quants start? Neil Palmer offers some suggestions
Market graphic: The debt-equity clock
Chart of the month
THE IBERIAN DIVIDE
Regional focus: Europe
A focus on ETFs
Structured products
Best of both worlds
Hybrid products
Derivatives markets - A brief history of time
10-year anniversary
A focus on ETFs
Structured products
The evolution of variance
Cover story
The future of equity
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