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Popular posts 2012 October

Posted on 2012/11/01 by Pat

Most popular posts in 2012 October

  1. Review of “R For Dummies”
  2. Annotations for “R For Dummies”
  3. A practical introduction to garch modeling
  4. S&P 500 correlation up to date
  5. A tale of two returns (posted in 2010)
  6. S&P 500 sector strengths
  7. A look at Bayesian statistics
  8. The top 7 portfolio optimization problems
  9. The basics of Value at Risk and Expected Shortfall
  10. Introduction to “Tao Te Programming”

Most popular posts in 2012

As of 2012 October 31.

  1. The top 7 portfolio optimization problems
  2. A tale of two returns (posted in 2010)
  3. A look at Bayesian statistics
  4. A practical introduction to garch modeling
  5. A comparison of some heuristic optimization methods
  6. The distribution of financial returns made simple
  7. The number 1 novice quant mistake (posted in 2011)
  8. Market predictions for years 2011 and 2012
  9. Beta is not volatility
  10. Review of “Models. Behaving. Badly.” by Emanuel Derman

See also

  • Popular posts 2012 September
  • Blog year 2011 in review
  • Blog year 2010 in review
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