Recent content by Moppy

I checked and you're right, the Fed does regulate. I had no idea they did. The guys I deal with are always complaining about two US regulators (US OCC and New York State's one, is it the DFS?) and the FSA (UK) being in the UK. I don't know why the Fed doesn't cover them, or perhaps it does in an...

No one is asking you for trade secrets like your position on a stock or your strategy in case Greece exits the Euro. They're asking what you do. I don't understand how client details even come into this, unless you're a wealth manager or something. My personal opinion is that you are engaged...

You're not the first person to ask him that.

And that's the third thing :-) Many people here (not you) not understanding the concept of "ownership" of state sponored items. Edit: 3rd thing you have said that I agree with.

This is the first or second thing you've said that I agree with. I asked my financial advisor what he thought about the "euro crisis" when it all started. He said that they didn't care about the political, social or emotional issues. The purpose of a bank is to make money, not prop up the state...

The website is correct but that's not what "ownership" means. Those are still government provided houses and sold at a subsidy. To buy *privately* needs a lot more money.

Bandwidth is bits/time, not bits. The unit of time cancel if you multiplied bandwidth by time?

Agreeing with Statguy2000. Singapore's wealth in the main, came from a) the location of its seaport, b) banking, c) a benevolent dictatorship that was able to implement long term plans. Sings in general don't want to be scientists. They want to be lawyers, doctors and bankers. "Why you want to...

SFC in London? Did you mean the SFO? How are they connected to the 'Fed'? Or did you mean the 'Feds'? EDIT: It seems to me like you are confusing the role of the US Fed, which is a central bank, with the regulatory role of the US Government i.e. the Feds?

Which country is this? He was asking about London.

Twofish, you are based in London? I think the cowboy days ended years ago when they stopped recruiting quick-witted East End barrow boys for traders, and switched to grads with math degrees.

Motorised tripods aren't that expensive. I have two. I can't see how that's a factor since human photographers have no trouble doing it.

Wow, you're really planning ahead a long way! I don't think you're an i-banker in waiting. Your questions and uncertaincies do not point to you being an aggressive risk taker. Analysis is a big field. Maths, physics and comp-sci can get you in. Salary depends on a great many factors. Which...

Despite what the nice salesman at the camera shop wil say, resolution is largely irrelevant for picture quality these days. A lot of high res cameras are in reality much lower resolution and produce additional pixels via mathematical computation. There is also the fact that the optical quality...

Physicst and runner: http://engineeringsport.co.uk/2011/05/04/the-loneliness-of-the-long-distance-physicist/ His conclusion: The wind is always against you. You lose more from a headwind than you gain from an equal tailwind.